Upcoming Events

Sunday, Nov 04, 2018 - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
At the BAPS Children’s Diwali Celebration, the traditional rituals are combined with patient explanations and hands-on learning to engage a younger audience. Children participate in events ranging games to making small oil lamps which symbolize the triumph of light over darkness.

Wednesday, Nov 07, 2018 - 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Diwali – one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar will be celebrated with great devotion and splendor. On this day, business-owners close existing account books and open new ones in preparation for the year ahead. Devotees also take stock of their spiritual relationship with Bhagwan, and consider any progress or regress they have made in the year past.  The ceremony, known as Chopda Pujan, will take place in the evening. Hundreds of new account books – in a variety of paper and electronic forms – are sanctified through the showering of flowers petals and rice grains amid the chanting of Vedic hymns and prayers.

Thursday, Nov 08, 2018 - 7:00 AM and 6:30 PM {New Year Aarti}
At the start of the Hindu New Year, devotees arrive at mandir for darshan of the beautifully adorned sacred images and to take part in the New Year's first Morning and Evening artis.  {No Mini Annakut}.

Sunday, Nov 18, 2018 - 10:30 am to 1:00 pm  {Annakut Aarti - 12:00 pm thru 4:00 PM, Every hour}
The Hindu New Year is traditionally celebrated with the Annakut – literally meaning, a mountain of food. Every year over 400 unique thals (vegetarian delicacies) are offered in devotional gratitude for the past year and to seek blessings for the New Year ahead.  The Annakut offering includes hundreds of items of food, snacks, sweets, pickles, spicy dishes, salads, fruit drinks and other items devotionally prepared by devotees. We cordially invite you for darshan of the Grand Annakut with family and friends.  Special (new) :: Open Food stalls from 1:00 PM thru 4:00 PM.