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Sharad Purnima is celebrated on the full moon of the Hindu lunar month Ashwin,and honors the significant role of the moon in Hinduism. It is the birth anniversary of Aksharbrahma Gunatitanand Swami, the first successor of Bhagwan Swaminarayan,and is a spiritually significantday for BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha. Join us in a celebration that includes special discourses and bhajans.

Diwali, the festival of lights, one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar is celebrated with great devotion and splendor every year. On this festive occasion, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir -Perry cordially invites you, your family and friends to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights.

The  day  following  Diwali  is  the  beginning  of  the  Hindu  New  Year.  The  Hindu  New  Year  is traditionally celebrated with the Annakut –literallymeaning, a mountain of food. Every year over 1,000  unique  thals(vegetarian  delicacies)areoffered  in  devotional  gratitude  for  the  past  year and to seek blessings for the New Yearahead. The Annakut offering includeshundreds 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.At the start of the Hindu New Year, devotees arrive at mandir for earlymorning darshan of the beautifully adorned sacred imagesand to take part in the New Year's first arti.

At  the BAPS  Children’s Diwali  Celebration,the  traditional  rituals  are  combined  with  patient explanations and hands-on learningto engage a younger audience. Children participate in events ranging gamesto making small oil lamps which symbolize the triumph of light over darkness.