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    Durga Puja Overseas 2010 : Schedule
    State. City. Date Place Special Events
    USA
    Alabama. Birmingham BAGB Oct 16 Phoenician Club Ballroom, 301 Green Springs Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205  
    Arizona. Phoenix. BCAA Oct 23-24 Indo American Cultural and Religious Foundation of Arizona. 2809 W Maryland Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85017  
    Arkansas. Little Rock. Oct 23 Chenal Valley Church of Christ , 16025 Taylor Loop Road. Little Rock, AR 72223  
    California. San Francisco Bay Area. Prabasi Oct 16-17 Chabot College. 25555, Hesperian Blvd, Hayward, CA 94545 Sunidhi Chauhan, Kailash Kher, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Sayantani Majumder
    California. San Francisco Bay Area. Sanskriti Oct 9-10 Foothill College 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Hoimanti Shukla, Anup Ghoshal
    California. San Francisco Bay Area. Baybasi Oct 16-17 Bowditch Middle School, 1450 Tarpon Street, Foster City, CA 94404  
    California. San Francisco Bay Area. Pashchimi Oct 14-17 India Community Center (ICC). 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035  
    California. San Francisco Bay Area. Livermore Temple. Oct 14-17 Livermore Hindu Temple. 1232 Arrowhead Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550  
    California. Sacramento. Utsav Oct 23-24 826 Hazel Avenue Orangevale, CA 95662 Bangla Band: Kaya
    California. Sacramento. Ankur Oct 9-10 Orangevale Community Center. 6826 Hazel Avenue, Orangevale, CA- 95662  
    California. San Diego. Saikat Oct 8-9 Oak Valley Middle School. 16055 Winecreek Rd, San Diego, CA 92127 Partha Ghosh, Gouri Ghosh, Arnab Chakrabarty, Somlata
    California. Santa Barbara. Vedanta Temple. Oct 14-17 927 Ladera Lane. Santa Barbara, CA 93108  
    California. Los Angeles. Bengali Association of Southern California (BASC)  Oct 16-17 Duarte Performing Arts Center, 1401 Highland Ave, Duarte, CA 91010 Suranjana Bose, Partha / Gouri Ghosh, Manick Sorcar (laser-live show), Avrodeep, Sumana Chakraborty, Somlata
    California. Los Angeles (Torrance). Dakshini Oct 15-17 Mira Costa High School. 1401 Artesia Blvd, Manhattan Beach. CA Answesha, Haimanti Shukla, Swgatalakshmi Dasgupta
    Delaware. Washington DC Area. BADV  Oct 15-17 Hindu Temple of Delaware, 760 Yorklyn Road, Hockessin, DE 19707  
    Connecticut. Stamford. Udayani Cultural Club Oct 23  Rippowam Middle School 381 High Ridge Road ,Stamford, CT 06095  
    Florida. Bengali Society of Florida. Oct 9-10 Indian Trails Middle School. 415 Tuskawilla Road, Winter Springs, FL 32708 Amit Paul, Sumana Chakrabarty, Abhradeep Banerjee
    Florida. Bengali Association of Southern Florida Oct 16-17 Westpine Middle School, 9393 NW 50th St, Sunrise, FL 33351 Amit Paul
    Florida. Tampa. Soikot Oct 16-17 Tampa Hindu Temple. 5509 Lynn Road, Tampa, FL 33624. Somlata
    Georgia. Atlanta. BAGA Oct 16-17 Shamrock Middle School, 3100 Mount Olive Drive, Decatur, GA 30033 Rupankar, Haimanti Shukla
    Georgia. Atlanta. Pujari Oct 15-17 Berkmar High School, 405 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lilburn, GA 30047 Somlata, Nirmalya, Parnava, Subrata
    Georgia. Atlanta. Atlanta Bengali Forum  Oct 16-17 Oakliff Elementary School. 3150 willow oak way, Doraville, GA 30340  
    Georgia. Augusta Oct 23-24 Hindu Temple of Augusta, 1421 Lukes Rd,Augusta GA, 30909  
    Illinois. Champaign-Urbana.  Oct 16-17 Channing Murray Foundation Building, 1209 W Oregon, Urbana, IL. 61801 3rd yr. New pratima from Kolkata
    Illinois. Chicago. BAGC Oct 16-17 Plainfield North High School. 12005 South 248th Ave. Plainfield, IL 60585  
    Illinois. Chicago. Bengalis in Chicago Oct 9-10 University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Student Center West. 828 South Wolcott Street. Chicago, IL, 60612  
    Iowa. Cedar Rapids. Suchona Oct 30 Scottish Rite Temple,616 A Ave NE, Cedar Rapids. IA  
    Louisiana. Baton Rouge. BRBLA Oct 13 Datta Temple, 6221 Equity Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70809-4257  
    Massachusetts. Boston suburb. Bengalees of New England Oct 16-17 Marshall Middle School. 15 Floyd Street, Billerica MA 01821.  
