Durga Puja in Burford Road, London Sanaton Associaton
Sanaton Associaton
Welcome to the Sanaton Association website. Our goal is to provide you with useful information anout our organization and activities.
The Sanaton Association has been serving the Bengali speaking Hindu community of Greater London by providing education, community work and cultural events.
At this site you will discover all about the forthcoming activities organised.
Feel free to browse around this site. If you have comments or questions about our calendar of activities or simply need more information and want to contact us, click on ‘Contact us’ button found under ‘About us’ (appearing on the top of all the pages within the site) Thank –you for visiting and we look forward to serving you at one of our events.
Sanaton Association is a Bangladeshi Hindu community organisation set up in 1983. It is a registered charity no.1075313 and company limited by guarantee. It currently has a membership of nearly 900 people and is the only Hindu organisation in Tower Hamlets serving the Hindu community for the last 30 years.
Name of Founders of Sanaton Association:
Mr Jitendra Lal Gupta
Mr Fanindra Kumar Dhar
Mr Himangshu Goswami
Late Sitangshu Das
Mr Proshanta Choudhury
The aims of Sanaton are to:
Improve the lives of Hindus living and working in Tower Hamlets and neighbouring boroughs through educational, social, religious and cultural activities.
Preserve and promote the Hindu religion and culture and use it towards the enrichment of the multi-cultural society in London and the UK.
Vision
To have a purpose built community centre where the Hindu community can come together to perform daily religious prayers and participate in health, educational, social, cultural and recreational projects and activities under one roof in a culturally sensitive environment.
Mission Statement
To serve the needs of the Hindu community by organising projects and activities in education, health, religion, arts and culture, sports and fitness to improve their quality of lives.
About Us
The Sanaton Association has been serving the Bengali Hindu community in Greater London since 1983.
The Sanaton Association is a company run by volunteers. The organization is registered as a charity and is solely dependent on kind donations. Our aims and objective are to ensure the preservation of the Hindu religion and culture, further its advancement and make use of it towards the enrichment of the multi-cultural society in the United Kingdom.
We want to help build racial equality and harmony through our continuing relationships with various local and national voluntary and Government agencies.
We organize several religious festivals like:
Durga Puja (Autumn Festival)
Kali Puja (Diwali)
Saraswati Puja and Poush Parbon (Winter Festival)
Summer Trip
We also organise cultural events throughout the year, like the Bengali New Year (mid-April).
Our volunteers help the community by giving advice on matters of education, social rights, travel and many other issues. We also encourage anyone who wants to participate in our activities and help with our organizational needs Elected members responsible for running of the organization are listed in the Trustee Pages.
Contact details:
Sanaton Association
Unit 121, First Floor
11 Burford Road
London