Welcome Message | Puja Invitation & Schedule | Attractions | Parking & Bus Schedule | Puja Committee | Flashback |
Day | Shift | From | To | Frequency |
October 26th 2019, Saturday | Evening | 6:00 pm | 10:00 pm | Every 10 mins |
Evening | 10:00 pm | 11:00 pm | Every 15 mins | |
Evening | 11:00 pm | 1:00 am | Every 15 to 20 mins | |
Waiting time for buses will be more at West Oaks Mall parking between 6:00pm and 10:00 pm and then at Durgabari Campus from 10:00 pm. | ||||
Day | Shift | From | To | Frequency |
October 27th 2019, Sunday | Evening | 6:00 pm | 11:00 pm | Every 15 to 20 mins |
Waiting time for buses will be more at West Oaks Mall parking between 6:00pm and 10:00 pm and then at Durgabari Campus from 10:00 pm. |
!!! Based on Puja Committee’s decision, there has been a change to the allotted Jain temple parking passes. If you have a Jain temple parking sticker on your car’s wind shield you will be allowed to come into the Durgabari main campus and security onsite will help you park in the green field. There will still be some parking restrictions and hence you will not be able to park in the main parking lot, but green field will be open to you for parking your vehicle. JAIN TEMPLE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PARKING AND NO TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM JAIN TEMPLE. !!!
The Puja Committee has made the following decisions regarding disabled parking as well as Uber/Lyft pickup/drop-offs. These are as follows.
Disabled Parking
Durgabari temple main campus normally has six (6) handicapped parking spots. Because of a large turnout during the Puja days, this number has been expanded to an additional twelve (12) spots resulting in a total of eighteen (18) disabled parking spots. These parking spots will be available on a first come first serve basis. It is impossible and even unlawful for parking management to reserve these spots. Until these disabled spots last, people carrying valid disabled tags and/or disabled license plates even without HDBS parking sticker will be allowed to come to the main temple campus regardless of the fact whether they have any other parking stickers or not. Visitors requiring disabled spots are encouraged to come early.
Once we run out of these available spots, visitors with disabled tags will be turned around from city parking lot and directed to West Oaks Mall. From there, the shuttle bus running at will be available at regular intervals to and from West Oaks Mall parking and temple main campus.
Onsite parking
Main Parking Lot in fromt of Temple is now full. Any new Grand/Platinum sponsors will be accommodated in Kalabhavan Parking lot (along with Gold sponsors) while we have space (not too many left).
Uber/Lyft Pickup-Drop-off
For Kali Puja, Uber/Lyft riders will be allowed entry into the Durgabari main campus.
We greatly appreciate your understanding and believe that with your help we can keep this Puja safe and enjoyable for everybody.
Thanking you
Parking, Transportation and Security Committee
Puja 2019
Houston Durga Bari Society
Dear patrons,
Due to some recent extremely unfortunate gun violence incidents in Texas and other parts of USA, Houston Durga Bari has decided to implement some security measures to ensure the safety of the visitors. Such measures may appear a little inconvenient but considering safety and security of the devotees and the visitors as our top priority we had to take some additional security measures this year. We hope to have your full cooperation in this matter and together we can make this Puja a very safe and enjoyable event for all. Please see below on the some of the most important measure that are being implemented this year.
“DE ACUERDO CON LA SECCIÓN 30.06 DEL CÓDIGO PENAL (INGRESO SIN AUTORIZACIÓN DE UN TITULAR DE UNA LICENCIA CON UNA PISTOLA OCULTA), UNA PERSONA CON LICENCIA SEGÚN EL SUBCAPÍTULO H, CAPÍTULO 411, CÓDIGO DEL GOBIERNO (LEY SOBRE LICENCIAS PARA PORTAR PISTOLAS), NO PUEDE INGRESAR A ESTA PROPIEDAD CON UNA PISTOLA OCULTA”
“DE ACUERDO CON LA SECCIÓN 30.07 DEL CÓDIGO PENAL (INGRESO SIN AUTORIZACIÓN DE UN TITULAR DE UNA LICENCIA CON UNA PISTOLA A LA VISTA), UNA PERSONA CON LICENCIA SEGÚN EL SUBCAPÍTULO H, CAPÍTULO 411, CÓDIGO DEL GOBIERNO (LEY SOBRE LICENCIAS PARA PORTAR PISTOLAS), NO PUEDE INGRESAR A ESTA PROPIEDAD CON UNA PISTOLA A LA VISTA”
Thank you again for your co-operation and support as we implement these safety measures. Look forward to having a safe Durga Puja and seeing all of you at Durgabari.