    Massachusetts. Boston suburb. Prabasi Oct 16-17 Marlboro Middle School. 5 Union Street Marlborough, MA 01752  
    Massachusetts. Boston suburb. BanglaBiswa Oct 9-10 Littleton High School 56 King St, Littleton, MA-01460  
    Michigan, Detroit. Bichitra Oct 8-10 Orchard Lake Middle School 6000 Orchard Lake Road. West Bloomfield, MI 48322 Chandraboli Rudra Dutta, Somlata, Suman Laha, Suranjana Bose
    Michigan. Detroit. Swajan of Great Lakes Oct 16-17 Novi High School. 24062 Taft Road, Novi, MI Debojit Saha, Sumana Chakrabarty, Abhradeep Banerjee
    Minnesota. Minneapolis. Bengali Association of Minnesota Oct 16-17 Henry Sibley High School. 1897 Delaware Ave, Mendota Heights, MN  
    Minnesota. Bengali Student Society of Minnesota Oct 16 St Paul Student's Center Theater,
    2017 Buford Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55108
     
    Minnesota. Rochester. Bengali Association of Rochester Oct 16-17 Peace United Church of Christ. 1503 2nd Avenue NE Rochester, MN 55906  
    Minnesota. Rochester. Setu Oct 16-17 Hindu Samaj Temple. 11th Ave NW. Rochester. MN 55901  
    Nebraska. Omaha. BANE Oct 16-17 Hindu Temple Nebraska, 13010 Arbor St. Omaha, NE 68144  
    New Jersey Kallol Oct 15-17 Ukrainian Church Community Center, 135 Davidson Ave, Somerset, NJ Partha Desikan, Jolly Mukherjee, Koyel Mukherjee
    New Jersey. Jersey City. Garden State Puja Committee Oct 16-17 Marist High School. 1241 Kennedy Blvd, Bayonne, NJ 07002  Partha & Gouri Ghosh, Alokparna, Soumyen, Suchismita
    New Jersey Indian Community Center of Garden State  Oct 9-10 Eisenhower Middle School, 47 Eyland Avenue, Succasunna. NJ 07876 Bangla Band: Kaya, Pranab Biswas
    New Jersey. Plainfield. Garden State Cultural Association Oct 16-17 Plainfield High School, 950 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060  
    New York. Buffalo. Sanskriti Oct 16-17 Hindu Cultural Association, 1595 N French Rd. Williamsville, NY 14221  
    New York. Binghamton. Oct 9 3505 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY 13850  
    New York Sarbojonin Durga Puja Oct 16-17 VFW Hall. 68 Lincoln Road. Franklin Square. New York 11010 Rajdeep Chatterjee,  Torsa Sarkar, Geeta Choudhury, Shantanu Bhowmik
    New York. Long Island. New York Kali Mandir Oct 13-17 614, Seaman Avenue. Baldwin. NY 11510  
    New York. Fresh Meadows. East Coast Durga Puja Association Oct 16-17 Gujrati Samaj Hall. 173-15 Horace Harding Expressways. Fresh Meadows, NY 11365  
    New York. Fresh Meadows. New York Puja Association Oct 22-24 Gujrati Samaj Hall. 173-15 Horace Harding Expressways. Fresh Meadows, NY 11365  
    New York. Elmhurst. Bangladesh Hindu Mandir Oct 12-17 94-39, 44th Avenue. Elmhurst. NY 11373  
    New York. Jamaica. Sarbojonin Sharadia Durga Puja Oct 13-17 Baba Balak Nath Mandir. 150-26, Hillside Avenue. Jamaica. NY 11432  
    New York. Jamaica. American Bengalee Hindu Foundation Oct 13-17 American Sevashram Sangha, 153-14 90th Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432  
    New York. Woodside. Bangladesh Puja Samiti Oct 22-24 NTV BHABAN, 36-01, 37th Avenue, Astoria, NY-11101 Debojit Saha
    New York. Woodside. Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad Oct 14-17 Dhaka Club, 59th St. & 37th Ave., Woodside, NY 11377  
