Light and Community: BAPS Campus Fellowship Brings Diwali Spirit to Philadelphia

For Hindu students navigating university life far from home, celebrations like Diwali through the BAPS Campus Fellowship offer a profound sense of belonging and cultural continuity. Philadelphia's Desi community takes pride in knowing that organizations like BAPS are actively nurturing the spiritual and cultural lives of the next generation on college campuses.

🪔 BAPS Campus Fellowship Marks Diwali with Celebration in Philadelphia

The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha's Campus Fellowship organized a Diwali celebration in Philadelphia, bringing together students connected to the BAPS faith tradition for a festive and spiritually meaningful event. The gathering reflects BAPS's broader mission of developing individuals through cultural engagement, spiritual living, and community fellowship, particularly among young people in college settings. BAPS maintains an extensive global network and a rich calendar of festivals and events, with the Philadelphia Diwali celebration representing one touchpoint in that worldwide community. For South Asian Hindu students in the Philadelphia area, such campus-level programming provides an important anchor of faith and cultural identity amid the demands of academic life. [6]

Sources: [6] BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha