Christmas Eve & memorial function
Date: 24th Dec 2025, Wednesday
Celebration of Christmas Eve & Memorial function and bhandara in memoriam of Rev Swami Sridharananda ji
VEDANTA CENTRE OF SYDNEY
Aatmano Mokshaartham, Jagad Hitaaya cha
For One’s Own Liberation and for the Welfare of the World.
Upcoming Events: 2024-2025
Programme: | Time |
| Morning Session | |
| Chanting from Upanishads, Special Worship to Sri Ramakrishna | 07:30 AM |
| Fire worship (Homam) | 09:30 AM |
| Tea Break | 10:30 AM |
| Prasad Distribution | 11:00 AM |
| Talks and reminiscences by various devotees and monks | 11:00 AM |
| Anna-Bhoga and Arati | 12:30 PM |
| Prasad Distribution | 12:45 PM |
| Evening Session | |
| Aratrikam | 06:00 PM |
| Worship and Singing of Hymns and Christmas Carols | 06:30 PM |
| Reminiscences of Rev.Swami Sridharanandaji by Swamis | 07:00 PM |
| Distribution of consecrated food | 08:30 PM |
Kalpataru Day
Date: 1st Jan 2026, Thursday
Celebrating the day when in the year 1886 Sri Ramakrishna blessed his devotees, like a wish-fulfilling tree, awakening their spiritual consciousness.
Programme: | Time |
| Aratrikam | 06:30 PM |
| Bhajans by Devotees | 07:00 PM |
| Talk | 07:30 PM |
| Prasad Distribution | 08:30 PM |
Swami Vivekananda's Birthday
Date: 10th Jan 2026, Saturday
Celebration of Swami Vivekananda's Birth Anniversary
Programme: | Time |
| Morning Session | |
| Puja Begins | 08:45 AM |
| Homa | 11:30 AM |
| Pushpanjali (Flower Offering) | 12:30 PM |
| Prasad Distribution | 01:00 PM |
| Evening Session | |
| Aratrikam | 06:30 PM |
| Offering to Swami Vivekananda by Veena artist Smt. Achala Sankarnath accompanied on the Mridangam by Sri Arun Muruganantham | 07:00 PM |
| Talk on Swami Vivekananda by Swami Ishatmananda (visiting from Chicago) | 07:30 PM |
| Prasad Distribution | 08:30 PM |
Sri Shiva Ratri
Date: 15th Feb 2026, Sunday
Celebration of Shiva Ratri (Night of contemplation on Lord Shiva)
Programme: | Time |
| Aratrikam | 06:30 PM |
| Special Worship | 07:00 PM |
| Abhishekam | 07:45 PM |
| Distribution of Prasad | 08:30 PM |
Sri Ramakrishna's Birthday
Date: 19th Feb 2026, Thursday
Celebrating the Birth Anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna
Programme: | Time |
| Morning Session | |
| Puja Begins | 09:00 AM |
| Homa | 11:15 AM |
| Arati and Pushpanjali (Flower Offering) | 12:15 PM |
| Prasad Distribution | 12:45 PM |
| Evening Session | |
| Aratrikam | 06:30 PM |
| Enactment of a few incidents from Life of Divine Trinity by children of the Bala and youth sangha | 07:00 PM |
| Talk on the Life of Sri Ramakrishna | 07:30 PM |
| Prasad Distribution | 08:30 PM |
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