Functions 2025

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	Rohit & Swati Jadhav, Yuvraj & Pooja Bhalla, Sagar & Sonal Bydnoor	Lunch
Jan 18	Jan 14	Sankranti	Kannada Koota, HSS	Dinner
Feb 2	Feb 2	Vasant Panchami		Lunch
Feb 23	Feb 23	AGM & Elections ( 2PM to 4PM)	Location: Temple	2-4pm
Feb 25	Feb 25	Maha Shiva Ratri	Temple is open for Darshan from 9AM to Noon and 5PM to midnight
Mar 16	Mar 14	HOLI/Rang Panchami	Hemant Gham & Shrikant Shenwai
Chaitra/Vasant Navratri – March 29 – April 5
Mar 29	Mar 29	Ugadi	Chinna Reddy, Praveen Pottumuttu	Dinner
Apr 5	Apr 5	Shree Ramnavami/Sundarkand Paath	Jyoti Kumar, Shikha Singh	Dinner
Apr 12	Apr 12	Hanuman Jayanti	Agarwal Family	Dinner
Apr 20	Apr 20	Jai Baba Balaknath Pooja and Bhandara	Pankaj & Deeksha Sharma and Sumit & Priti Sharma Families	Lunch
May 17	May 12	Buddha Purnima	Bal & Urmila Sharma	Dinner
July 6	July 6	Festival of India	Beckwith Park	11am – 4pm
July 12	July 10	Guru Purnima	Neha Dhanotiya & Anupam Heda	Lunch
Aug 10	Aug 10	Picnic (Beaver Lake)	Temple	11am – 4pm
Aug 9	Aug 8	Raksha Bandhan		Dinner
Aug 16	Aug 16	Krishna Janmashtami	Amit and Pooja Sharma	7pm – Midnight
Aug 30	Aug 26	Ganesh Chaturti		Dinner
Aug 31	Sep 6	Radha Ashtami	Ritish & Natasha Sharma	Dinner
Pitru Paksha – Sept 7 – Sep 21
Sept 20	Sep 20	Multi Faith Function
Sharad Navratri – Sep 22 – Oct 1
Sep 27	Sep 27	Shashti Puja	Friends of Temple
Oct 4	Oct 1	Dussehra
Oct 9	Oct 9	Karva Chauth	Katha and Pooja
Oct 25	Oct 25	Diwali Show at UVic	Ticketed Show	5pm UVIC
Nov 1	Oct 20	Deepavali Laxmi Puja		Dinner
Nov 30	Nov 30	Gita Jayanti		Dinner
Jan 1 2026	Jan 1 2026	New Year Havan

Private Functions

Private Function Date	Function Name	Time