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2012 Puja Dates
Oct 21 : Saptami
Oct 22 : Ashtami
Oct 23 : Nabami
Oct 24 : Bijaya Dashami
Oct 29 : Lakshmi Puja
Nov 13 : Kali Puja
Nov 15 : Bhaiphota
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  • Durga Puja Overseas 2012 : Schedule
    State/City Date Place Special Events
    USA
    Alabama. Birmingham BAGB Oct 20 Deer Valley Elementary School. 4990 Ross Bridge Parkway. Birmingham, AL 35226
    Arizona. Phoenix. BCAA Nov 3-4 Indo American Cultural and Religious Foundation of Arizona. 2809 W Maryland Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85017 Robi o Nobin concert
    Arkansas. Little Rock. Oct 20 Chenal Valley Church of Christ,16025 Taylor Loop Road,Little Rock, AR 72223
    California. San Francisco Bay Area. Prabasi Oct 20-21 Chabot College. 25555, Hesperian Blvd, Hayward, CA 94545 KK, Manomoy Bhattacharya (Oct 20,21)
    Robi o Nobin(Nov 17, Kalipuja)
    California. San Francisco Bay Area. Sanskriti Oct 13-14 Centerville Junior High School Auditorium. 37720 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94536
    California. San Francisco Bay Area. Baybasi Oct 20-21 Bowditch Middle School, 1450 Tarpon Street, Foster City, CA 94404
    California. San Francisco Bay Area. Pashchimi Oct20-24 NewPark Mall, 2086 Newpark Mall, Newark, CA
    California. San Francisco Bay Area. Livermore Temple.  
    California. Sacramento. Utsav Oct 19-21 TBD TBD
    California. Sacramento. Ankur Oct 26-28 FAir Oak Community centre,7997 california ave,fair oaks Lopamudra Mitra
    California. San Diego. Saikat Oct 20-21 /12990 Paseo Lucido, San Diego, CA 92128 Kamalini Mukherjee,Suman Laha, Somnath Roy, Pt. Arup Chattopadhyay (oct 20-21)
    Sadhna Sargam,Trijoy(Oct 28)
    California. Santa Barbara. Vedanta Temple Oct 20-24 927 Ladera Lane. Santa Barbara, CA 93108
    California. Los Angeles. BASC Oct 26-28 Duarte Performing Arts Center, 1401 Highland Ave, Duarte, CA 91010 Sabarni Dasgupta,Pt Tejendra Narayan - Sarod
    California. Los Angeles (Torrance). Dakshini Oct 26-28 Jordan high school,6500 Atlantic ave,Long beach,ca,90805 Sahaj Ma and Utpal Faqir,Pandit Kushal Das (Sitar) & Pandit Arup Chattopadhyay (Tabla),Lopamudra Mitra,Torsha Sarkar
    Colorado. Denver. Milonee Oct 20-21 Aurora East Middle School1275 Fraser Street Aurora, CO 80011 Ujjaini and Nirjhar
    Delaware. Washington DC Area. BADV Oct 19-21 Hindu Temple of Delaware, 760 Yorklyn Road, Hockessin, DE 19707 Ruprekha Banerjee
    Connecticut. Stamford. Udayani Cultural Club
    Florida. Bengali Association of Southern Florida Oct 20 Westpine Middle School, 9393 NW 50th St, Sunrise, FL 33351 Sounak Chattopadhyay,Puja Chatterjee
    Florida. Tampa. Soikot Oct 20-21 Tampa Hindu Temple. ICC Hall. 5509 Lynn Road, Tampa, FL 33624. Lopamudra Mitra,Apaar Bangla
    Georgia. Atlanta. BAGA Oct 26-28 Mountain View High School, Lawrenceville, GA Kamalini Mukherji,Apaar Bangla,Torsha Sarkar
    Georgia. Atlanta. Pujari Oct 19-21 Berkmar High School, 405 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lilburn, GA 30047 Sahaj ma,Utpal faqir,Debashree roy
    Georgia. Atlanta. Atlanta Bengali Forum Oct 27-28 Norcross High School, 5300 Spalding Dr. Norcross GA 30092 Sandeep and Puja
    Georgia. Alpharetta Purbasha Oct 20-21 Meadowcreek High School. 4455 Steve Reynolds Blvd, Norcross, GA Nirmitee Band
    Illinois. Chicago.BAGC Oct 19-21 Bartlett High School,701 West Schick Road, Bartlett, IL Lopamudra Mitra,Kamalini Mukherji.Bappi Lahiri
    Illinois. Chicago. Bengalis in Chicago Oct 27-28 University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Student Center East. Room - 302, 750 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, 60607
    Illinois. Champaign-Urbana. ICIBA Oct 19-21 Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 West Oregon, Urbana,IL-61801
    Indiana, Indianapolis , Bengali Association of Indiana BAI Oct 20-21 Northview Middle School, 8401 Westfield Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46240 Ruprekha Banerjee
    Iowa. Cedar Rapids. Suchona Oct 27 Masonic Temple,Cedar Rapids,IA
    Louisiana. Baton Rouge. BRBLA
    Massachusetts. Boston suburb. Bengalees of New England Oct 20-21 Winchester High School, MA Sahaj Maa and Nirmite Group
