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We are BAJCCA, the Bihar and Jharkhand Canadian Cultural Association: families from Bihar and Jharkhand across the Greater Toronto Area, keeping our faith, our language and our festivals alive together, a long way from home.
Chhath Mahaparv · 13–16 November
Four sacred days at the Hindu Heritage Centre, 6300 Mississauga Rd. Register your family for Prasad and Preeti Bhoj, and take part as one of us.
Who we are
No one is a guest here. Each one of us is a host.
BAJCCA began the way most of our families began in Canada: a few households from Bihar and Jharkhand who did not want to keep Chhath alone. Today we are thousands, in Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto, Oakville, Milton, Hamilton and beyond, and BAJCCA is a registered non-profit, run entirely by volunteers.
We prepare the Prasad together, we cook and serve together, and we carry the cost together. Students who arrived last month sit beside grandparents who have been here for decades. Our children hear Chhath geet, eat Thekua made by their own families and learn where they come from.
Chhath Mahaparv
Chhath Mahaparv is the most sacred time of our year. For four days the whole family prepares, prays and eats together at our own ghat in Mississauga.
Nahay Khay, Kharna, Sandhya Arghya and Usha Arghya at the Hindu Heritage Centre, Mississauga. Warm-water Arghya pools with one Vrati to each pool, 25,000 Thekua made through the night, soop brought from Bihar and Preeti Bhoj on all four days.
160 kg of atta, 80 kg of gur and 80 kg of sudh ghee, shaped and fried through the night in the tent beside the hall.
From Nahay Khay to Usha Arghya, we cook, serve one another and sit together on the floor of the hall.
Chhath at our ghat
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When the sun rises over Mississauga, for a moment we are all back on the ghat at home.Usha Arghya · our ghat, Mississauga
Send Chhath wishes
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Chhath Puja Organizing Committee
All of us are volunteers. Don't know anyone yet? Join the WhatsApp group, and you will know everyone by the end of your first celebration with us.
Donate · your share in the seva
We prepare the Prasad together, we distribute it together, and we carry the cost together. A donation is your opportunity to be part of every Thekua shaped and every plate served. Families and businesses can also sponsor a day of Preeti Bhoj, the ghee for Thekua or the ghat.
Become a member
Chhath with your familyPrasad and Preeti Bhoj registration, and a place in the seva.
First to hearChhath timings, Prasad pickup and volunteer calls reach members first.
A circle that shows upNew in Canada? Start with people who speak your language and cook your food.
Roots for your childrenChhath geet, Thekua made by their own family, and our languages at the ghat.
Questions families ask
What families from Bihar and Jharkhand usually ask us when they first find BAJCCA.
Yes, and it is bigger than most people expect. More than four thousand of us gather at the ghat for Chhath in Mississauga, from across the GTA and beyond.
Join the WhatsApp group and introduce yourself. Families will answer your questions about housing, jobs and schools, and you will have people to celebrate Chhath with this November.
Our roots are in Bihar and Jharkhand. Families from Purvanchal, spouses, friends and neighbours who love our festivals celebrate with us too.
Give a night in the Thekua tent, serve Preeti Bhoj, help at the ghat or welcome families at the gate. Tick "Volunteer" in the membership form or say so in the WhatsApp group.
Yes. Businesses sponsor a day of Preeti Bhoj, the ghee for Thekua or the ghat, and are thanked on stage at Arghya. Write to bajcamail@gmail.com.
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