Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Loyadham

NOV08SUN

Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated with great joy as homes and mandirs glow with diyas, rangoli, and festive decorations. On this auspicious evening, devotees perform Laxmi Poojan and Chopda Poojan, offering prayers to Bhagwan Swaminarayan for prosperity, honest earnings, and blessings in the year ahead. Diwali reminds us to dispel the darkness of ignorance with the light of devotion, and to begin the new year with gratitude and faith.

NOV09MON

Grand Annakut darshan offered to Thakorji at the close of Diwali, welcoming the new Vikram Samvat year.

NOV09MON

Amas is the sacred new-moon day that completes each lunar month. Devotees observe it with prayer, darshan, katha, charity, and remembrance of Bhagwan Swaminarayan. It is an auspicious time for reflection, inner purification, and renewing one's devotion before the new month begins.