First Deepavali celebrations in Camden

Deepavali is the most widely celebrated festival of people from the Indian subcontinent. Deepavali represents the victory of light over darkness, of truth over untruth, of righteousness over wrong. In our modern world, it is a reaffirmation of hope, a renewed commitment to friendship, religious tolerance, spreading the word of peace and harmony. Deepavali inspires us to set aside our differences and find ways to work together towards the greater and common good.

For over 23 years, the Hindu Council of Australia has presented Australia’s largest and most vibrant Deepavali Festivals attracting crowds of hundreds of thousands of participants. This year we were so lucky again to come out of lock down and be able to get together for the first ever Deepavali celebration in Wayne Gardner Oval in Camden.

Hon Angus Taylor, Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Hon Peter Sidgreves MP, Mayor Cr. Theresa Fedeli, Cr. Lara Symkowiak, Usha Dommaraju joined the local community in celebrating the festival.

Hon Angus Taylor, Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Hon Peter Sidgreves MP, Mayor Cr. Theresa Fedeli, Cr. Lara Symkowiak, Usha Dommaraju joined the local community in celebrating the festival.

BAPS Swaminarayan Temple’s young volunteers to come and chant peace chanting during the lighting ceremony. of course no event is complete with out the volunteers Vishnupriya for being the MC, Amarjeet for PA and DJ , Prashanth for helping with other logistics and all cultural performers and volunteers.

It was great to go out and celebrate the festival outdoors.