Please join us for Sharad Punam raas on Sunday 13th October from 7:30-9:30pm.

”Sharad” – The season marking the end of monsoon and the beginning of winter.
”Poonam” – Full moon day.

On this day, when the moon is at its brightest, Maharaj played raas with many santos and haribhaktos. The kirtan ‘Juo Juo Sahelio Aaj Rasio Raas Rame…‘ depicts one such amazing occasion in Panchala, when Maharaj took multiple forms and played raas with each devotee under the light of the moon.

Also on this day, Krshna Bhagwan played raas with the gopi’s in Vrundavan. Just like the moon glows in the sky, Vrundavan was glowing with Krshna Bhagwan’s presence. He took his flute out and the air was filled with the sweetest sound.

On hearing this sweet sound the gopi’s immediately abandoned everything and rushed towards this sound. This showed how devoted they were to Krshna Bhagwan. Their devotion and love for Him was so great that the gopi’s commenced playing raas around Him. Krshna Bhagwan and Radhikaji played raas in the middle and eventually He assumed as many forms as there were Gopi’s and played raas with each and every one of them.

The essence of this event is that our devotion for God should be like the love of the Gopi’s to Krshna.

Traditionally dudh pakh and puri is offered to Maharaj and taken as prasad. Raas is played with great fervor in the mandir.

Our utsav will be taking place from Sunday 18th August to Sunday 25th August 2019. This year marks 10 years since our beloved Shiv-Parvati murti was installed in our Mandir and as such, this utsav has been marked as the Shree Shideshvar Mahadev Dashabdi Mahotsav!

Please take note of the events occurring on each day from the timetable, and the dress code for both ladies and gents on the poster below!

This year, both the sessions of the katha will be taking place in Swaminarayan Sports World (SSW). The only event that will be taking place in the Mandir is Abhishekh on Sunday 25th August from 6:30am onwards.

Morning aarti will take place at 9am and evening aarti at 5pm followed by katha.

(Please note that Yoga sessions will continue during Patosav, Sporting Saturday sessions will not take place on Saturday 24th August).

For anyone wanting to volunteer for creche please forward your name to us immediately, either via WhatsApp, email or the contact form on this website.