Festivals · Heritage Enriching Programs
Many festivals, one world family.
Through our Heritage Enriching Programs we mark major festivals through the year, and at each one we share our message of love, harmony and one world family.
- Meditation and events are always free
- No experience needed
- Keep your own faith
Scroll and watch the rangoli weave itself together.
- Our festivals.We mark Diwali, Janmashtami, Guru Nanak Jayanti and Ravidas Jayanti, among others.
- Holi.Every year we celebrate Holi at Divya Dham Ashram in New Delhi.
- Guru Purnima.A day to pay tribute to one’s spiritual Guru, with love and gratitude.
- Janmashtami.We celebrate Shri Krishna Janmashtami; our 2026 Mahotsav was in Dwarka, New Delhi.
An illustration of a rangoli pattern, not a photograph of one of our festivals.
A festival is a chance to share a message
The need
We use festival days as a platform to help people understand the wider meaning of these occasions. Our faith is in one world family.
The festivals we mark come from more than one tradition: among them Diwali (Deepawali), Janmashtami, Guru Nanak Jayanti and Ravidas Jayanti.
Festivals we mark
Three of them in a little more detail:
What we do
Holi
We celebrate it every year at Divya Dham Ashram in New Delhi.
Guru Purnima
A day to pay tribute to one’s spiritual Guru and to show love and gratitude to the Guru.
Janmashtami
We celebrate Shri Krishna Janmashtami as a large festival; our 2026 Mahotsav was held in Dwarka, New Delhi.
We also mark Diwali (Deepawali), Guru Nanak Jayanti and Ravidas Jayanti. On Guru Purnima we honour the , the spiritual teacher.
From our page
These are the dated items on our Heritage Enriching Programs page.
Real impact
- 3 to 4 September 2026Our Shri Krishna Janmashtami Mahotsav in Dwarka, New Delhi; the page links a film of it.
- 22 July 2013We reported news of our Guru Purnima celebration.
- 13 July 2014We reported news of our Guru Purnima celebration.
Ways to take part
You are welcome to look around first. Nothing is expected of you.
How to help
Come to a festival
See what is coming up and join us. You are welcome to come and watch.
Volunteer with us
Tell us you would like to help at our festival programmes and a volunteer will get in touch.
Find a center
Meet the people at your nearest center. You are welcome to come and watch before taking part in anything.
Read more
Our Heritage Enriching Programs page on the DJJS main website carries our festival news.
Ready when you are
Nothing is expected of you.
Why this chakra?
This page rests on the (Anahata), the fourth of the seven centres. In the yogic tradition it is placed in the centre of the chest and is associated with tenderness and compassion, the place where service to others begins.
Each charity work here is service in action, and the tradition places the beginning of service in the heart. The world keeps its own picture; a quiet glow in the heart’s colour sits beside it.
This is how the yogic tradition describes the centres; it is a map for reflection, not a scientific or medical claim.