(Disclaimer: Bus timings shown here are just estimates and are subject to change without prior notice)
Day | Shift | From | To | Frequency |
October 3rd 2019, Thursday – Mahashashti | Evening | 6:00 pm | 10:00 pm | Every 15 to 20 minutes |
Evening | 10:00 pm | 11:00 pm | Every 20 to 25 minutes | |
Evening | 11:00 pm | Midnight | Every 30 minutes | |
Buses will wait more at West Oaks Mall parking between 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm and then at Durgabari Campus from 10:00 pm. | ||||
Day | Shift | From | To | Frequency |
October 4th 2019, Friday – Mahashaptami | Day | 9:00 am | 11:00 am | Every 30 to 40 minutes |
Day | 11:00 am | 3:00 pm | Every 20 to 30 minutes | |
Buses will wait more at West Oaks Mall parking between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm and then at Durgabari Campus from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | ||||
Day | Shift | From | To | Frequency |
October 4th 2019, Friday – Mahashaptami | Evening | 6:00 pm | 7:00 pm | Every 20 to 30 minutes |
Evening | 7:00 pm | 10:00 pm | Every 12 to 15 minutes | |
Evening | 10:00 pm | 11:00 pm | Every 20 to 25 minutes | |
Evening | 11:00 pm | 1:00 am | Every 30 minutes | |
Buses will wait more at West Oaks Mall parking between 6:00pm and 10:00 pm and then at Durgabari Campus from 10:00 pm. | ||||
Day | Shift | From | To | Frequency |
October 5th 2019, Saturday – Mahashtami | Day | 9:00 am | 11:00 am | Every 20 to 30 minutes |
Day | 11:00 am | 3:00 pm | Every 10 to 15 minutes | |
Day | 3:00 pm | 4:00 pm | Every 20 to 30 minutes | |
Buses will wait more at West Oaks Mall parking between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm and then at Durgabari Campus from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | ||||
Day | Shift | From | To | Frequency |
October 5th 2019, Saturday – Mahashtami | Evening | 6:00 pm | 10:00 pm | Every 12 to 15 minutes |
Evening | 10:00 pm | 11:00 pm | Every 15 to 20 minutes | |
Evening | 11:00 pm | 2:00 am | Every 20 minutes | |
Buses will wait more at West Oaks Mall parking between 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm and then at Durgabari Campus from 12:00 am. | ||||
Day | Shift | From | To | Frequency |
October 6th 2019, Sunday – Mahanavami | Day | 10:00 am | 11:00 am | Every 20 to 30 minutes |
Day | 11:00 am | 3:00 pm | Every 10 to 12 minutes | |
Day | 3:00 pm | 6:00 pm | Every 20 to 30 minutes | |
Buses will wait more at West Oaks Mall parking between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm and then at Durgabari Campus from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | ||||
Day | Shift | From | To | Frequency |
October 6th 2019, Sunday – Mahanavami | Evening | 6:00 pm | 10:00 pm | Every 15 to 20 minutes |
Evening | 10:00 pm | 11:00 pm | One shuttle bus | |
Buses will wait more at West Oaks Mall parking between 4:00pm and 10:00 pm and then at Durgabari Campus from 11:00 pm. |
!!! October 7th 2019, Monday – No shuttle bus from West Oaks Mall. No Parking Restrictions – all vehicles are allowed on Schiller Road!!!
Additional Transportation
16 seater vans will ferry passengers from Jain temple and City Parking Lot to Durga Bari all day between October 3rd and October 6th.
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