Deepavali – Gow Puja

Nov. 9 | Photos taken during Deepavali at  Sivananda Ashram and Gow Puja at Viswanath Gosala, Rishikesh-Himalayas. [nggallery id=252]

Annabhishek

Nov. 9 | Photos taken during Annabhishek at Sri Viswanath Mandir, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh-Himalayas. [nggallery id=251]

CENTENARY PROGRAMME

Apr. 5 |

The Subjective Dimension of Prayer

Feb. 12 | By Swami Chidananda We will soon be observing the sacred annual worship of Lord Siva, Mahasivaratri. It is customary to regard and to speak of Lord Siva in terms of being a destroyer. The three aspects of the Supreme Being are Brahma the creator, Vishnu...

Light- Fountain – by Swami Chidananda

Aug. 18 | Sivananda Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light unto all…” Message of Jesus Christ. Time is maintaining, from epoch to epoch, a delightful encyclopaedia of great personalities who...

Sivananda’s Philosophy of Life – by Swami Krishnananda

Aug. 18 | The aim of philosophy is right living. The meaning of right living depends on how it is defined. It can be said that genuine and real philosophy, worth its name, is expected to enable one to live the truest life possible, i.e., a life of wisdom, free...

The Light That Is Life – by Swami Venkatesananda

Aug. 18 | Siva’s life is God’s Guarantee to mankind. It is the Sadhaka’s Guide, an open scripture for all to learn from. It is a divine bridge, linking the finite with the Infinite, connecting the land of mortals with the Realm of Immortality....

GANGA

May. 31 | by Sri Swami Sivananda The Ganga is the most sacred river of India. The origin of the Ganga is ascribed to celestial glory. Lord Krishna says in the Gita: “I am the Ganga among rivers”. For a Hindu, the word Ganga has its own sacred association....

New Year Message – Swami Krishnananda

Jan. 1 | NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE By Swami Krishnananda The New Year is approaching, time passes. The passage which is known as temporal is also the process of the evolution of the universe. There is a progressive march of the constituent elements of things in...

New Year Message – Swami Chidananda

Jan. 1 | Worshipful homage to the Absolute Being, the eternal and infinite Reality that is here and now. Precisely because of Its infinitude—encompassing all things, pervading and present everywhere—and because of Its eternal nature— existing at all times—It...