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Annakut Celebrations 2018, London, UK

8 Nov 2018

Visitors arrived at the Mandir from the early hours till late at night

Visitors make their way to darshan in the Mandir

A visitor engrossed in darshan

A family enjoy darshan in the mandir

A visitor enjoys ringing the bell in the mandir

A young child enjoys tolling a bell in the mandir

A steady stream of devotees enjoyed darshan throughout the day

Visitors enjoy darshan of the artistic rangolis

Young volunteers explain the deeper significance of the rangolis to a visitor

Visitors enjoy darshan of the artistic rangoli designs

Visitors enjoy darshan of the annakut

A young visitor engrossed in darshan of the annakut

Visitors enjoy darshan of the annakut

The arti was performed every half-hour

Visitors joined in the arti every half-hour

Rt. Hon. Sadiq Khan - Mayor of London. <br>For more details and photos, please see news report <a href='https://www.baps.org/News/2018/Mayor-of-London-Sadiq-Khan-Celebrates-Hindu-New-Year-at-London-Mandir-14310.aspx' target='blank' style='text-decoration:underline; color:blue;'>here</a>

Rt. Hon. Sadiq Khan - Mayor of London.
For more details and photos, please see news report here

Bishop John Francis Sherington - Diocese of Westminster

Rt. Hon. Bob Blackman - MP for Harrow East

Rt. Hon. Gareth Thomas - MP for Harrow West

Cllr Muhammed Butt - Leader of Brent Council

Cllr Arshad Mahmood - Mayor of Brent

Cllr Ketan Sheth - Tokyngton, Brent

Cllr Parvez Ahmed - Dollis Hill, Brent

Cllr Samia Chaudhary - Mayor of Hounslow

Cllr Sohan Sumra - Deputy Mayor of Hounslow

Cllr Caroline Stock - Deputy Mayor of Barnet

Navin Shah (Member of the London Assembly) with Harrow councillors Michael Borio, Phillip O'Dell, Ajay Maru, Krishna Suresh and Sachin Shah

Friends from the Metropolitan Police Force supported the community event

After darshan, visitors made their way across to the 'Diwali Village'

The 'Diwali Village' provided hot food and souvenirs

Visitors receive a new year's calendar, prasad and complimentary info pack

Diwali and the Hindu New Year is also a time for charity and compassion

Young volunteers collected funds for the 'Poppy Appeal' to help those who served in times of conflict to secure peace

A stall paid tribute to the 1.4 million Indian soldiers who served in WWI, which ended a century ago and is being marked with a special commemoration

Visitors enjoyed the New Year celebrations

A family enjoys the New Year with traditional Indian street food

A large Ganesh lantern proved popular with the visitors

Visitors captured memories of their visit before departing

Visitors arrived at the Mandir from the early hours till late at night

Visitors make their way to darshan in the Mandir

A visitor engrossed in darshan

A family enjoy darshan in the mandir

A visitor enjoys ringing the bell in the mandir

A young child enjoys tolling a bell in the mandir

A steady stream of devotees enjoyed darshan throughout the day

Visitors enjoy darshan of the artistic rangolis

Young volunteers explain the deeper significance of the rangolis to a visitor

Visitors enjoy darshan of the artistic rangoli designs

Visitors enjoy darshan of the annakut

A young visitor engrossed in darshan of the annakut

Visitors enjoy darshan of the annakut

The arti was performed every half-hour

Visitors joined in the arti every half-hour

Rt. Hon. Sadiq Khan - Mayor of London.
For more details and photos, please see news report here

Bishop John Francis Sherington - Diocese of Westminster

Rt. Hon. Bob Blackman - MP for Harrow East

Rt. Hon. Gareth Thomas - MP for Harrow West

Cllr Muhammed Butt - Leader of Brent Council

Cllr Arshad Mahmood - Mayor of Brent

Cllr Ketan Sheth - Tokyngton, Brent

Cllr Parvez Ahmed - Dollis Hill, Brent

Cllr Samia Chaudhary - Mayor of Hounslow

Cllr Sohan Sumra - Deputy Mayor of Hounslow

Cllr Caroline Stock - Deputy Mayor of Barnet

Navin Shah (Member of the London Assembly) with Harrow councillors Michael Borio, Phillip O'Dell, Ajay Maru, Krishna Suresh and Sachin Shah

Friends from the Metropolitan Police Force supported the community event

After darshan, visitors made their way across to the 'Diwali Village'

The 'Diwali Village' provided hot food and souvenirs

Visitors receive a new year's calendar, prasad and complimentary info pack

Diwali and the Hindu New Year is also a time for charity and compassion

Young volunteers collected funds for the 'Poppy Appeal' to help those who served in times of conflict to secure peace

A stall paid tribute to the 1.4 million Indian soldiers who served in WWI, which ended a century ago and is being marked with a special commemoration

Visitors enjoyed the New Year celebrations

A family enjoys the New Year with traditional Indian street food

A large Ganesh lantern proved popular with the visitors

Visitors captured memories of their visit before departing