Events & News
We host several cultural events throughout the year to bring families together, express creativity, tell stories, entertain ourselves, and fly high for the future.
Celebrations all year round
Youth and children participation in our events helps develop thinking skills, builds self-esteem, and improves resilience. Whether it’s your first event or your tenth, there’s a seat saved for you.
FallNavratri Celebration
Dance, music, and garba as the entire DBV family comes together to celebrate the festival of nine nights.
SpringHoli
Color, laughter, and community, in a joyful celebration of the festival of colors with all our families.
Spring · MayAnnual Day
Our year-end celebration of what every child has learned, with performances, speeches, and well-earned pride.
Dates are announced each season in class and in our newsletter.
News from our community
Working with People’s Pantry
During the month of February, DBV children participated in the Youth Group’s “Spread the Love” campaign. They earned jars of peanut butter and jelly to donate by doing a good deed, collecting 60 jars in total to benefit the People’s Pantry!
Project C.U.R.E. Service Project
Youth Group students volunteered their Saturday morning to help Project C.U.R.E. send much-needed medical supplies to people in need across the world.
Registration is Closed for 26-27
Spots for fall 2027 will open in June. Please check back then.
SEE OUR NEWSLETTER!
Every season we share classroom highlights, Youth Group updates, and upcoming dates, straight from our teachers and volunteers.
A key figure in the establishment of Downingtown Balvihar is Mr. Vilas Desai (pictured here with his wife Lata Desai).
Lovingly known as Vilas Uncle, his vision, persistence, and nonstop community effort, supported by his daughter Sujata and son-in-law Ashish Shah, led to the official establishment of Downingtown Balvihar in July 2007. He poured his heart and soul into this endeavor so that our children get to know about our great culture and rich languages.
Classes started with just 15 children in Bell Tavern Park. By the end of that year, the organization was meeting in school classrooms, and by 2011, well over 150 children were attending classes every Sunday.
Vilas Uncle still stops by to visit during events and is an enduring inspiration to all of us.
