Indian Summer Fair September 2017 – A successful event

The Indian summer fair on Sunday 10 September turned out to be a hugely successful event. Food was cooked live by the enthusiastic members of VCSEA. Beautiful henna was decorated on many hands by the lovely lady artists. Our own DJ Dr Sunil Garg ensured that lively music kept the tempo of the day. Games stalls are organised by the young members of our team.

We had participants from across Norfolk and Waveney. The event was also attend by the Mayoress of Great Yarmouth who had a busy schedule that day and followed onto attend the Maritime Celebrations later that day.

  

Havan and Karva Chauth Puja at Hindu Temple

Date: 8 Oct 2017, Sunday
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: the Hindu Temple Acle new road NR13 3QE

The VCSEA community is celebrating Karva Chauth on Sunday 8 October at the Temple. As tradition goes the fast to be opened after sighting moon with an elaborate feast. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.
kindly extend this invite to any of your friends moved new to area and get them to connect through such a lovely event.

We will combine this with our monthly Havan. The Havan will start at 5:30 pm and will be followed by Karva Chauth Vrat Katha and Karva. The time of the meal is dependent on the moon rise. This is expected to be at 20:07. 
We look forward to you all joining us for this auspicious evening.

Wensum Primary School Visit – 27 April 2017

The children from Wensum Primary School visited the Hindu Temple on 27 April 2017. They were greeted with a warm welcome from our members.

The Deputy Head Teacher Peter Hubery, commented – “Can I extend a huge thank you to you all for today. We had a wonderful time. The children said it was one of their favourite trips of the year! We’ll complete the evaluations tomorrow and get these into the list for you.
Our performance of Rama and Sita is on Wednesday next week at our school at 2.30. You are most welcome to join us if you are able.”

Hindu Festival Dates 2018

 

Hindu Festival Dates 2018

Makar Sankranti/Lohri – 14 January 2018

Shivratri – 13 February 2018

Holi – 02 March 2018

Ramnavmi – 25 March 2018

Raksha bandhan – 26 August 2017

Janmashtmi – 02 September 2018

Navratri Begins – 10 October 2018

Dussehra – 19 October 2018

Karvachauth – 27 October 2018

Diwali – 07 November 2018

Bhaidooj – 09 November 2018

 

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Interfaith celebrations 2015

To mark and Celebrate the Interfaith week 16-21November, we celebrated this on 19th November at the Hindu Temple. This allowed us to connect and share light on Hindu way of life with members of different Faiths and Beliefs. It was attended by around 40 people