BAPS LA - Announcements

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✨ English Sabha | This Sunday!✨ Join us this Sunday for our next English Sabha. We will have Pujya Nilkanthdas Swami joining us to share his insights and guidance, helping us deepen our understanding of satsang and strengthen our connection with Maharaj and Swami. 🎙 Speaker: Pujya Nilkanthdas Swami 📅 Sunday, October 11, 2026 ⏰ 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM 📍 Gym | BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Los Angeles 🙏 We look forward to seeing everyone! Please join us and encourage your friends and family to attend.

🪔✨ Let the light bring us together! Diwali 2026 is coming to BAPS Los Angeles! ✨ Join us for Festival of Lights: Journey of Inspiration—Southern California’s premier Diwali celebration! From the glow of the Mandir to moments of prayer, reflection, and family fun, celebrate the light that fills our hearts with hope and brings our community together. 🗓️ November 6–9, 2026 🪙 Dhanteras Friday, Nov. 6 | Auspicious Puja timings: 4:55 – 7:36 PM 🎡 Community Diwali Festival Saturday, Nov. 7 | 12–9 PM Sunday, Nov. 8 | 1–8 PM 🪔 Diwali & Sharda Pujan Sunday, Nov. 8 | 9–11 AM Come together for a special family prayer for the new year. 🙏 Annakut & New Year Monday, Nov. 9 | 1–8 PM Welcome the new year with gratitude, devotion, and a beautiful offering of food to God. 📍 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Los Angeles 15100 Fairfield Ranch Road, Chino Hills, CA 91709 Everyone is welcome! Bring your family, invite your friends and neighbors, and make memories filled with joy, light, and inspiration. ✨ 🔗 Details, parking, and showtimes: www.bapsladiwali.org Save the dates and share the celebration! ✨🪔

Jay Swãminãrãyan, Akshardham Museum’s special dedication ceremony will be shown live from Robbinsville, NJ this Sunday, October 11th at 6:15am PST. Watch at live.baps.org

A historic milestone! 🏆 Guinness World Records recognizes the 13-volume biography of Pramukh Swami Maharaj as the longest written by a single author. Watch the video: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/LSbwOodocVE એક જ લેખક દ્વારા લખાયેલું સૌથી લાંબું જીવનચરિત્ર, જેમાં ૨,૧૪૬,૪૪૭ શબ્દો છે. 'બ્રહ્મસ્વરૂપ શ્રી પ્રમુખ સ્વામી મહારાજ' શીર્ષક ધરાવતી ૧૩ ગ્રંથોની શ્રેણી, સાધુ આદર્શજીવનદાસ, પી.એચ.ડી. દ્વારા લખવામાં આવી હતી અને આ સિદ્ધિ ભારત દેશમાં ૧૩ ઓગસ્ટ ૨૦૨૬ના રોજ પ્રાપ્ત કરવામાં આવી હતી.

Join us Sunday, October 11th, for our Satsang Parayan by Nilkanthdas Swami. Parayan sponsorship opportunity is available through the MySamarpan app.

Jay Swãminãrãyan An important announcement related to the Surat Akshardham Mahotsav in 2027. Please read.

📺 The Decade | 4-Part Docuseries Part 1 - Yours Forever Part 2 - Saintliness of a Pure Heart Part 3 - Silent Summit Part 4 - Absorbed in Bhagwan

🔗 live.baps.org from London 🇬🇧 Sunday 10/4 at 9:15AM PDT

Festival of Peace: Diwali 2026 at BAPS Los Angeles volunteer registration is now open! Register for seva today at baps.sl/la/DiwaliSeva

🙏 Jai Swaminarayan! Join us tomorrow (9/27) for our next English Sabha as we dive into Vachanamrut Gadhada III-17 and explore: 📖 The Paradox of Bharatji Why did Bharatji—who renounced an entire kingdom—later become deeply attached to a deer? What can his story teach us about attachment, spiritual focus, and staying vigilant on our path toward Bhagwan? 🎙 Speaker: Pujya Adarshnayan Swami 📅 Sunday, September 27 ⏰ 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM 📍 Gym @ BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Los Angeles We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 🙏

Jay Swãminãrãyan Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22nd, is Jal Jhilani Ekadashi. The founder of BAPS, Brahmaswarup Shastriji Maharaj spent his life understanding and bringing to life the inner wishes of Bhagwan Swaminarayan. He was the epitome of virtue and ideal devotion. Shastriji Maharaj has said that devotees should do a waterless fast on five occasions each year. Tomorrow is one such occasion, the halfway point of Chāturmās - Jal Jhilani Ekadashi. On the eve of this auspicious occasion, we pray to Maharaj and Swami to infuse all haribhakto with the courage and strength to follow through on this agna and inner wish of our gurus. Click here for suggested methods for how a fast can be performed well. Click here for the Mahima of fasting. Linked here are Guruhari Mahant Swami Maharaj’s blessings from the 2024 celebration of Jal Jhilani Ekadashi.