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	Maha Shivratri Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha of the month Maagha or Phalguna in the Hindu Calendar. The most significant practices on this day are offerings of Bae leaves to Lord Shiva, fasting and all night long vigil.
	Holi Celebrations Holi is a popular Spring Hindu festival also called the Festival of Colours. It takes place over two days in the later part of February or early March. As per the Hindu calendar, it falls on the Phalgun Purnima.
	Ramnamvi & Shri Hari Jayanti Rama Navami falls on the ninth day of the Hindu lunar year and is a celebration of the birthday of the Hindu god Rama. People normally perform Kalyanotsavam (marriage celebration) for small murtis of Rama and Sita in their houses.
	P.P.Swamiji's 74th Birthday Celebration Born on May 4th 1934, P.P. Swamiji's has spent most of His life fostering the set principles of Lord Swaminarayan and the saints without artificial persuasion. This day recognizes 74 years of His Divine prowess and sublime selfless love, that thousands of youths whose lives are now models of true piety, devoid of vices.
	Jagran Sri Narinder Chanchal, an Indian musician who specializes in Punjabi bhentein, came to Toronto to share the blessings of Maa Vaishno Devi.
	Murti Pratistha This event commemorates the installation of Shri Akshar Purshottam Maharaj at the Hindu Mandir. There was a Mahapooja followed by Thakorji's poojan.
	Janmashtami Janmashtami celebrates the birth of one of the most famous Gods of Hindu religion, Bhagwan Krishna, on the eighth day (Ashtami) in the month of Sravana or Savana. Lord Sri Krishna was born on the 'Rohini' nakshatram (star). It is generally celebrated in the month of August-September according to the Christian Calendar. Legend has it that Sri Krishna was born on a dark, stormy and windy night to end the rule and atrocities of his maternal uncle, Kansa.
	Diwali and Annakoot Celebrations Diwali is Known as Diwali is known as the "Festival of Lights," it symbolizes the victory of good over/ evil, and lamps are lit as a sign of celebration and hope for humankind. Diwali celebrates the return of Lord Rama, King of Ayodhya, with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana to Ayodhya from a war in which he killed the demon king Ravana. It is believed that the people lit oil lamps along the way to light their path in the darkness. The fourth day of Diwali is known as Annakoot meaning mountain of food. On this day gifts of food are presented to God in the shape of a mountain piled before him.
	Jalaram Jainti The The Birthday Celebration of the Shri Jalaram Bapa, the great saint from Virpur, Gujarat.