Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia Inc. - SA Chapter

26/10/2026

🌏 Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia at Multicultural Festival 2026! 🪔🥘

📅 Sunday, 01 November 2026
🕛 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Victoria Square, Adelaide C*D

We’re excited to announce that Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia (VHP) will be hosting a delicious vegetarian food stall at this year’s Multicultural Festival, a celebration of unity, diversity, and community!

👋 Come meet the VHP SA team, learn more about our activities, and enjoy the authentic taste of Bharat with a specially curated menu, all at affordable prices!

🍽️ Menu Highlights:
✅ Dosa
✅ Vegetable Biryani and raita
✅ Vada Pav (the Indian burger!)
✅ Masala Chai ☕
✅ Mango Lassi 🥭

🧡 Whether you're craving comfort food, curious about Hindu culture, or just out for a great day, we welcome you with open arms and warm plates.

Cooking demonstration of Vada Pav at 2:00pm.

📸 Don’t forget to stop by stall no. 2 say ‘Namaste’, take photos, and tag us!

21/10/2026

🕉️🌳 Akhil Wishva Gayatri Parivar, Adelaide Volunteers Lead Another Inspiring Seva Initiative at Harishchandra Ghat 🙏

**Community service is not just about creating facilities, it is about caring for them and preserving them for future generations.**

We are delighted to acknowledge the wonderful contribution of **Gayatri Parivar Adelaide**, whose dedicated volunteers recently visited **Harishchandra Ghat at Snowdens Beach** to undertake another meaningful Seva initiative.

Led by **Dayaben Desai ji**, the volunteers generously contributed their time and effort to:

🌳 **Water and care for the newly planted trees**, helping ensure they become established and thrive.

🧡 **Apply a second coat of saffron/orange paint to the stair framework**, contributing to the ongoing maintenance and beautification of the Ghat.

🔥 **Perform a sacred Gayatri Yagna**, offering prayers and adding to the spiritual significance of this special community space.

We extend our **heartfelt appreciation to Dayaben Desai ji and every volunteer from Gayatri Parivar** for their dedication, initiative and selfless service.

Harishchandra Ghat was established to provide Hindu families in South Australia with a dedicated place to perform the sacred tradition of *Asthi Visarjan* (immersion of ashes).

With the support of the **City of Port Adelaide Enfield**, the HOTA Forum and many community organisations, the site continues to develop into a peaceful, beautiful and dignified waterfront space.

However, the true success of this initiative will be measured not only by the facilities we create, but also by **how our community comes together to maintain, protect and care for them**.

Gayatri Parivar has demonstrated this spirit beautifully through its actions.

We encourage other Hindu organisations, families and individuals to join this collective effort, particularly by helping water and maintain the trees during the warmer months.

**Harishchandra Ghat belongs to our shared community heritage. Let us continue to develop and care for it together.**

🙏 **Seva Parmo Dharma – Service is the highest duty.**

**Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia (SA)**
**HOTA Forum – South Australia**

11/10/2026

🕉️🌳 *Harishchandra Ghat, Snowden Beach – Another Beautiful Milestone for Our Community!* 🙏

We are delighted to share the latest improvements at *Harishchandra Ghat, Snowden Beach*, Adelaide's dedicated place for the sacred Hindu tradition of *Asthi Visarjan* (immersion of ashes).

Thanks to the wonderful efforts of our community volunteers and the continued support of the *Port Adelaide Enfield Council City of PA Port Adelaide Enfield*, we have achieved three more important milestones:

🌳 *Two Moreton Bay Fig trees (Australian Banyan trees)* have been planted, which will grow to provide greenery, shade and natural beauty for generations to come.

🧡 *The stair framework leading towards the water has been painted in saffron*, adding a beautiful touch of Hindu cultural identity to this special place.

🪑 *New benches have been installed around the shelter*, allowing families and community members to sit, reflect and enjoy the serene waterfront views through the trees and alongside the saffron-painted stairs.

👏 *A special thank you to Kishor Chand ji*, who coordinated the tree planting, and *Venkatesh Gopal ji*, who coordinated the painting of the stair framework. Our heartfelt appreciation also goes to every volunteer who generously contributed their time, effort and resources.

We extend our sincere gratitude to *Mayor Claire Boan, Simon Trill, Anthony Dunstan and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield* for their continued encouragement, guidance and practical support.

