SPA UK Sandesh 2014 | Page 62

Arti at Navratri Mahkali Mandir trip in Wales Water Aid Garba New Year Day Gathering New Year Day Gathering S PA E a s t B Lo O LTO n d o N n & I l fo r d Arti Competition Winner (Hemani & Vibhuti Mistry) Nutan Varsh Abhinandan for Vikram Savant 2071 - “I take this opportunity to thank all our members for their generousity!” Sadar Namaskar W hile we all celebrate the festival of light it gives Shree Prajapati Mandal of East London great pleasure in sending to all our Prajapatis living throughout UK, our heartiest greetings for Deepavali and Nutan Varsh Abhinandan for Vikram Savant 2071 - May God bless you all with health, wealth and prosperity. Last year during Navratri, Mandal dedicated one afternoon of garba in respect of the Water Aid charity and this was hugely successful as we had an overwhelming response from our members. Hence, this charity event was carried forward to our New Year Gathering too. I am proud to say that in an afternoon of Garba and a few hours at our Gathering, we raised £836.52. I take this opportunity to thank all our 60 members for their generous donations for this worthy cause. Once again our senior members proved that they are the driving force for the Mandal by attending Seniors Samelan. Our Mahila are a driving force too as they proved by selling all the allocated tickets for the Mahila Samelan. Both the Mahila and senior members enjoyed their days and are looking forward to the Samelans next year. This year our Mahila Mandal organised ‘Shraddh Bhajan’ with a bhajan mandli to entertain members. However, the day before the event, an unexpected thunderstorm caused widespread damage to the school hall. Despite our best efforts, we could not re-locate the event. Furthermore, it also led to the cancellation of our Navratri. For the first time in 36 years, the Mandal was not able to celebrate Navratri. However, Deepavali/New Year Gathering and Christmas Party will take place as per every year and we are planning other activities too. The committee takes this opportunity to th