Diwali - Festival of Light Puja Celebration
with Acharya Swami Sitaramananda and Pundit Bhima
October 19, 2025
Diwali Celebration
Diwali (or Deepavali, the “festival of lights”) is an ancient festival celebrated in autumn (northern hemisphere) every year. The festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness.
Before Diwali night, people clean, renovate and decorate their homes and offices. On Diwali night, they dress up in new clothes or their best outfit, light up diyas (lamps and candles) inside and outside their home, participate in family puja (prayers) typically to Lakshmi – the goddess of wealth and prosperity.
Please call ahead to let us know you are coming. Flowers and prasad are welcome.
Schedule
4pm – Yoga Class
6pm – Dinner
7:30 pm – Diwali Puja Celebration
About the Teachers
Acharya Swami Sitaramananda
Swami Sitaramananda is a senior acharya of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers and is director of the Sivananda Ashram Vedanta Yoga Farm, California and the Sivananda Yoga Resort and Training Center, Vietnam. She is acharya of China, Taiwan, and Japan as well. Swamiji is the organizer and teacher of the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training (SYHET) program, an 800-hour program on yoga therapy, […]
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Pundit Bhima
Pundit Bhima, originally from South India, joined the Sivananda Yoga Farm in 2023. He was born and brought up in a Vedic Hindu family. His father was Sri Trinadha Lakshmi Narasimha Murty garu who was the Sri Devi Upasaka (meant to serve or one who serves). He is a traditionally trained priest from the Veda(Yajusha […]
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