Our vision is to gradually transform Harishchandra Ghat into a *beautiful, peaceful and iconic waterfront space*, a place of spiritual significance for Hindu families and an attractive public space for everyone to enjoy.

🌱 *Our work does not end with planting the trees!*
We now need community members to help water and care for them, particularly during the coming summer months. If you live nearby or would like to contribute, please get in touch and join our community volunteer effort.

*Together, we are creating something meaningful and lasting for future generations.*

🙏 *Community spirit. Collective effort. A lasting legacy.*

*Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia (SA)*
*HOTA Forum – South Australia*

02/10/2026

🌳🕉️ VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – LET’S BUILD HARISHCHANDRA GHAT TOGETHER 🕉️🌳

Saturday, 10 October | 9:30 am–10:30 am | Snowdens Beach

We would love members of Adelaide's Hindu community to join us for a special community working bee at Harishchandra Ghat, Snowdens Beach.
With the support of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, we will be planting two Australian native banyan trees) at Harishchandra Ghat and painting the approved sections of the stair framework in saffron/orange. 🧡

📅 Saturday, 10 October 2026
⏰ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
📍 Harishchandra Ghat, Snowdens Beach, Largs North SA

But we need more than volunteers for one morning.

Once these trees are planted, they belong to all of us as a community and we need to look after them. In particular, they will need regular watering and care through the warmer months while they become established.
We would therefore particularly love to hear from individuals and families who are willing to adopt a watering day and help us establish a simple community roster.

This first planting is also important for the future development of Harishchandra Ghat. If we can demonstrate that our community can successfully establish and maintain these trees, we hope to work with Council on further landscaping in the future, including a small garden with plants such as marigolds and Tulsi, subject to Council approval. 🌼🌿

Harishchandra Ghat is a dedicated place where Hindu families in Adelaide can undertake the sacred Asthi Visarjan (immersion of ashes) of their loved ones. We now have a shelter at the site, with further improvements progressively taking place.

Rather than this being something developed only by a few community organisations or leaders, we want Harishchandra Ghat to be a genuine community initiative.

Come along, see the Ghat, plant a tree, help with the working bee and become part of looking after this special place for generations to come. 🙏
Please comment below or message us if you can attend, and particularly if you can help us with the ongoing watering roster.

🕉️ Saturday, 10 October | 9:30 am | Snowdens Beach, Largs North SA

Bring your family. Come and contribute. Let’s build and care for it together. 🌳🙏

01/10/2026

🏏 CRICKET BLAST IS COMING TO NORTHFIELD! 🏏

Looking for a fun way to introduce your child to cricket?

VHP Cricket Club is launching an 8-week Cricket Blast program at Edward Smith Reserve, Northfield, designed to help children discover cricket in a fun, welcoming and supportive environment.

No previous cricket experience is necessary. Whether your child has never held a cricket bat before or already loves the game, Cricket Blast is a great opportunity to learn new skills, make friends, build confidence and have plenty of fun!

📅 Sundays, 18 October – 6 December 2026
⏰ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
📍 Edward Smith Reserve, Grand Junction Road, Northfield
🏏 8-week program
💰 $109 per participant
👧👦 Boys and girls welcome

Our focus is not just on teaching cricket, we want children to enjoy coming to sport, make new friends and develop a lifelong love of being active.

👉 Registrations are now open:
https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/register/241b16

Places are limited, so we encourage families to register early.
Know a family in the northern suburbs whose children might enjoy cricket? Please tag them or share this post with them. 🏏
Come and discover cricket with VHP!

15/09/2026

🍛 More Than a Meal – Building Community Through Food ❤️

On Saturday, 5 September 2026, around 140 people joined us for another Flavours of India – Community Lunch, a Dharma Kitchen initiative.

What makes these monthly lunches particularly special is that around 90% of those who join us are from outside the Indian and Hindu communities. People from different cultures, backgrounds and walks of life come together around a simple vegetarian meal.

Over time, something beautiful has happened.

Some guests now tell us that when they walk home after lunch, they feel lighter. Some share with our volunteers the difficulties they are going through. Some tell us they regard this community as family. Others bring their friends along—and many who first came as guests have now become our friends.

That is why this initiative has become about so much more than food.

