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LCNL cordially invites you to celebrate

Chopda Pujan 2026

A time for new beginnings, blessings and prosperity

Sunday 8 November 2026 35 per pooja
Chopda Pujan flier: Sunday 8 November 2026, registration 9:00am – 10:00am (with breakfast), pooja 10:00am – 11:30am, at J.V. Gokal Hall, Dhamecha Lohana Centre, Brember Road, Harrow, HA2 8AX. Nyochavar £35 per pooja; 2 Yajmans can sit for one pooja.

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Join us for Chopda Pujan

Mark the start of the New Year with the traditional worship of the books of account, seeking Lord Ganesh and Maa Lakshmi’s blessings for shubh and labh in the year ahead. The pooja will be conducted by Shashtri Piyushbhai Mehta.

Date Sunday 8 November 2026
Times Registration 9:00am – 10:00am (with breakfast) Pooja 10:00am – 11:30am
Venue J.V. Gokal Hall, Dhamecha Lohana Centre, Harrow HA2 8AX
Nyochavar £35 per pooja 2 Yajmans per pooja; family welcome to watch
What to bring & chopda sticker

Pooja samagri

Bring the few things below; LCNL provides everything else.

Please bring

  • 1 swaroop of Lord Ganesh
  • Laxmi coins (any coins will do instead)
  • 1 book (chopda) for the pujan
  • Some sweets for distribution

Chopda sticker

No need to print it. LCNL will have one ready for you.

English Gujarati

Provided by LCNL

  • Abil, gulal, kankoo and chandan, on a plate or in a small bowl
  • Dry fruits for the pooja, on a plate or in a small bowl
  • Kesar water in a small bowl
  • Some cinnamon, cloves and cardamom, on a plate or in a small bowl
  • 3 sopari: 1 for the kalash, and 1 each for Riddhi and Siddhi, placed near the Ganeshji swaroop
  • 1 nariyal per pooja plate
  • 1 kalash and a bottle of water
  • 7 nagarwel paan per pooja plate
  • Panchamrut (milk, yogurt, honey, sugar and ghee) in a small plastic tub
  • Nada chede: 1 half a foot long for the kalash, and 7 small ones for Ganeshji, Riddhi, Siddhi, the Laxmi coin, the red pen and the Yajman’s wrist (right wrist for gents, left for ladies)
  • A few fresh flower petals on a pooja plate
  • 1 janoi per plate
  • A tea light or homemade divo, and a matchbox, for the aarti
  • A cloth napkin or tissues to dry your hands
  • Some rice for the pooja
  • Agarbatti
  • Red pen
  • Mishri or sugar
  • Some warm water to bathe the Ganeshji swaroop
  • A large plate with small containers for all the poojapo; a steel bowl, spoon and plate for bathing the swaroop; a steel plate to keep him on for the pooja after his bath; and a steel plate for the aarti

Sthapna

Ganeshji Red decoration, with a ghee divo and flowers
Laxmi Narayan Yellow decoration, with a ghee divo and flowers

Watch live

Fully booked

All poojas for Chopda Pujan are booked. To ask about a place, please call Madhuben on 07500 701 318 or Vishal on 07732 010 955.

Questions?

Please call Madhuben on 07500 701 318 or Vishal on 07732 010 955, or email info@lcnl.org.