[Photograph of unidentified women with children at a Jalaram Jayanti celebration held at and put on by the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby]

Creator: Bodalia, Chandra

2001-12-01

Photograph of unidentified women with children at a Jalaram Jayanti celebration held at and put on by the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C. in Burnaby, B.C.

Jalaram Jayanti is the celebration of Jalaram Bapa's birth, a Hindu saint from Gujarat, India. It falls on the seventh day of the bright lunar fortnight in the Hindu calendar, of the Kartika month.

Officially registered as the Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre of B.C., the Hindu Temple of Burnaby, previously known as Vishva Hindu Parishad temple, stands as one of Canada's oldest and largest Hindu temples. It was founded on May 15, 1972 as a small prayer hall in North Burnaby, dedicated to preserving and promoting Hindu culture and traditions.

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