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138th Birth Anniversary

138th Birth Anniversary

Sep. 6 | SWAMI SIVANANDA BIRTH AND BOYHOOD On Thursday, the 8th. of September, 1887, in the early hours of the morning, when the star Bharani was in the ascendant was born a boy-child in the village of Pattamadai on the bank of the river Tamraparani in South...

138th Birth Anniversary Programe Schedule

138th Birth Anniversary Programe Schedule

Sep. 5 | Jai Sivananda! Jai Gurudev!THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS, SHIVANANDANAGAR In connection with the Holy Birthday Celebration of H. H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj on 8th September 20255:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M.Brahma-Muhurta Meditation and prayers...

17th Punyatithi Aradhana

17th Punyatithi Aradhana

Aug. 18 | A Biography of Swami Chidananda Sridhar Rao, as Swami Chidananda was known before taking Sannyasa, was born to Srinivasa Rao and Sarojini, on the 24th September 1916, the second of five children and the eldest son. Sri Srinivasa Rao was a prosperous...

Sri Krishna Janmashtami

Sri Krishna Janmashtami

Aug. 10 | by Swami Sivananda THIS IS THE birthday of Lord Krishna, the eighth Divine Incarnation. It falls on the 8th day of the dark half of the month of Bhadrapada (August-September). This is one of the greatest of all Hindu festivals. Lord Krishna was born...

Sri Krishna Janmashtami Programme Schedule

Sri Krishna Janmashtami Programme Schedule

Aug. 9 | Om Jai Sri Krishna! Jai Gurudev! THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS, SHIVANANDANAGAR In connection with the Holy Birthday Celebration of Lord Sri Krishna (Janmashtami Festival) special 6 days Kirtan programme will be held...

Significance of The Holy Guru-Purnima Day

Significance of The Holy Guru-Purnima Day

Jul. 20 | Sankaram Sankaracharyam Kesavam Badarayanam; Sutra-Bhashya-Kritau Vande Bhagavantau Punah Punah I adore Lord Siva, Lord Vishnu, Bhagavan Vyasa and Sri Sankaracharya. I again and again prostrate to Sri Vyasa who wrote the Vedanta Sutras, and to Sri Sankaracharya...

Sadhana Saptah Photos

Sadhana Saptah Photos

Jul. 19 | Photos Taken During Sadhana Saptah at Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh-Himalayas.

Sri Gurupurnima Live

Sri Gurupurnima Live

Jul. 6 | Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya!Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya!Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! We are pleased to inform all devotees of Worshipful Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj that we are going to stream the Gurupurnima, 60th Sadhana Week(11th...

Guru Purnima Message

Guru Purnima Message

Jul. 6 | July 1964 Om Namo Bhagavte Sivanandaya! Salutations and worshipful Pranams to the sacred lotus-Feet of the Guru whose form is to be an object of our meditation, whose feet are to be adored, whose words are most holy truths and whose Grace grants us supreme...

The Role of The Guru

The Role of The Guru

Jul. 6 | Ajnana-Timirandhasya Jnananjana-Salakaya; Chakshurunmilitam Yena Tasmai Sri Gurave Namah. Prostrations to that Guru who, by the collyrium-rod of Knowledge, opens the eyes of those who are rendered blind by the darkness of ignorance (Guru Gita). The Guru...