    Massachusetts. Boston suburb. Prabasi Oct 20-21 Needham High School, 609 Webster Street, Needham, MA 02492 ujjaini
    Massachusetts. Quincy. Boston Durgabari Oct 20-21 Clifford Marshall Elementary School. 200 Moody Street,Quincy. MA 02169
    Michigan, Detroit. Bichitra Oct 19-21 West Maple Ele. School, Bloomfield Hills Parnava Banerjee
    Michigan. Detroit. Swajan of Great Lakes Oct 20-21 49000 11 Mile Road Novi, MI 48374 Sandeep Acharya,Puja Chatterjee
    Minnesota. Minneapolis. Bengali Association of Minnesota Oct 19-21 7300 Brooklyn Boulevard N., Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 Parnava Banerjee, Sanchi Mukherjee
    Nebraska. Omaha. BANE Oct 27-28 Hindu Temple Nebraska, 13010 Arbor St. Omaha, NE 68144
    New Jersey Kallol Oct 19-21 Ukrainian Church Community Center, 135 Davidson Ave, Somerset, NJ Arnab , Sadhna ,Bappi Lahiri and Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar
    New Jersey. Jersey City. Garden State Puja Committee Oct 27-28 Marist High School. 1241 Kennedy Blvd, Bayonne, NJ 07002 Manomoy Bhattacharya
    New Jersey Indian Community Center of Garden State
    New Jersey. Plainfield. Garden State Cultural Association Oct 20-21 Plainfield High School, 950 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060 Hidayat Hussain Khan,Lopamudra Mitra,Debashree Roy
    New Jersey. Utsov’s Maiden Durga Puja Festival. Utsov Oct 20-21 Piscataway High School, 100 Behmer Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Saswata Sanyal, Aakash deep, Nritya Creation
    New York. Albany. Utsab Oct 20-21
    New York. Buffalo. Sanskriti Oct 19-21 Hindu Cultural Center. 1595 North French Road, Getzville, NY 14068
    New York. Binghamton Oct 13 India Cultural Center (ICC). 1595 NYS Route 26, Vestal, NY 13850 Kajori Chakravorty,Puja Chatterjee
    New York. NYPA New York Puja Association.173-15 Horace Harding Expy,Fresh Meadows, New York 11365
    New York. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center Oct 28 17-19 East 94th Street New York, NY 10128
    North Carolina. Raleigh. North Carolina Bengali Association Oct 19-21 East Chapel Hill High School,500 Weaver Dairy Road,Chapel Hill NC
    Ohio. Cincinnati. Cincinnati Cultural Initiative Oct 19-21 Union Elementary School. 7672 LeSourdsville-West Chester Road. Cincinnati, OH 45069 Manamoy Bhattacharya
    Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pragati Oct 20-21 Colonial Elementary School. 230 Flourtown Rd, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
    Pennsylvania, State College
    Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. Bengali Association of Pittsburgh Oct 20-21 Hindu Jain Temple. 615 Illini Drive. Monroeville, PA 15146
    Texas. Dallas BA-DFW Oct 19-20 Benjamin Franklin Middle School, 6920 Meadow Road, Dallas, TX 75230 Sahaj Ma,Utpal Faqir,Debarati,Shayne Devid,Apar Bangla
    Texas. Dallas. Antorik Oct 19-20 Williams High School 1800 18th St, Plano. TX UJJAINI MUKHERJEE and NIRJHAR SARMA
    Texas, Houston. Houston Durga Bari Society Oct 25-28 13944 Schiller Rd, Houston, TX 77082 Kamalini Mukherjee,Robi o Nobin,Ruprekha Banerjee, Amit Ganguly and Bijoya Ganguly
    Virginia. Richmond. GRBA Oct 20-21 Bishop Ireton Center. 3300 Old Courthouse Road. Richmond, Virginia 23236
    Virginia. NVBA Oct 20 Herndon Middle School, 901 Locust Street, Herndon, VA 20170
    Washington. Seattle. Uttoran Oct 26-28 Bellevue Community College 3000 Landerholm Circle SE Bellevue, WA 98007
    Washington. Vedanta Society of Western Washington Oct 21 2716 Broadway East Seattle, WA 98102
    Washington DC area. Sanskriti Oct 26-28 Quince Orchard High School. 15800 Quince Orchard Road North Potomac, MD 20878
    Wisconsin. Madison. Bengali Association
    CANADA
    British Columbia,Burnab LMBCS Oct 19-21 Arya Samaj Hall,6884 Jubilee Avenue, Burnaby, BC,Canada
    Calgary. Amra Sobai Oct 19-21 Chestermare Regional Association 201 West Chestermere Dr. Calgary, AB. T2P2G7
    Edmonton, Alberta EBA
    Edmonton, Alberta
    Montreal. Indian Bengali Association Oct 19-20 Bharat Bhavan. 4225 Rue Notre Dame Ouest. Montreal, QC, H4C 1R4
    Toronto. Toronto Bongiyo Parishad
    Amar Puja Toronto Amar Pujo Toronto Oct 27-28 Northstar Montessori Private School,4900 Tomken Road, Mississauga, ON L4W 1J8
    EUROPE
    Germany. Berlin.
