The Calendar below includes upcoming DFBF events and other interfaith events in Devon, and reports and photos of previous events. [There is a known bug in the calendar, and it may go blank if you try changing the date or the display view. Refreshing the page should show the new information.]
See also the Shap e-calendar of Religious Festivals, featuring dates and descriptions of festivals. It is an invaluable resource for the teaching profession, students, businesses, chaplaincies, those in health care and public services.
HMD programme Exeter 2026 draft
Events for HMD commemorations 2026
Theme: Bridging Generations
Events for Schools and the General Public
Tuesday 27th January 2026
7th April
Promoting interfaith dialogue and cooperation. This session will explore the Sea of Faith Network’s ‘Ten Hypotheses’, designed to provoke discussion!
Dave Francis and Denise Cush
5th May
My journey into Islam – the story of a white British revert
Sharon Luck
7th July
The ‘Accidental Humanist’ – how it took me three decades to find a label for myself!
Lisa Robillard Webb
DEFAN’S FOR THE LOVE OF RIVERS FESTIVAL
Jay Jina, Hindu Chaplain at the University of Exeter Hindu Chaplaincy, and others from Devon’s Hindu Community and the Exeter Hindu Cultural Centre (EHCC) will be conducting Ganga Puja on the banks of the Exe on Sunday 23rd August. We will gather at 11am in Belle Isle Park and make our way to the river through the Willow trees along the banks. Alternatively, if access is limited here (there has been a lot of nettle growth), we will walk the short distance together to the unbound stretch of the Exe in Riverside Valley Park.
The Ganga Puja ceremony will include:
- Welcome: The philosophy of Living Water
- Preparing for the Puja: Inner Cleansing (Achamana)
- The Puja: Invocation of the Seven Rivers (Snana Mantra)
- Collective singing of the Ganga River Aarti with Diyas
- Recitation of Shanti Paath: Ecological Pledge
After the Ganga Puja, Joanna Scott, a Quaker from Exmouth Quakers, will be holding a time of Quaker Stillness and Reflection for around 40 minutes. We will then be enjoying a ‘bring and share’ picnic where there will be other reflections and practical information shared by those belonging to various traditions and nature organisations.
