BASC Durga Puja - Bengali Association of Southern California

BASC Durga Puja - Bengali Association of Southern California  

BASC Felicitations Each year, BASC aims to thank and congratulate those individuals who have gone above and beyond their duties. This year BASC felicitations go out to Malay Kumar Chatterji For his dedication in conducting Durga Puja for many years Subhra Banerjee For his extreme hard efforts in making BASC as a financially solid Organization Biman Ghosh For his dedication in capturing BASC events in photo and video Dr. Pratapadiya Pal Congratulating him on his prestigious position - Senior Lectureship of "Curating & Museology in Asian Art" by American Foundations and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London

Durga Puja in Bellevue College, Washington, USA

Durga Puja in Bellevue College, Washington, USA Durga Puja 2014 : Oct 3rd to 5th Puja Venue: Bellevue College Cultural Progam: Oct 4th, 6:30 - 11:00 PM Venue: Liberty High School Deadline to Register: Sept 30.

Friends, Note date for Cultural Program is Oct 4th - NOT Oct 5th as mentioned in previous communication. Durga Puja is almost here, and we are getting ready to celebrate the season. Please help us in planning a smooth celebration by pre-registering online and booking your food coupons. We are not able to guarantee availability of food coupons at the venue - we request both members and non-members to kindly register and purchase their food coupons in advance. In case of any questions or concerns, you can emailtreasurer@uttoron.org.  In case you have issues with online registration page, please contactuttoron@uttoron.org.   DURGA PUJA DETAILED SCHEDULE. NOTE ALL TIMES ARE APPROX. DATE TIME  (APPROX) EVENT       FRIDAY OCT 3   EVENT AT BELLEVUE COLLEGE   7:30 PM Venue opens   7:30 PM Front Desk opens   8:00 PM Cultural Program Starts   9:00 PM Dinner   10:30 PM Wrap up Venue closed       SATURDAY OCT 4   EVENT AT BELLEVUE COLLEGE   7:30 AM Venue opens Puja Preparation Starts   9:00 AM Front Desk opens   9:00 AM Puja Starts   12:30 PM Pushpanjali Prasad distribution   1:30 PM Lunch   4:00 PM Sondhye (Evening) Arati   5:00 PM Wrap up   - MOVE TO AUDITORIUM  (LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL)   5:00 PM Auditorium doors open Cha and Adda   6:30 PM Cultural Program starts   8:15 PM Dinner   9:30 PM Cultural Program continues   11:00 PM Venue closed       SUNDAY OCT 5   EVENT AT BELLEVUE COLLEGE   8:30 AM Venue Opens Puja Preparation Starts   10:00 AM Puja Starts   12:00 PM Pushpanjali Prasad distribution   12:30 PM Shantijol Bisarjan   1:30 PM Lunch   3:00 PM Sindoor Khela   5:00 PM Wrap up Venue closed Thanks! Uttoron EC

Durga Puja at Punjabi Centre, Ley Street, Ilford, Essex, UK

Durga Puja at Punjabi Centre, Ley Street, Ilford, Essex, UK

Dear All,

 You and everybody are cordially invited to: Utsav's 2014 Durga Puja at Punjabi Centre, 293-297 Ley Street, Ilford, Essex. IG1 4BN on 30th September 2014 Tuesday

Bodhan 6pm to 10pm 1st October 2014 Wednesday
Maha Saptami 11am to 10pm 2nd October 2014 Thursday
Maha Ashtami 11am to 10pm 3rd October 2014 Friday
Maha Nabami 11am to 10pm 4th October 2014 Saturday
Dashmi and Sindur Khela 11am to 4pm

 We also take this opportunity to invite you to the UTSAV Bijoya Sammiloni celebrations. Check our website for the details to come later. 

