Saikat is a charitable, non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting Bengali culture in San Diego and neighboring communities. Since its inception in 1987, Saikat has been holding cultural events (Saraswati Puja, Cultural Program "Krishti", Annual Picnic, Durga Puja etc.) in San Diego.

We welcome everybody interested in Bengali culture regardless of ethnicity and religion. Please e-mail or call any of the executive members (EC) for membership information. [ more]


Announcements

Our next event Saraswati Puja will be held on January 28th 2012.
Venue: Del Sur Elementary School.
15665 Paseo Del Sur San Diego, CA 92127-6144
To view more details and RSVP for Saraswati Pujo OR to make your annual membership donation, please visit here. More details can also be found on the flyer


Thanks to all of our members and well wishers for joining and making Durga Puja 2011 a big success. Please check back soon for links to pictures etc. from the event.

We would like to thank all our patrons for joining us at Krishti. You can see some pictures from the event here and view our compendium of articles and artwork related to Kobiguru Rabindranath Tagore.

Our second volunteering effort at Father Joe's Village was a success. You can read more here and a view a thank you letter to Saikat for our previous volunteering effort from the Ronald McDonald Charity House here.

The June 2011 special edition of our quarterly newsletter on travel and photography is now available online here.

Krishti is on the 8th July at the Neurosciences Institute (NSI). Details Here


Saikat's charitable activities
  • Saikat�s First Volunteering event on 26th June 2011 at Ronald Mc Donald House Charity. Saikat�s �Dream Team� fed brunch to 158 people( details here) Letter of appreciation from RMHC here
  • Feeding America initiative was a success thanks to the participation by our community's youth. You can view a photo slide and a letter of appreciation from Feeding America (San Diego) here and here.

Photos from Saikat's picnic are available here, here and here . If you wish to share your photos, please let us know.

We would like to thank all our members for making our picnic a success!


Our next event is Summer Picnic 2011. For more details (including RSVP information), please visit here. More details can also be found on the flyer

Please Note: The next general body meeting will also be held during this event.



The March 2011 edition of our quarterly newsletter is now available online here.



Highlights from our recent events



For pictures of past events, please visit the album page.

SAIKAT member Sandip Sarkar captured the spirit of Durga Puja during his recent trip to Kolkata. Thanks to Sandip for sharing his fantastic photos with SAIKAT. Enjoy this Puja Parikrama!