    New York. Queens. New York Puja Udjapan Parishad Oct 14-17 Divya Dham, 34-63 56th Street, Woodside, NY 11377  
    New York. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center Oct 17 17-19 East 94th Street New York, NY 10128 Sri Sri Durga Puja Special Service
    North Carolina. Raleigh North Carolina Bengali Association Oct 23-24 Green Hope High School.  2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road Cary, NC 27519  
    Ohio. Cincinnati. Tri-State Puja Oct 16-17 Sycamore Junior High School. 5757 Cooper ROad. Cincinnati. Ohio 45242  
    Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pragati Oct 16-17 Colonial Elementary School. 230 Flourtown Rd, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462  
    Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. Bengali Association of Pittsburgh Oct 9-10 Hindu Jain Temple. 615 Illini Drive. Monroeville, PA 15146  
    Pennsylvania. State College. Oct 16-17 Friends School, 1900 University Drive, State College PA 2nd yr
    Texas. Dalls. BA-DFW Oct 15-16 W.T. White High School. 4505 Ridgeside Dr, Dallas, TX 75244 Swagatalakshmi Desgupta
    Texas. Dallas. Antorik Oct 8-9 Williams High School 1800 18th St, Plano TX Haimanti Shukla, Partha & Gauri Ghosh
    Texas, Houston. Houston Durga Bari Society Oct 14-17 13944 Schiller Rd, Houston, TX 77082 Swagatalakahmi Dasgpta, Anwesha, Somlata
    Virginia. Richmond. GRBA Oct 16-17 Bon Air Community Cener (Upper Level). 8725 Quaker Lane Richmond, VA 23235 Swagtalakshmi Dasgupta (Oct 23)
    Virginia. NVBA Oct 16 River Bend Middle School. 46240 Algonkian Pkwy Sterling, VA 20165  
    Washington. Seattle. Uttoran  Oct 1-3 Bellevue Community College 3000 Landerholm Circle SE Bellevue, WA 98007  
    Washington. Vedanta Society of Western Washington  Oct 16 2716 Broadway East Seattle, WA 98102  
    Washington DC area. Sanskriti Oct 16-17 Quince Orchard High School. 15800 Quince Orchard Road North Potomac, MD 20878 (30th Oct) Lopamudra, Debojit, Raghab, Sounak, Usha Uthup
    Wisconsin. Madison. Bengali Association  Oct 16 Badger Ridge Middle School, 740 Main Street, Verona, WI 53593  
    CANADA
    Calgary. Bengali Assoc. Oct 15-17 Meadows Community Hall, 6100 Penbrooke Drive, SE, T2A 6M7. Calgary  
    Edmonton, Alberta EBA Oct 9-10 Londonderry Community League, 14224 - 74 Street, Edmonton, AB  
    Montreal Oct 9-11 Bharat Bhavan. 4225, Rue Notre-Dame Ouest Montreal, QC H4C 1R4  
    Toronto. Toronto Bongiyo Parishad Oct 13-17 Tagore Center. 140 Millwick Drive, Toronto, ON  
    EUROPE
    Germany. Berlin. Oct 13-17 Eichkamp Student Hostel, Club Hall, Herbig Strasse 14, 14055, Bus 149-stop Heerstrasse  
    Germany. Bremen Oct 13-17 Burger and Sozialzentrum Huchting, Amersfoorter strasse 8, 28259  30th yr
    Germany. Cologne. Cologne Durga Puja Oct 13-17 Bezirksrathaus Bürgerzentrum. Köln-Chorweiler Pariser Platz 1 50765 Köln-Chorweiler. Germany  
    Germany. Frankfurt. Frankfurt (Adi) Sarbojonin Durgapuja. Oct 13-17 60437Frankfurt-Bonames , Harheimer Weg 18 – 22   
    Germany. Hamburg Oct 13-17 BRAKULA, Bramfelder Kultur Laden, Street: Bramfelder Chaussee 265, Zip-code: 22177 Hamburg  
    Germany. Stuttgart. Durga Puja Oct 13-17 Gemeindezentrum St. Rupert. Koblenzer Str. 13, 70376 Stuttgart. Busstop Hallschlag; Busroutes 52,55,56  
