The Role of The Guru

Jul. 25 | 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...

Significance of The Holy Guru-Purnima Day

Jul. 25 | 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...

Guru-Bhakti Yoga

Jul. 25 | Just as Kirtan-Sadhana has been made the special Kali-Yuga Sadhana for quick God-vision, even so herein you have the new Yoga, a Yoga most eminently suitable for this age of doubt and scepticism, pride and egoism. It is Guru-Bhakti Yoga. This Yoga is...

Waste not this Rare Human Birth

Jul. 25 | (H.H. SRI SWAMI SIVANANDAJI MAHARAJ) Guru Purnima Message-6th July 1963 (Saturday) Salutations again and again at the Holy Feet of the great Sage, Sri Vyasa Bhagavan or Sri Krishna Dwaipayana, who edited the Vedas, composed the Brahmasutras, and wrote...

Sri Gurupurnima Live

Jul. 24 | 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, 61st Sadhana Week(30th...

Birth Centenary Celebration

Jul. 15 | Under the auspices of the Birth Centenary of H.H. Sri Swami Chaitanyanandaji Maharaj, a direct disciple of Worshipful Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, there will be a special Paduka Puja and Satsang at Holy Samadhi Mandir of Gurudev on 12th...

Valedictory Ceremony

Jul. 10 | Photos taken during Valedictory Ceremony 106th BYVFA Course in the premises of YVFA-Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh-Himalayas. Photos...

102nd Sannyasa Diksha Anniversary 1st June

Jun. 2 | Humanity’s Gain From Sivananda’s Sannyasa WORLD’S GREAT GOD­REALISED SANNYASI (His Holiness Sri Swami Ramdas, Anandashram Kanhangad) Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati is a God­realised personality. He can be looked upon as one of the...

Sannyasa Diksha Photos

Jun. 1 | Photos Taken during Gurudev’s Sannyasa Diksha Celebration on June 1st 2026 at Gurudev’s Samadhi Shrine, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh-Himalaya.

Sri Ganga Dashahara

May. 30 | Photos Taken During Sri Ganga Dashahara Celebration at Sri Viswanath Ghat, Sivanand Ashram, Rishikesh-Himalayas.