    Germany. Bremen
    Germany. Cologne. Cologne Durga Puja Oct 20-24 Bezirksrathaus Bürgerzentrum. Köln-Chorweiler Pariser Platz 1 50765 Köln-Chorweiler. Germany
    Germany. Frankfurt. Frankfurt (Adi) Sarbojonin Durgapuja.
    Germany. Hamburg
    Germany. Stuttgart. Durga Puja Oct 20-24 Gemeindezentrum St. Rupert. Koblenzer Str. 13, 70376 Stuttgart. Bus stop: Hallschlag; Busroutes 52,55,56
    Ireland. Sujan Bengali Cultural Society
    Netherlands. Kallol Oct 20-24 Prinses Marijkelaan 4, 2252 HH, Voorschoten.
    Spain. Madrid Durgapuja Oct 21-24 Calle Ministriles 21.Lavapies, Madrid,Metro : Linea 3
    Switzerland. Basel. Baselpuja Oct 26-28 Quartiertreffpunkt Hirzbrunnen,Im Rheinacker 15, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
    Switzerland. Swisspuja. Oct 21-24 Schützenhaus; Dorfstrasse 65; 8800 Thalwil; Zurich
    U.K. London. Bengali Cultural Association of London Oct20-24 Upton Centre. Claude Road (off Bishop Ave) London E13
    Hounslow, London. UK Prabashi Oct20-22 Ashiana Banqueting Hall. 50-52 Bell Road,Hounslow,TW3 3PB
    U.K. London. Londonpuja.com Oct 20-24 Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, London WC1 (close to both ST PANCRAS and EUSTON Metro)
    U.K. London. South London Durga Puja Oct 20-24 South London Durga Puja Chak 89, 105 Bond Road Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 3HG
    U.K. London. Tooting Durga Puja
    U.K. London Durga Puja Association
    U.K. London Sharad Utsav Oct 20-24 Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, Ealing, W52BY
    U.K. Sanatan Association London East
    U.K. Sanatan Bengali Cultural Association Oct 21-24 ST. MONICA'S HALL (INTIMATE THEATRE), PALMERS GREEN, LONDON N13 4DH,U.K
    U.K. Greater Manchester
    U.K. Manchester Durga Puja
    U.K. Wales. Puja-in-Wales Oct 21-24 Penyrheol Community Centre, Heol Aneurin, Caerphilly, CF83 2PG
    U.K. Milton Keynes. M K Ananda Club Oct 20-24 Longueville Hall, Whadden Road, Newton Longville, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0AT
    U.K. Essex. Utsav Oct 20-24 Punjabi Centre ,Ley Street, Ilford, Essex, IG14BN
    U.K. Peterborough. Cambridgeshire. Bengali Cultural Association Oct 19-21 Longthorpe Hall, Thorpe Road, Peterborough
    U.K. Glasgow. Scotland. Bangiya Sanskritik Parishad
    U.K. Wembley. Bengali Festivals.
    U.K. Lei1cester. Ankur Club Oct 19-21 ST. MATTHEW'S CENTRE 10 Malabar Road. Leicester LE12PD
    U.K. Leicester Probashi
    U.K. Newcastle Upon Tyne. NEEBPA Oct 20-24 Hindu Temple. West Road. Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K.
    U.K. Cambridge. Indian Cultural Society Oct 20-21 Hills Road Sixth Form College Hills Road, Cambridge CB28PE
    U.K. Liverpool. Merseyside & North of England
    U.K. Birmingham. The Bengali Association Midlands Oct 20-24 Bengali Association Hall. Heath Street, Winson Green (entrance from Cuthbert Road) Birmingham B184EE
    U.K. Berkshire. RBBA Oct 20-24 Slough Hockey Club, Upton Park, Upton Court Road, Slough, Berkshire,SL3 7LT
    AFRICA
     
    AUSTRALIA
    Adelaide,BCASA Oct 20-21 IAASA Hall,6 Blamey Avenue,Broadview,Adelaide & Ganesha Temple,Adelaide
    Sydney. Uttaran Oct 13 Cumberland High School. 183 Penant Hills Road. Carlingford, Sydney. NSW 2118
    Sydney BANSW Oct 20-21 Concord High School. 3 Stanley St. Concord. NSW
    Sydney Utsav Oct 27 Croydon Public School,Cnr of Boundary & Young Street,Croydon, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    ASIA
    Japan. Tokyo. BATJ Oct 20 Ota Bunkanomori Hall. Ota-ku, Chuo 2-10-1. Tokyo 143-0024
    Japan. Tokyo. Kolkata Cultural Society Japan Oct 14 Akabane Kita Kumin Center. Kumin Center 2F, 2-25-8 Akabane Kita, Kita Ku, Tokyo 115-0052
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