Invitation
Australian Diwali Puja 2026
Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November 2026
Hiawatha Ashram in Victoria
On this page:
- Invitation
- Invitation video to HH Shri Mataji
- The program
- Website & Registration
- Collective flights
- “…why on a Diwali day we have all these lights?”
- Photos – Diwali Hiawatha Ashram and HH Shri Mataji – Diwali Puja
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Jai Shri Mataji!
Invitation
The Victorian Sahaja Yoga Collective warmly invite you to join us for the 2026 Australian Diwali Puja to be held at Shri Mataji’s Hiawatha Ashram in Victoria, from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November 2026.
Diwali is a celebration of the light of the Spirit: the light awakened within us through Self-realisation, and the light that shines outward to guide and uplift seekers everywhere. As Shri Mataji explained:
“So the lights are there that all the people who have Lakshmi’s blessings must enlighten themselves, must have lights, and they should enlighten others also.”
HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Diwali Puja, Lake Piru, USA, 29 October 2000
Through the Mahalakshmi principle, our seeking leads us beyond outer satisfaction towards the true fulfilment of the Spirit. May this Puja be an opportunity to deepen our meditation, devotion, generosity and compassion, and to share the light of Sahaja Yoga with the world.
Invitation to HH Shri Mataji
Download Invitation to HH Shri Mataji
The program includes:
- Friday 6 Nov: Arrival and evening program
- Saturday 7 Nov 11:00 am: Havan
- Saturday 7 Nov, 5:00 pm: Diwali Puja
- Saturday 7 Nov: Evening music program
Website & Registration
Please register early to assist with accommodation, catering and transport arrangements. Full information and registration are available here:
We look forward to being together and sharing with you, the love and vibrations of this sacred and joyful Diwali celebration in Shri Mataji’s Hiawatha Ashram.
Collective flights
We have started looking at flight options and transport for our collective journey to Hiawatha Ashram.
“…why on a Diwali day we have all these lights?”
“When we talk of Diwali we should understand that – why on a Diwali day we have all these lights? What is the combination of lights and the Lakshmi who was born in the water, who stands in the water? Why this combination is there? She was standing in the water, as we know, a symbol of prosperity; that is built in the human awareness that he can prosper. Animals don’t prosper. They all have their maryadas, trees have their maryadas. Only the human being can prosper. But if they have no sense of their own maryadas then there’s very ruinous, and ruinous for the whole world.
So the lights are there that all the people who have Lakshmi’s blessings must enlighten themselves, must have lights, and they should enlighten others also.”
HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Diwali Puja, Lake Piru, USA, 29 October 2000
Diwali Hiawatha Ashram and HH Shri Mataji – Diwali Puja
With love and devotion,
The Victorian Sahaja Yoga collective.