JSMW Diwali Celebration 2018
Namkeen/ Farshan Competition
Namkeen/Farshan - Recipes and Pictures
We had 10 entries for Namkeen/ Farshan Competition and we were fortunate to see so much talent and creativity from our members. Judges for this contest were: Kanta Dharamsi, Mina Shah, Harshid Shah.
1st prize was 25.00 Target card, 2nd got 20.00 & 3rd got 15.00 gift cards.
Special Thanks to Sunilbhai Dharamshi, Rena Surana, Manan Shah, Sahil Shah, Manoj Shah & Rahul Jain.
Very Very Special Thanks to Kantibhai Gangar to have a humorous recipe specially for male audience and Meetaben Gangar for bringing Diwali Snacks for the members.
Dress Your Best
Dress your Best Festive was a big hit, many had dressed so beautifully and felt like no one can celebrate Diwali better than JSMW. Kids from Nursery to adults had colorful and vibrant clothes and were very enthusiastic. Judges went to each classes and also had their binocular eyes on everyone in the hallway/ cafeteria. We picked from each class 2 students (1 girl, 1 boy) and 4 in adult categories.
Judges for this category were: Hemen Gandhi, Janak Rajani, Narita Surana, Monali Shah, Padma Shah. They did a wonderful job of picking 24 best dressers and hats off to them as their job was most difficult. We had 24 gift cards from Target for 10.00.
Decorative Diyas
Decorative Diyas for Pathshala students was completely managed by Rena Surana, Narita Surana and JYOC Kids. Shout out for Shreyal Gandhi, Simi Narula, Manjeet Surana, Rushil Shah and many other JYOC members to be involved in community and engaging our youths in making fancy diyas. There might be few more names missed here, kindly understand.
Special Thanks for Rahul Jain, Sahil Shah and Manan Shah for supporting in miscellaneous tasks. Thank you & Micchami Dukhdam to all, without all your support this would not had been a successful event.
Mahavir Nirvan Pooja
We continued the tradition of Mahavir Nirvan Pooja on the morning of Diwali. This year we met on Diwali, November 7th at 7:30 AM for Mahavir Nirvan Pooja, bhakti and offered Coconut Laadu. The religious ceremonies were followed by Potluck and Diwali wishes.
Diwali Nav Smaran Path
On Thursday, November 8th, we recited Nav Smaran followed by Aarti & Mangal Divo at our Jain Center. Nav Smaran is the reciting of Stotras in the memory of Bhagwan Mahavir's Nirvan, a state when a soul gets liberated after shedding all eight types of Karma particles. The event was well attended by 80+ members from our society.
Diwali Bhakti
This event was well attended on the Saturday after Diwali, November 10th. The members enjoyed singing a variety of bhajans with the live soulful music and bhakti nritya. The program ended with the Aarti performed by the entire group.