    Ireland. Sujan Bengali Cultural Society Oct 16 Portmarnock Sports & Leisure Club. Portmarnock. Dublin  
    Netherlands. IBANL Oct 14-17 Prinses Marijkelaan 4, 2252 HH, Voorschoten.  
    Russia. Moscow Durga Puja Oct 14-17 21, Mikhluka Maklaya Street, Moscow  117198  
    Spain. Madrid Durgapuja Oct 14-17 Templo de Sanatana. Calle del Olivar 25. Lavapies, Madrid (Train: Metro Linea 3)  
    Switzerland. Basel. Baselpuja Oct 14-17 Horburgstrasse 21, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland  
    Switzerland. Swisspuja. Oct 14-17 Schützenhaus Thalwil. Dorfstrasse 65. 8800 Thalwil (ZH)  
    Switzerland. Zurich. site Oct 14-17 Wolfswinkelstrasse 24, 8046 Zurich (Unteraffoltern), Switzerland  
    U.K. London. Bengali Cultural Association of London Oct 14-17 Upton Centre. Claude Road (off Bishop Ave) London E13  
    U.K. London. Londonpuja.com Oct 14-17 Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, London WC1 (close to both ST PANCRAS and EUSTON Metro)  
    U.K. London. South London Durga Puja Oct 14-17 Bina Hall (Above Cost Cutters) 4-8 Upper Tooting Road. SW177PG. (near Tooting Bec Tube Station - Northern Line)  
    U.K. London. Tooting Durga Puja Oct 14-17 Sivayogam Hall (1st floor), 180-186 Upper Tooting Road. London. SW177EJ. (5 mins walk from both Tooting Bec and Tooting Broadway tube)  
    U.K. London Durga Puja Association Oct 14-17 Park, Hampstead Town Hall, 213 Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park, Camden, London. NW34QP  
    U.K. London Sharad Utsav Oct 14-17 Nelson Room, Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, Ealing, W5 2BY  
    U.K. Sanatan Association London East. Oct 14-17 YORK HALL. 5-15 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green London,E2 9PJ  
    U.K. Sanatan Bengali Cultural Association Oct 14-17 St. Monica's Hall (Intimate Theatre), Palmers Green, London. N135DP  
    U.K. Greater Manchester Oct 14-17 Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission, UK Centre, 238 Bridgman Street. Bolton. BL36SA  
    U.K. Manchester Durga Puja Oct 14-17 Gandhi Hall, 4 Brunswick Road, Withington, Manchester. M204QB  
    U.K. Wales. Puja-in-Wales Oct 14-17 Penyrheol Community Centre. Penyrheol. Caerphilly, CF832PE. South Wales. UK
    U.K. Milton Keynes. M K Ananda Club Oct 14-17 Jenny Lee Theatre Hall, Bletchley Leisure Centre. Princes Way, Bletchley. Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire. MK22HQ  
    U.K. Essex. Utsav Oct 14-17 Punjabi Centre ,Ley Street, Ilford, Essex, IG14BN New Pratima
    U.K. Peterborough. Cambridgeshire. Bengali Cultural Association Oct 16-17 Longthorpe Hall, Thorpe Road, Peterborough  
    U.K. Glasgow. Scotland. Bangiya Sanskritik Parishad Oct 14-17 Couper Institute, 86 Clarkston Road, Glasgow G443DA  
    U.K. Wembley. Bengali Festivals. Oct 14-17 Dennis Jackson Centre. London Road, Wembley. Middlesex. HA97EU  
    U.K. Leicester. Ankur Club Oct 15-17 ST. MATTHEW'S CENTRE 10 Malabar Road Leicester LE1 2PD  
    U.K. Leicester Probashi Oct 14-17 Gita Bhavan, 70 Clarendon Park Road, Leicester LE2 3AD  
    U.K. Newcastle Upon Tyne. (NEEBPA) Oct 14-17 Hindu Temple. West Road. Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K.  
