Aikotaan SoCal

10/27/2026

🪔✨ 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗶, 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿! ✨🪔

The brightest part of any celebration is the people we share it with! ❤️ Join our 𝗔𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮 for an evening of festive joy, familiar faces, new friendships, and the warmth of our community.

🍽️ Enjoy veg and non-veg dinner, Bengali mishti, mocktails, and cocktails!
😋 Explore mouthwatering treats at the Aikotaan Family Community Snacks Stall!
🎉 Join interactive Diwali games for all ages—with exciting prizes!

📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝟲 𝗣𝗠
📍 Sea Country Community Center
24602 Aliso Creek Rd, Laguna Niguel

🎟️ Adults: $30 | Kids: $20 | Children under 6: FREE

Put on your festive best, bring your loved ones, and let’s make beautiful memories together! 🧡

👉 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: https://aikotaan.org

Our Durga Puja 2026 theme, “Soul of Rural India,” has been honored with Spondon’s Best Theme Puja in the USA award!*

10/26/2026

🏆 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻—and our hearts are overflowing! ❤️

Aikotaan SoCal Association is honored to receive the 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝘂𝗷𝗼 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 award for our Durga Puja 2026! 🌍✨

Our theme, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮, was a heartfelt effort to bring the warmth, traditions, and simple beauty of rural India to Southern California—a little piece of home, lovingly brought to life, thousands of miles away. 🌾🪔

To our wonderful community: your overwhelming love, encouragement, and participation made every hour of effort worthwhile. To our volunteers, artists, families, and supporters: this recognition belongs to all of you. 🙏❤️

Our heartfelt thanks to the judges and the Indian Festival–PujoVerse team for appreciating the thought, creativity, and love behind our celebration.

𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗦𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲! 🎉

10/24/2026

🪔✨ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗷𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗮 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁! ✨🪔

Those familiar smiles, new friendships, and “abar dekha hobe” promises from Aikotaan’s Durga Puja—let’s bring them all together again at the 𝗔𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮! ❤️

Whether you’ve been part of our family for years or first met us at our “Best Theme Puja in the USA” celebration, come reconnect, meet new friends, and light up the evening with laughter and togetherness! 🌟

📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝟲 𝗣𝗠
📍 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗹

🍽️ Delicious veg and non-veg snacks, chicken and veg biryani, and Bengali mishti!
🍹 Cocktails, mocktails, and plenty of festive cheer!
🎉 Interactive Diwali games for all ages and exciting prizes!

Dress in your festive best, bring your loved ones, and let’s make another evening of beautiful memories. 🪔💛

🎟️ 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 https://aikotaan.org

10/24/2026

Dear Aikotaan Family & Friends, 🌸🙏

Thank you for celebrating Durga Puja with us! Please take a few minutes to complete the *Aikotaan Durga Puja 2026 – Attendee Feedback Survey*. Your feedback helps us plan better and make next year even more special! ❤️

📝 *Feedback Form:*
https://forms.gle/dCaLLMGSphFBLyRx5

📸 *Relive our beautiful Durga Puja memories!*
Explore our event album, browse all the pictures, or snap a selfie to find your own photos using *Face Search*. You can also share the photos you took!

*Select “ALL” from the menu to see all pictures.*
https://site.fotoowl.ai/aikotaan/gallery/368422/register?pass_key=750462

*Shubho Bijoya! Until we celebrate together again…* 🌺

Browse the photos from Durga Puja 2026 Online Gallery and Get your photos using Face Recognition

10/20/2026

🏆 𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗘 𝗣𝗨𝗝𝗔 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦𝗔! 🌾🙏

Our Durga Puja 2026 theme, “Soul of Rural India,” has received Spondon’s Best Theme Puja in the USA award! ❤️

We brought a little piece of rural India to Southern California—and YOU brought it to life. The creativity, countless volunteer hours, and love of our community made this recognition possible.

✨ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆!

To our theme and décor team, volunteers, members, performers, sponsors, partners, and every family who celebrated with us—THANK YOU! Our heartfelt gratitude to Spondon for this honor.

From Orange County and Los Angeles to the Inland Empire, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura, and beyond—let’s keep our Bengali roots thriving and our communities connected. 🤝

আমাদের পাড়ার পুজো, আমাদের সবার গর্ব! ❤️

👉 See Spondon’s original announcement:
https://www.facebook.com/atmajyoti.mitra/posts/pfbid02TEPV8y77gti49FAwoQ197PC1zx4GfCbTbmAQsE8PgEzwiKxHg7zxQbSuRGBF11U8l?mibextid=wwXIfr

Share this proud moment with your friends and family! শুভ বিজয়া! 🌺

10/19/2026

Subho Sharadiyar Preeti O Subhechha BSS er sokol sadossoder..

10/17/2026

🌸 𝗣𝘂𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗷, 𝗚𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗿—𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿! 🌸

Aikotaan SoCal Association’s very own in-house band, 𝗚𝗮𝗮𝗻-𝗜𝗻-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲, is making its 𝗜𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁 at 𝗨𝘁𝘀𝗮𝗯’𝘀 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗮 𝗣𝘂𝗷𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! 🎶🥁

From Orange County to the Inland Empire, across Riverside and San Bernardino, we’re bringing our communities closer through the joy of Pujo! ❤️

𝗔𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗻 🤝 𝗨𝘁𝘀𝗮𝗯
Together, we’re celebrating our Bengali spirit and bringing alive that cherished পাড়ার পুজোর আমেজ—the music, laughter, adda, and familiar warmth that make Pujo feel like home. 🪔✨

🙏 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗮’𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗻.
🎤 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
🎶 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗮𝗻-𝗜𝗻-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲!

Bring your family, gather your friends, and let’s fill the celebration with music, joy, and togetherness!

May Maa Durga bless every home with happiness and harmony. 🌺

শুভ শারদীয়া সবাইকে! ❤️

10/17/2026

Oh did we forget to mention the volunteer recruitment drive also happened for the Kids club membership? Here is glimpse!

10/17/2026

Guest, and now family members, Testimonial!