A charitable organization, �TORONTO KALIBARI�, was registered in Ottawa on June 19, 1985 and was granted charitable status by Revenue Canada in December 1985.
Toronto Kalibari now began to search for a place of their own and purchased a 10 acre property with a three bedroom house in June 1986 for $205,000.00. This was located at 11762 McVean Drive, Brampton. With some modification and renovation this building was used as a Mandir housing an Oil Painting of the Divine Mother Kali. Puja and Prayers were held regularly on Sundays, Full Moon and New Moon evenings.
The support for Kalibari from the Community was so overwhelming that in four years time, by October 1990, the outstanding loan on mortgage was totally paid up and the property became deb-tfree. Later it was found that rezoning the property for constructing a temple would be next to impossible and search began for a new site. Moreover, there was no public transport to this place; hence it was very inconvenient for the general public.
In August 1995 a 2.5 acre plot of serviced vacant land, located at 6815 Professional Court, in the City of Mississauga was purchased to construct a new temple. The site was consecrated in September 1995 and regular prayers were held at this site. Construction of the Building was started in September 1997. Kalibari moved to the new location from the Brampton house on June 30, 1998.
The Blue Granite and White Marble Murti, sculpted in India, and shipped to Toronto in 1993 was consecrated on October 19, 1998 at the new Mandir on the Dewali Night. Since then Puja, Prayer and other activities are being conducted at the new site.
A Shiva Lingam and a marble statue of Hara-Parvati was brougtht from India and consecrated on the night of Shivaratri in 1999 and named as follows:
Divine Mother: Maa Kali Pataleshwari. Bhairav: Ananta Nath
The Mandir is open Monday to Saturday from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM and from 12:00 noon to 4:00 PM on Sundays. On Saturdays(evenings), Sundays(12noon to 4 PM) and Tuesdays and full-moon and new-moon evenings a priest is available to do any Puja for any devotee who may wish to offer Puja on his/her behalf.
ACTIVIties
Regular Kali Puja: every Sunday (noon), Tuesday, Saturday and Amabasya;
Satyanarayan at Purnima (evenings on weekdays)
The Mandir is open: Monday to Saturday – 19:00 to 21:00, Sundays – 12:00 to 16:00
For additional opening please see Programs and/or Announcements or Phone us.
Other annual festivities such as Durga,Kali, Saraswati Puja, Janmashtami, Shivaratri etc.
Sunday school for children to learn Hindu cultural and spiritual values and scriptures.
Conducting ceremonies - wedding (legally certified in Ontario), Upanayana, Annaprasana, etc.
Pastoral care for patients at various Hospitals.
TORONTO KALIBARI
BISHUDDHA HINDU CALENDAR 2008-2009
The Puja and tithi-ending times in this calendar follow the "Bishuddha Siddhanta Panjika.", given in 24 hr clock configuration with date changing at midnight. In Hindu Panjika (Calendar), the date changes at sunrise. The time given for Dashami, for example, is the end of Dashami and beginning of Ekadashi. Upabas for ekadashi is shown on the day of "no dashami after sunrise".
The timings are converted to EST Time Zone for, Toronto, New York and Washington and are corrected for standard and Daylight Saving Time (-10:30 hrs in winter and -9:30 hrs in summer from Indian Standard Time). For other Time Zones appropriate corrections should be made. Please note the clock adjustment dates for Daylight Saving Time Mar. 9, 2008(+1hr); andNov. 2, 2008(-1hr.)
TORONTO KALIBARI, 6815 Professional Court, Mississauga, Ontario L4V 1X6, Canada
DURGA PUJA PROGRAM - 2008
please call: Diptendu Chatterjee 905-608-9069, Samir Dey 905-279-6493
Samir Banerjee 905-793-5504, Kalibari 905-405-0780
for more details visit: http://www.kalibari.org
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