    U.K. Cambridge. Indian Cultural Society Oct 16-17 Hills Road Sixth Form College Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PE  
    U.K. Liverpool. Merseyside & North of England Oct 14-17 Kirkby Civic Suite. Norwich Way (off Cherry Field Drive). Kirkby. Liverpool. UK L328XY  
    U.K. Birmingham. The Bengali Association Midlands
    Oct 14-17 Bengali Association Hall. Heath Street, Winson Green (entrance from Cuthbert Road) Birmingham B18 4EE  
    U.K. Berkshire. RBBA Oct 14-17 Baylis House, Stoke Poges Lane, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3PB  
    AFRICA
           
    AUSTRALIA
    Adelaide Oct 16 Adelaide Ganesha Temple. 3A, Dwyer Road, Oaklands Park. Adelaide, South Australia
     
    Sydney. Uttaran Oct 9 Cumberland High School, Carlingford,  Sydney, NSW  
    Sydney. BANSW Oct 16-17 3 Stanley St. Concord. NSW  
    ASIA
    China. Sanghhai. Oct 23-24 Bukhara Indian Restaurant. Hongqiao. Shanghai Abhijit Ghoshal
    Japan. Tokyo. BATJ Oct 16 Ota Bunkanomori Hall. Ota-ku, Chuo 2-10-1. Tokyo 143-0024  
    Japan. Universal Puja Committee Oct 17 Zendentsu Rodo-Kaikan (2F), 3-6 Kanda Surugadai Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo  
    Singapore. Bengali Association Oct 13-17 27, Dunman Road. The venue is an old Army Camp field. Dakota MRT Station. Bus Services 10, 16, 30, 30e, 31, 32, 33 and 642  
    South Korea Oct 16 Okpo is a small island Geoje located at the south-east corner of South Korea. Okpo Jong Hab Sahwi Bokjigwan. Okpo 2 Dong. San 660-4Bonji. Gyeongnam. Geoje si. South Korea  
    INDIA (outside Kolkata)
    Delhi. Gurgaon . Link Oct 14-17 Valley View Estate Gurgaon. New Delhi  
    Delhi. Ghaziabad. Vaishali Cultural Association Oct 14-17 Durga Puja Park, Sector 4, Vaishali. Ghaziabad  
    Bangalore Durga Puja List      
    Hyderabad Durga Puja List      
    Gujarat. Kutch Gandhidham Oct 14-17 Sector 1A, Composite Zone, Durgabari Marg, Gandhidham 36th yr
    Maharashtra. Mumbai. Bengali Association of Kalamboli Oct 14-17 New Sudhagad High School. Sector I. Kalamboli Kinkini Dance Troupe, Shramistha Kundu, Aniruddha & Sonali, Annee, Shantideb & Sayantan
    Maharashtra. Mumbai. Mulund. Link Oct 14-17 Kalidas Natya Mandir Complex, P K Road, Mulund (West), Mumbai 25th yr
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