Chinmaya Mission Australia (Sydney) Invites You and Your Family to Celebrate Deepavali (Diwali)

Join us for a joyful celebration of the Festival of Lights as we come together with family and friends to celebrate the spirit of Deepavali.

Experience an evening filled with fun, devotion, and festive cheer, including:
✨ Exciting trivia and fun activities
✨ Sparkers and festive celebrations
✨ Opportunities to win wonderful prizes
✨ Delicious prasad to share and enjoy

Come along with your loved ones and be part of this special occasion as we celebrate the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and goodness over negativity.

We look forward to celebrating Deepavali with you and your family!

Date: Sunday 8th November, 2026

Time: 6.00pm to 8.00pm  

Venue: Chinmaya Sannidhi Ashram, 38 Carrington Rd, Castle Hill NSW 2154  

Program: 

6.00pm: Goddess Lakshmi Pooja & Bhajans & Arati 
6.45pm: Special Family Fun with Spiritual Twist (Includes Sparklers, Party Poppers...)
7.30pm: Light Dinner Prasad 
8.00pm: Finish 

What to Offer Goddess Lakshmi: 
 

Special Participation: All can Participate (Contact Nandu 0408 445 941)

+ Dress nicely for the occasion with your family and come to the ashram 

+ Pooja Seva* (become a Yajman and Swamiji will do a special offering at the Ashram for your family) 

+ Celebration Seva - Sponsor or bring Sparklers, Party Poppers  

+ Prizes Seva - Donate prizes for the special family twist

+ Prasad Seva - if you would like to cook a special dish to offer Devi Ma and share with devotees 

+ Flower Seva - for decorating the Lord 

+ Cleaning Seva - before and after the festival  

* Note: Devotees are encouraged to get special blessings on this day by becoming a Mukya Yajman, this entails the individual devotee or their families to participate in the Pooja for the festival. This is considered a very special act as the pooja will help the devotees in their inner purification. The donation of will go towards helping Chinmaya Mission reaching out to more and more devotees and seekers, in turn the Mukya Yajman gains further merits due to them performing their duties as householder which is to support the spiritual welfare of others. 

Things you need for the Pooja: 

Click on link [Veda Chanting for Abhishek, 108 Names of Goddess Lakshmi ji, Opening & Closing Prayers, Arati, Chinmaya Pledge PDF]  

Offer your Dakshina (Donation offering) to Devi Ma:  

Click on link  [Dakshina offering]  

Parking Available:   

• Free parking at the back of the ashram at 38 Carrington Rd, Castle Hill   
• Free parking at 40 Carrington Rd, Castle Hill (Note: Do not park between the APAC bay No. 20 to No. 40)   
• Paid parking at the Hills Showgrounds Metro Station Public Car Park.  

Registration will close 7 PM Friday 1st November, so please REGISTER NOW!  

For further details:   

Contact Nandu 0408 445 941