Announcements for Thursday 3 September 2026 - Janmastmi celebrations

Thursday, 3 September 2026

Dear members

Jai Jinendra and Jai Shree Krishna

1. We honoured our member Mr. Avanti Jasani, who reached the age of 90 yesterday - 2 September. A milestone birthday for reaching 90th years of wonderful life. Our congratulations to Avantibhai. A donation of £90 has been received by the Kendra from Avantibhai Jasani on this important occasion. Many thanks to Avantibhai from the Kendra.

2, Change of AGM dates - New dates for the AGM has been sent out. Thursday 24th September (Part 1) and Thursday 1st of October (Part 2). 3.

3. Yesterday we had our day trip to Clacton on Sea. Many thanks to all who joined us and to our Tour and Trip committee for excellent planning and good arrangement. Photos have been uploaded on our website.

4. Reminder that we are closed on Thursday 17th of September.

5. Paryushan starts from Tuesday, 8th of September. We will meet as usual on Thursday 10th of September. We will have yoga and lunch. There will be no activity in the afternoon.

6. Report of the afternoon programme held on 3rd September 2026

જન્માષ્ટમી મહા-ઉત્સવ

In the afternoon, we celebrated the most joyous and sacred festival of Janmashtami. The hall was decorated with many colourful items related to Bhagvan Shri Krishna.. One big table depicting Murtis, photos, Parnu ,Aarti and lots of prasad was laid out for people to see and do darshan. Second table near the entrance also had colourful items and murtis of Shri Krishna. Many of our devoted volunteers worked hard to make this programme very successful. We thank all of them from the bottom of our hearts. Thal and Aarti were sung before lunch. Then prasad was taken away which was distributed during the lunch time. After lunch, we encouraged our members to do Garba and Raas. Ladies had arrived in colourful sarees or chaniya- cholis. They all took part with great enthusiasm.

Overall our members were very happy in celebrating this religious/cultural festival.

The Aarti amount collected was £105. This amount will be donated to Hare Krishna Temple-Watford.