New Year Pooja

St. James Episcopal Church 4 St James Place, Essex Jct., VT, United States

New year pooja with pujari Madhuji.

Pongal

St. James Episcopal Church 4 St James Place, Essex Jct., VT, United States

Pongal is a traditional harvest festival celebrated primarily in Tamil Nadu, India, to honor the Sun God (Surya) and thank nature for a bountiful harvest. It typically falls in mid-January, […]

Basant Panchami

St. James Episcopal Church 4 St James Place, Essex Jct., VT, United States

Basant Panchami, also known as Vasant Panchami, is a Hindu festival that marks the arrival of spring. Celebrated on the fifth day of the lunar month of Magha (January–February), it […]

Shivratri

St. James Episcopal Church 4 St James Place, Essex Jct., VT, United States

A very significant festival where the tone is not boisterous, instead with fasting and meditation somberness is of essence!! The day marks a divine union and a cosmic dance in […]

Holi

St. James Episcopal Church 4 St James Place, Essex Jct., VT, United States

Pooja and fundraiser food event. Holi is a vibrant and joyous Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of spring, the triumph of good over evil, and the renewal of life. Known […]

Ugadi

St. James Episcopal Church 4 St James Place, Essex Jct., VT, United States

  Ugadi is the New Year festival celebrated in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka in India. It marks the beginning of the Hindu lunisolar calendar, typically falling […]

Sita Ram Kalyanam

St. James Episcopal Church 4 St James Place, Essex Jct., VT, United States

Pooja with pandit Sridharji with fundraiser food event. Sita Ram Kalyanam is a significant Hindu religious event that celebrates the divine wedding of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita, symbolizing the […]

Sunderkand

St. James Episcopal Church 4 St James Place, Essex Jct., VT, United States

Pooja and prasad lunch donated by devotees. Sunderkand is one of the most revered chapters (Kand) of the Hindu epic Ramayana, composed by the sage Valmiki and later retold by […]

Open House

St. James Episcopal Church 4 St James Place, Essex Jct., VT, United States

Homam

St. James Episcopal Church 4 St James Place, Essex Jct., VT, United States

Pooja with pandit Sridharji with fundraiser food event. Homam (also called Havan) is a sacred fire ritual in Hinduism and related traditions, performed to invoke divine blessings and purify the […]