Page | 1 Volume 2018 Issue 6 Oct 2018 MY LOHANA NEWS UNITY IS STRENGTH www.mylohana.com LCFT - Lohana Charitable Foundation of Toronto Individual Highlights Welcome Introduction - Page 2 Deepawali - Page 2 Laxmi & Chopda - Page 3 Pujan Diwali Gala Dinner - Page 5 & Dance Navratri Recap - Page 6 The Lohana Directory - Page 9 Laxmi Puja Steps - Page 10 Annual Sponsors - Page 11 Contact Us - Page 13 May the beauty of Diwali fill your world and your heart with joy and may the love that is always yours, bring you endless happiness. Have A Wonderful Diwali And New Year!
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Volume 2018
Issue 6
Oct 2018
MY LOHANA NEWS
UNITY IS STRENGTH
www.mylohana.com
LCFT - Lohana Charitable Foundation of Toronto
Individual Highlights
Welcome Introduction - Page 2
Deepawali - Page 2
Laxmi & Chopda - Page 3 Pujan
Diwali Gala Dinner - Page 5 & Dance
Navratri Recap - Page 6
The Lohana Directory - Page 9
Laxmi Puja Steps - Page 10
Annual Sponsors - Page 11
Contact Us - Page 13
May the beauty of Diwali fill your world and your heart with joy and may the love that is always yours,
bring you endless happiness. Have A Wonderful Diwali And New Year!
ON A SATURDAY NIGHT - BY POPULAR DEMAND Buy Tickets Online LCFT welcomes you to an explosive night of Music & Masti. Join us this Diwali with Lohana Family and Friends to celebrate our very own amazing Festival of Lights in true Lohana style! The evening is on a Saturday night, at a new venue, and introduces Live Music, Celebrity Entertainment, Indian Dances, Finger-Licking Indian Vegetarian Cuisine, and a Fabulous World Class DJ to dance the night away!
• LAST CALL - Ticket sales will strictly close on October 31st, 2018 - so bring your family & friends and secure your seats today!
Date: Saturday, November 10th, 2018
Time: 6:00pm – Cocktail Hour
7:00pm (sharp) - Entertainment & Gala Evening Location: Avani Event Centre
Address: 8400 Jane St, Vaughan, ON L4K 4L8
Dinner: Delicious full course cuisine catered by Avani Asian Indian Bistro
Dress: Dress smart to impress!
Entry Fee: LCFT Annual Paid Members - $50 Per Person
Non-Members / Guests - $60 Per Person
Children under 12 - $25 Per Child
(Please appreciate that with increasing overheads and labor costs with suppliers, booking of a highly rated venue
on a Saturday night, provision of top-class entertainment, and an excellent full course dining experience, we have
tried our level best to keep the ticket costs affordable and subsidized while providing value – we welcome you to
❖ Anuben Devani, Dakshaben Shah, Bhavnaben Radia & Pritiben Thakrar for assisting with
the decoration
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❖ Our Judges Indiraben Somaia & Sunitaben Somaya for judging the Mithai Competition
❖ To all our participants for preparing and bringing delicious Mithai’s for the competition. You all are
winners!!
❖ Kiritbhai Mistry for providing the amazing music & Bhagirat Raichada for the Disco Dandiya
experience
❖ The Delicious food was catered by Jalsa Kitchen, who were also one of our annual sponsors
❖ Our Youth Volunteers led by Ronak Panchmatia & his team who assisted tremendously during
the Garba, also earned their volunteer hours for school.
❖ A warm Thank you to all LCFT members, and those of the Community that helped to set up in
the evening and during the Garba. Your help was priceless and very much appreciated!
❖ Thank you to Sanjay Dave for contributing his time in taking and editing the photos of the event
NAVRATRI – HIGHLIGHTS
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NAVRATRI- HIGHLIGHTS
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ANNUAL MEMBER’S MOBILE APP - DOWNLOAD IT TODAY!
Paid Annual Membership has its benefits. You can now have the Lohana Directory on the go, on your mobile phone. Are you on our Directory? To learn more, click the button below:
TO LEARN MORE – CLICK HERE
To become an annual member and pay your annual dues online, please click the button below:
1. Purify your house. Clean your house properly. Sprinkle Gangajal or water to purify the surrounding
2. Set up the platform. Spread the red cloth on a raised platform and keep a handful of grains in the center
3. Place the kalash. Place the kalash in the middle. Fill it with 75% of water and put one Supari, one Flower, a Coin and some Rice Grains. Put 5 mango leaves in the kalash and arrange them in a circular design on the neck of the kalash
4. Place Goddess Lakshmi. Keep a small Puja thali on the kalash and make a small flat mountain of Rice
Grains. Draw a lotus with haldi over it and place the idol or Goddess Lakshmi in the center. Place some coins in front of it.
5. Place Lord Ganesha's idol. Lord Ganesha is given first importance in every puja. Therefore, on the right
side (South-West direction) of the kalash, place the idol of Ganesha. Apply a tilak of haldi and kumkum. Put some rice grains on the idol. Light a Diya with Ganapati Puja Oil and White Wick to get the blessings of Lord Ganesha
6. Place books/wealth related items. Now place some books or anything related to your business or
wealth besides the arrangement
7. Light Diya. Light a Panch Mukhi Diya (oil lamp with 5 wicks) with Lakshmi Puja Oil along with Lakshmi Grace Wick and place it in a thali along with some Haldi, Kumkum and Rice Grains. (sandalwood paste, saffron paste, abeer and gulal are optional)
8. Start the Puja/Aarti. Start the puja by applying tilak to the kalash. Apply the same to the lota that is filled
with water. Now offer some flowers to each of them
9. Recite Diwali Puja mantra. Take some rice and flowers. Join your hands together and close your eyes. Recite the Diwali Puja mantra of Goddess Lakshmi or just chant her name and meditate for few minutes to invoke her
10. Offer flower. Offer the flower and rice grains to the Goddess after the prayer
11. Bathe the idol of Lakshmi. Now pick up the idol of Lakshmi and place it in a thali. Bathe it with water
followed by Panchamrita. Clean it with water again. Wipe the idol and place it back on the kalash
12. Put the garland. Now apply Haldi and Kumkum (sandal paste, saffron paste, abeer or gulal) along with rice to the idol. Place the garland cotton beads around the neck of the Goddess. Place some marigold flower and some Bel leaves. Burn few Agarbatti and Dhoop.
13. Offer sweets & coconut. Offer coconut and place a Supari on a Supari leaf. Now put some Haldi,
Kumkum and Rice over it. Pour some puffed rice, coriander seeds and cumin seeds over the idol. Place some mithai, Diwali sweets, fruits and money or gold ornaments in front of it.
14. Perform Aarti. Worship the idol by performing the Lakshmi Puja Aarti
STEPS FOR LAXMI PUJA AT HOME
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A Big “Thank You” to our sponsors and donors for their support to the community
PLATINUM SPONSORS AND DONORS
❖ 1 x Anonymous, (Toronto, Canada)
GOLD SPONSORS AND DONORS
❖ ArcPro Media Inc., Ramesh & Meena, and the Kantaria Family, (Toronto, Canada, & London, England)