Durga puja or Navratri is an important festival of 'Shakti worship', where the female Goddess is worshipped in all her prominent forms.
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14th Dec 2025 | Updated at 07:50am 14th Dec 2025
British Asian Trust names Hitan Mehta OBE as Chief Executive
- 11 Dec 2025
The Board of Trustees of the British Asian Trust has announced the appointment of Hitan Mehta OBE as its new chief executive, succeeding Richard Hawkes OBE after his 10 years of transformative leadership.Hitan Mehta played a key role in establishing...
BAPS wins Health & Well-Being award 2025
- 11 Dec 2025
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha won the Health & Well-Being award at the London Dangoor Awards 2025 for its impactful BAPS wellNESS project, which addresses health disparities in British South Asians, including diabetes, heart disease, and mental...
Tributes honour Citibond Travel's Alpa Shahq
- 18 Dec 2024
Tributes have poured in for Alpa Ashishbhai Shah, a respected tourism industry veteran, who passed away peacefully on Sunday (15) after a valiant battle with cancer.
Remembering Shri Khodidasbhai Dhamecha on his second death anniversary
- 15 Feb 2022
The strong foundation of heritage, philanthropy and service built by Shri Khodidasbhai Dhamecha is an inspiration for future generations and our communities.
Remembering Lady Pramila Parekh
- 10 Oct 2024
Diwali in London-2018, DiL-2018, organised by the Mayor of London was launched at the BAPS Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir, Neasden on 2nd October evening.
The Home Office has launched an awareness campaign to 'protect our girls'- something designed to help eradicate the horrific crime of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), last week.
“I wear a turban because I am staunchly religious that way. But also partly because it makes me more visible among the rest almost like it is my identity,” said Jaiteg Singh, an undergraduate at Cardiff University who first came to the UK in...
RAF Brize Norton hosted a visit for the Asian Elderly from Swindon and the surrounding areas on Thursday 27th September 2018.
The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Committee of Hull organises an annual lecture on a Gandhi related theme. This year it decided to replace it with a panel discussion involving four eminent Gandhi scholars who take different views on Gandhi and his...
Countries around the world will celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October. To mark the event, the British High Commission organised...
Gujarat Hindu Society took part in the annual Raas Garba competitions at Wythenshawe Forum Manchester organised by the Hindu Council of North on Saturday,...
Mahalaya proclaims the homecoming of Goddess Durga from her heavenly abode to Earth with her four children to spend time with her paternal family - us.
Autumn in England is a "season of mist and mellow fruitfulness". But to all with ties to India it is also a season of celebrations that mark the confluence of philosophy, religion, traditions, art and culture in the form of Sharodutsav-the autumnal...
