Functions 2024
Unless otherwise noted, please note that Saturday evening functions start at 6:30PM with pooja, satsang and aarti followed by preeti bhojan. Sunday morning functions start at 10:30AM with pooja, satsang and aarti followed by preeti bhojan.
| Temple Function Date |
Actual Festival Date |
Function Name | Hosts | Lunch/Dinner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Jan 1 | New Year Havan | Amit & Sucheta Jagoputra | Lunch |
| Jan 13 | Jan 14 | Lohri & Sankranti | Dinner | |
| Feb 11 | Feb 13/Feb 15 | Vasant Panchami | Victoria Bengali Society | Lunch |
| Feb 25 | Feb 25 | AGM & Elections ( 2PM to 4PM) | Location: Temple | 2-4pm |
| Mar 8 | Mar 8 | Maha Shiva Ratri | Temple is open for Darshan from 9AM to Noon and 5PM to midnight | |
| Mar 24 | Mar 25 | HOLI/Rang Panchami | Hemant Gham & Shrikant Shenwai | |
| Apr 13 | Apr 9 | Ugadi | Chinna Reddy, Praveen Pottumuttu | Dinner |
| Apr 20 | Apr 16 | Shree Ramnavami/Sundarkand Paath | Aashima | Dinner |
| Apr 23 | Apr 23 | Hanuman Jayanti | Mitali & Rajiv Oza, Usha & Bhimsi Solanki and family | Dinner |
| May 25 | May 23 | Buddha Purnima | Bal & Urmila Sharma | Dinner |
| June 2 | June 2 | Shree Ram Rath Yatra | Vikramaditya and Namita Mehra | Dinner |
| June 9 | June 9 | Visit by Renowned Jain Saints and Scholars | Jain Sangh of Vancouver Island | Dinner |
| July 7 | July 7 | Festival of India | Beckwith Park | 11am – 4pm |
| July 20 | July 20 | Guru Purnima | Neha Dhanotiya & Anupam Heda | Lunch |
| Aug 11 | Aug 11 | Picnic (Beaver Lake) | Temple | 11am – 4pm |
| Aug 17 | Aug 19 | Raksha Bandhan | Ruchi & Manish Sharma | Dinner |
| Aug 25 | Aug 25 | Krishna Janamashtami | Jyothy Kumar | 7pm – Midnight |
| Sep 6, 7, 8 | Sep 6 | Ganesh Chaturti | Raj Padmawar and Family | Dinner |
| Sep 14 | Sep 14 | Radha Ashtami | Dinner | |
| Sept 21 | Sep 21 | Multi Faith Function | ||
| Oct 5 | Oct 5 | Onam | Reshmi & Saibish, Jyothy & Vinod, Chithra & Dileep, Renu & Jeevan, Anju & Abhilash, Sweta & Amal, Neha & Sooraj, Reshmi & Prajith, Sreeja & Vineet | Dinner |
| Oct 12 | Oct 12 | Durga Ashtami | Friends of Temple | |
| Oct 19 | Oct 19 | Karva Chauth | Katha and Pooja | |
| Nov 2 | Nov 2 | Diwali Show at UVic | Ticketed Show | 5pm UVIC |
| Nov 9 | Oct 31 | Deepavali Laxmi Puja | Dinner | |
| Dec 14 | Dec 11 | Gita Jayanti | Dinner | |
| Jan 1 2025 | Jan 1 2025 | New Year Havan | ||
Private Functions
| Private Function Date |
Function Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 17 | Wedding | 6pm – 7pm |