About Us - Australiacha Raja

Vision

The United Indians of South Australia (UIOSA) strives to:

Promote a sense of coherence among Indian communities in Australia while helping them celebrate and spread the richness of Indian culture, arts and festival.
Nurture multiculturalism and togetherness by embracing diversity, positivity and inclusivity.
Help people of Indian origin in South Australia nurture their intellectual and social skills.
Respect and keep our environment safe and secure.

Mission

The UIOSA stresses on building relationships with different cultures and appreciating the multicultural environment.

We believe in creating a landscape for assimilating the goodness of various cultures with Indian culture, arts and festival.

Through our warm and supportive members, we create a broader community network by organizing events where each is respected and appreciated for what they are.

We aim to address environmental risks and work towards conserving and securing environment.

Our Story

In its 7th year now, the Arts and Cultural Ganesh Festival reinforces the ideology started by Balgangadhar Lokmanya Tilak of Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav or community celebrations in India. The United Indians of South Australia (UIOSA) conceptualised the festival on the foundation of inclusiveness of the multi-cultural community of Australia

In early 2016, a group of enthusiastic and passionate individuals came together to create a like-minded forum to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi as a community festival. And the result was the birth of the United Indians of South Australia (UIOSA) and the launch of the Arts and Cultural Ganesh Festival in Adelaide.

Driven by passion and zeal, we set out to spread the festive fervour of Ganesh festival in our state of South Australia – the Festival State. The idea was to transport the community to the world of joy, happiness, unity and brotherhood and extravaganza associated with the Ganesh festival.

Though we encountered the problem of limited resources initially, it could not deter us from celebrating the birth of our 'God of Prosperity' on a grand scale. We have been blessed with the overwhelming support of our volunteers, partners and local businesses. Their soaring support and trust in us have offered us the confidence to come out strong every year in representation, number of volunteers and attendees.

Become a Member

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Our Office Bearers

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Office Bearers

Volunteering Services

Volunteering in any way is considered a great way of developing life skills and inner strength. For festival volunteers, this is an excellent opportunity to serve your community, meet new people, share your skills and in turn gain experience.

The areas in which you can participate and exhibit your skills are:

Traffic Management
Kitchen help
Backstage help
Crowd control
Foodservice

Publicity and Social media
Master of Ceremonies
Housekeeping
Stage and Mandap decoration

To gather more information about volunteering programme and register your interest, please contact Abhigyan Shrivastava(0423 636 270) or submit your EOI on below link.

Volunteers can register here