Nhsf Bristol Hindu Society

Bristol SU Society of the Year 2019 and Winner of the Collaboration Award 2019!

Gold Accreditation 2020

Join the Hindu Soc family, we'd love to meet you!

Namaste,

Welcome to NHSF Bristol Hindu Society!

Winner of Bristol SU Student Society of the year 2016 and SU Collaboration Award 2017, National Hindu Students Forum (NHSF) Bristol is an expanding society, we aspire to create a ‘home away from home’ atmosphere for all our members and provide them with an amazing opportunity to learn about and experience the Hindu religion and culture. NHSF is the largest Hindu student body in Europe, which aims to protect, preserve, practice and promote Hinduism amongst the Hindu student population. NHSF Bristol is one of over forty chapters representing the rapidly expanding network of NHSF UK.

We support our members to fulfill their cultural, spiritual, educational and social needs through a wide range of dynamic activities including socials, celebrating festivals, helping in community projects and a weekly Aarti (prayers). This society provides an amazing opportunity for Hindus to practice their religion but also for others to experience the Hindu religion and culture. It also gives you the chance to meet new people, share and express your opinions and indulge in the exciting events for the students of Bristol such as:
• Weekly Aarti (Every Monday at 6pm in the Multifaith Chaplaincy)
• Dola Re (Charity Garba Event) - Saturday 7th October 2017
• Jyoti (Diwali Ball) - Saturday 11th November 2017
• East Meets West (Theatre Production) - Saturday 24th February 2018
• Debates
• Weekly sports (Badminton, Netball, Football, Kho and Kabaddi)
• South Zone and National Sports Competition (Saturday 2nd December and 17th February 2018)
• Rang De- Holi
• Talks by invited guest
• Food nights
• Socials: dinner, bowling, mini golf, cinema
• Sewa
…. . this is a glimpse of what we are going to do this year, make sure not to miss out! Membership is only £5 and can be bought online at https://www. bristolsu.org. uk /groups /hindu-society-fb38 . . . just click join the group!

By joining our society you will be the first to find out about our upcoming events as well as getting membership discount to all of our events!

Every Monday evening we have Aarti at 6pm at the Multifaith Chaplaincy. These prayer sessions allow you to relax after a long day at uni and provide a platform to practice your faith at university. Hindu, Jains and Sikhs are all welcome to the prayers as we have Jain and Sikh prayers with the Hindu prayers. Prayer booklets will be provided.

We wish you an enjoyable time at university and look forward to a fun-filled year!

Pranaam,
NHSF Bristol Hindu Society
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NHSF Bristol Hindu Society Committee 2017-2018
President: Krupali Vaja
Vice President: Massawer Ahmed
Treasurer: Tani Mendiratta
General Secretary: Neha Maqsood
Events Reps: Bansari Rana and Nikhil Chandarana
Learning and Sewa Reps: Tash Bhardwaj and Pratik Popat
Socials Rep: Parth Patel
Sports Rep: Shiv Mistry and Serena Dodhia
Sponsorship Rep: Ravin Parekh
Marketing Rep: Zain Mahmood
East Meets West Reps: Aarti Gogna, Gihan Jirasinghe and Isha Negi
Advisers: Harprit Birk

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact any of our committee via facebook.