New Horizons Seniors Program
Deshantari’s NHSP project started on 14 March, 2016 and will continue until 13 March, 2017 and the following members will be organizing the various senior activities during this time complementing Deshantari’s other regular activities:- Prabir Neogi (Chair and Core-Member)
- Atulesh Nandi (Core-Member)
- Arun Roy (Core-Member)
- Angsuman Rudra
- Manas Dan
- Anindo Maiti
Event Calendar Agenda View
Maha Sasthi and Maha Saptami Puja
Friday, Oct. 19, 2018
Priest: Sushil Bhattacharya (Sasthi and Saptami morning) | |
Tantra-dharak: Subhankar Pandit (Sasthi and Saptami morning) | |
Observer: Soumya Bagchi | |
Priest: Nirmal Sinha (Saptami evening) | |
Tantra-dharak: Mita Das (Saptami evening) | |
Bhog: Shipra Chandra (morning) & Hasu Ghosh(evening) | |
Puja Lead: Nandini Sengupta and Minakshi Sarkar (morning) & Gopa Bhoumik and Mabhin Ghosh Datta(evening) | |
Timings | |
Maha Sasthi puja and Bodhan | 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 PM |
Maha Saptami puja | 12:30 P.M.– 3 PM |
Evening puja | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM |
Sandhya Arati | 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM |
Cultural Program (play by children) | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
Dinner | 8:00 PM – 10 PM |
Hall Closes | 10:30 PM |
Maha Astami and Sondhi Puja
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018
Priest: Sushil Bhattacharya | |
Tantra-dharak (Astami puja): Bonnie Chakraborty | |
Observer: Soumya Baghchi | |
Priest(Sondhi Puja): Arnab Chatterjee | |
Tantra-dharak (Sondhi puja): Subhankar Pandit | |
Observer: Debasish Chakraborty | |
Bhog: Anjana Sen (morning) & Ila Dutta(evening) | |
Puja Lead: Mita Das (morning) Rekha Bhattacharya & Manoshi Kumar (evening) | |
Timings(Tentative) | |
Maha Astami puja, Arati | 9:00 AM – 12:30 |
Pushpanjali and Prasad | 12:30-1:00PM |
Lunch | 1 PM- 2:30 PM |
Sondhi puja | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM |
Sandhya Arati and Prasad | 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM |
Dinner | 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM |
Cultural Program | 8:30 PM – 10:30 PM |
Hall Closes | 11:00 PM |
Maha Navami and Bijoya Dashami Puja
Sunday, Oct 21, 2018
Priest: Aditya Chakraborty | |
Tantra-dharak: Sumit Banerjee | |
Observer:Debasish Chakraborty | |
Bhog: Mita Das | |
Puja Lead: Ila Dutta | |
Timings(tentative) | |
Maha Navami | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
Pushpanjali and Prasad | 11:00AM -11:30 AM |
Dashami puja and Bisarjan | 11:30 – 12:30 PM |
Sidur Khela, Kolakuli & Bijoya Greetings | 12:30 PM –1:00 PM |
Lunch | 1:00 PM |
Lakshmi Puja and Cultural Events
Saturday, Oct 27, 2018
Priest: Nirmal Sinha | |
Tantra-dharak: Subhankar Pandit | |
Bhog: Shibani Cherla | |
Puja Lead: Jayanti Roy | |
Timings | |
Laxmi Puja | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
Pushpanjali and Prasad distribution | 5:00 PM- 6:00PM |
Cultural Program | 6:00 -7:00 PM |
Dinner | 7:00 PM |
Hall Closes | 10:00 PM |
Christmas Party
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Details are here below:
Date: Sunday, December 16th, 2018
Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Age group: 5 years to 12 years
Venue: Funhaven (Fun filled evening with lots of activities)
Address: 1050 Baxter Road, Ottawa, ON K2C 3P1, Phone: 613-828-4386
Food: Pizza, Soft drinks, Nut free Cup cakes
This year, we prefer parents to buy a gift for their kid of his/her choice and keep it surprise, so each kid can receive the gift from Santa.
Kindly RSVP only if your kid is able to attend as there is a cost involved for each kid. If for any reasons, your kid is not able to make it after RSVP’ed then make sure to inform us by email at deshantari.ottawa@gmail.com to cancel.
We are looking forward to seeing all our little members at the party on Sunday the Dec.16th, 2018.
Maha Sasthi and Maha Saptami Puja
Friday, Oct. 04, 2019
Sashti Pujo and arti | 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Maha Saptami Pujo and Arti | 01:00pm – 04:00pm |
Maha Saptami Puja and Arti (evening) | 05:30pm – 07:00pm |
Prashad | 07:00pm – 07:30pm |
Children Instrumentals and Dance drama | 07:30pm – 08:30pm |
Dinner | 08:30pm – 09:30pm |
Closing | 11:00pm |
Maha Astami and Sondhi Puja
Saturday, Oct. 05, 2019
Maha Ashtami Pujo (Morning) | 09:00am – 12:00pm |
Pushpanjali | 12:00pm – 12:30pm |
Prashad | 12:30PM – 01:00pm |
Lunch | 01:30pm – 03:00pm |
Maha Ashtami Sondhi Pujo | 05:30pm – 07:30pm |
Prashad | 07:30pm – 08:00pm |
Dhunuchi dance/Temple dance and Jalsha | 08:00pm – 09:00pm |
Dinner | 09:00pm – 10:00pm |
Closing | 11:00pm |
Maha Navami and Bijoya Dashami Puja
Sunday, Oct 06, 2019
Maha Navami Pujo (morning) | 09:30am – 11:30am |
Dashami pujo and Bisharjan | 11:30am – 12:30pm |
Prashad | 12:30pm – 01:00pm |
Sindoor Khela | 01:00pm – 01:30pm |
Lunch | 01:30pm – 03:00pm |
Open Microphone | 03:00pm – 04:00pm |
Tear Down | 04:00pm – 07:00pm |
Lakshmi Puja and Cultural Events
Saturday, Oct 12, 2019
Laxmi Pujo | 04:00pm – 06:00pm |
Pushpanjali and Prashad | 06:00pm – 07:00pm |
Drama NataSamrat (Toronto Bengali Drama Group) | 07:00pm – 08:30pm |
Dinner | 08:30pm – 10:00pm |
Tear Down | 10:00pm – 11:00pm |