Bellevue Durga Puja, Washington, USA

Bellevue Durga Puja, Washington, USA, WA

Durga Puja 2014 : Oct 3rd to 5th Bellevue College 3000 Landerholm Cir SE, Bellevue, WA 98007 Registration Deadline: Sept 30 Greetings everyone!   This is a reminder that we have opened our online Puja registration. We request you to kindly register and buy your food coupons in advance to help us plan. We also require close involvement from the entire community. Come, celebrate and make this Puja your own! Here is a list of activities where we need more volunteers. Please email the EC contact next to the activity name and we will contact you. For our convenience, we request you to kindly contact us as soon as possible.   Activity EC Contact Puja preparation Puja Team. Kindly mention what you're interested in. Prasad distribution Puja area cleanup Bhog preparation: we request 20 volunteers on first come first served basis Food Serving Food Team Sign me up for anything Floor Manager We look forward to your active participation to make this Puja an enjoyable event for everyone. Thanks! Uttoron EC

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Ankur - Durga Puja in Orangevale, California, USA

Ankur - Durga Puja in Orangevale, California, USA

Friends: Ankur wishes you all Happy Mahalaya. We are less than 4 days away from our Durga Puja celebrations. Here are the schedule of events.

Friday Sep 26
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Set-Up followed by Potluck Dinner

Saturday Sep 27
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saptami and Ashtami Puja
1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Bhog and Lunch
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. ‘Adda’ and Tea
6:00 to 6:15 p.m. Performance by the children of Ankur Bangla School
Director: Biplab Chattopadhyay
6:15 to 6:45 p.m. Children’s Dances, Director: Debolina Bhowmick, Coordinator: Susmita Datta
6:50 to 7:20 p.m. Song Recital by Sayanti Ghoshal
7:25 to 8:55p.m. Dinner
9:00 to 11:00 p.m. A performance by Pratik Choudhury, a renowned singer from India with a repertoire of Bengali and Hindi songs.
Visit: http://www.pratikchoudhury.com

Sunday Sep 28 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Nabami and Dashami Puja
1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Bhog and Lunch
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Bengali Drama: ‘Sajano Bagan’ Story: Manoj Mitra
Director: Namrata Dey
3:05 to 4:05 p.m. Talent Show, Individual performances by children and
adults, Coordinator: Moumita Poddar
4:05 to 4:30 p.m. Snacks and Tea
4:35 to 6:05p.m. Performance by ‘Echoes’ A band from San Francisco Bay Area Visit: https://www.facebook.com/echoesbayarea
6:05 to 6:40 p.m. Distribution of Dinner Boxes

Soikot Tampa Bay Durga Puja

Soikot Tampa Bay Durga Puja

Subho Mahalaya to all of you. Soikot EC is ready to host another fabulous Durga puja in few days. Like every year we are requesting for your participation and generous help to manage huge expenses for venue, artists, food, groceries, audio/visual equipments rental and many more. It's you who make the community puja successful and financially viable year after year and we are hopeful there will be no difference this year. With your encouragement EC has decided to extend puja fun this year starting from Friday the 3rd Oct.

This year we have set the minimum donation amount at $200 per family and $100 per individual to cover the entire event.

Soikot is proud to announce that this year we will worship our new "protima". To manage the overall pujo expenses along with the additional expense for new "protima" and shipping from kumartuli we are requesting our valuable members to go for Platinum, Gold or Silver membership. The donation rates are given below:

Platinum Sponsorship - $1000

Gold Sponsorship - $600

Silver Sponsorship - $400.

See you all on 3rd Oct (Fri) evening at ICC hall. Wish you all very happy and festive season.

New York Durga Puja - Shubho Mahalaya fellow Utsavites!

New York Durga Puja 

Shubho Mahalaya fellow Utsavites! The chill in the air is a pleasant reminder that Puja is right around the corner! Utsab team is working hard to make this yet another memorable Puja for all of us. We invite you all to participate enthusiastically! Please feel free to share the attached flyer with your friends and family!! See you all in a few weeks!

Soikot Tampa Bay Durga Puja

Soikot Tampa Bay Durga Puja

Prabaho is integral part of our Durga Puja. We are requesting you to submit your article, drawing, painting soon. Time is running away. Our editors have to finalize the content by 09/26 (Sat) and send to press.