It is about companionship, wellbeing, friendship and belonging. It is also an opportunity for us to share Indian and Hindu culture with the wider Australian community in perhaps its simplest form—through hospitality, service and genuine human connection.

🙏 Our heartfelt thanks to every volunteer who cooks, prepares, serves, cleans and, most importantly, welcomes every person with warmth and respect. You make this possible month after month.

We would love to take this model further.

Would you like to help us bring a community lunch like this to another Adelaide suburb?

We are looking for volunteers and community-minded people who would like to help organise, cook, serve or establish similar programs in other areas.

Come and join us. Serve with us. Share our culture. Build connections.

Sometimes, bringing communities together really can begin with something as simple as sharing a meal. ❤️

15/09/2026

🌏 Give your child the opportunity to learn a new language! 🇮🇳

Would your child like to learn Hindi — one of the world's most widely spoken languages — in a fun, welcoming and interactive environment?

Our new Hindi Language Classes at Goodwood Community Centre are open to children from all cultural, linguistic and faith backgrounds. No previous knowledge of Hindi is required.

Through stories, songs, games and conversation, together with reading and writing, children will have the opportunity to discover a new language while also learning about the people, traditions and culture associated with it.

Learning another language is also a wonderful way for children to develop curiosity about the world, build friendships across cultures and grow up appreciating the diversity of the community in which we live.

📅 Mondays
⏰ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
👧🧒 Ages 3–10
📍 Goodwood Community Centre
💲 $10 per child, per class

Whether your family has an Indian connection or simply wants your child to experience another language and culture, everyone is welcome.

Come and learn, speak, read, write — and have fun!

📞 For enquiries and enrolments: (08) 8372 5143

Please share this with families who may be interested.

29/08/2026

🕉️ Harishchandra Ghat, Snowden Beach – Another Important Milestone 🙏

We are very pleased to share some good news with everyone. We now have a permanent shelter in place at Harishchandra Ghat, Snowden Beach.

On Friday, VHP visited the site and met with Mayor Claire Boan and Council staff, accompanied by and HOTA Partners Anish ji from Adelaide Shwetamber Jain Sangh (ASJS) and Kavin from BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir, representing our HOTA Forum community.

We discussed a number of further improvements to make Harishchandra Ghat more accessible, peaceful and welcoming for families. The next improvement will be additional seating around the shelter, as well as a gravel pathway between the shelter and the stairs so families do not have to walk through mud during wet weather. We are also exploring some landscaping and tree planting around the area. 🌳

We will shortly organise a HOTA community working bee and invite volunteers from our member organisations to come together and help paint the timber framework around the stairs in saffron/orange, subject to final Council approval. 🧡

Harishchandra Ghat has come a long way from the idea we originally discussed as a community. It is gradually becoming a dignified and permanent place where Hindu families can undertake the sacred ashes immersion (Asthi Visarjan) of their loved ones here in Adelaide.

A big thank you to the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, Mayor Claire Boan and Council staff for continuing to work with our community, and to all HOTA organisations that have supported this initiative. 🙏

We are sharing a few photographs of the new shelter and the site.

🕉️ Together, we continue building institutions and facilities for generations to come.

28/08/2026

23/08/2026

🏏💗 Does your daughter want to try cricket? Here’s the perfect place to start!

We’re excited to bring Her Game Grows to VHP Cricket Club — a FREE 4-week girls-only cricket program designed especially for girls aged 5–10 years.

No cricket experience is needed. This is all about giving girls the opportunity to have fun, make new friends, learn some cricket skills and discover whether cricket is for them in a friendly and welcoming environment.

👧 Girls aged 5–10
🏏 No experience required
💗 All abilities welcome
🎁 FREE cricket pack for registered participants
💰 Completely FREE to participate
📅 Starts Sunday, 30 August
⏰ Sundays | 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
📍 Edward Smith Reserve, Grand Junction Road, Northfield

The program is supported by SACA and proudly funded by Westpac as part of the Her Game Grows initiative to encourage more girls to discover and enjoy cricket.

If your daughter has ever been curious about cricket, this is a wonderful opportunity to let her give it a go — no pressure and no previous experience needed.

👉 Scan the QR code on the flyer to register.

Please share this with another family who has a daughter aged 5–10. We'd love to introduce as many girls as possible to the game! 🏏💗