Asha Circle Association is a Calgary-based South Asian community nonprofit founded in April 2025. We build health, culture, and belonging upstream — before crisis arrives.
Loneliness is a public health crisis. Physical decline after 40 is preventable. Cultural disconnection is reversible. We believe community is one of the most powerful medicines available — and our job is to build it before it is needed.
Rooted in the teachings of Hanumanji — strength guided by wisdom, devotion as purpose, service without ego — Asha Circle is a registered nonprofit under the Alberta Societies Act, serving Calgary’s South Asian community.
means hope.
We build it before it’s needed.
“After 40, the body does not betray you — it simply tells the truth about how you have been living. The strength you build today is for everyone who needs you still here at 60, 70, and 80.”
Dr. Sunny Dhoopar · Co-founder, Family Physician
Every program addresses a different dimension of community health — cultural, spiritual, and physical.
Honour. Share. Challenge. Empower. Recognising South Asian women in Calgary whose quiet leadership holds our community together.
Learn more →Annual spring celebration bringing all generations together — puja, bhajans, children’s programming, prasad, and a shared feast.
Learn more →Movement is Medicine. We want our community to be vital, strong, and connected — not diminished by preventable disease.
Learn more →Our founders and board members — each with their own story.