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Iskcon

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Iskcon Temple Location:  West of Chord Road, Bangalore Built in:  1997 Dedicated to:  Radha-Krishna Also known as:  Sri Sri Radha Krishna Chandra Temple Attraction:  Neo-classical style of architecture Significance:  Iskcon’s largest temple complex across the World. Sri Sri Radha Krishna Chandra Temple is accredited for having the ISKCON’s largest temple complex in the world. Being […]

Ragiguddada Sri Prasanna Anjaneyaswamy Temple

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Ragi Guddada Sri Prasanna Anjaneyaswamy Temple is located in the heart of the city, Jayanagar 9th Block.  The history behind the name of the temple is as fantasizing as hanuman Leelas.  It is believed that a big heap of ragi (a food grain) turned out to become a stone, hence the name “Ragigudda”.  At the […]

Sri Sringeri Shankara Math, Bangalore

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

During the past 102 years of its existence, the Shankara Math at Shankrapuram in Bangalore South has become an exquisite spiritual, cultural, educational, literary and religious landmark. The vision of H.H. Sri Sri Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Nrisimha Bharathi Mahaswami, for the setting up of the Math in Bangalore arose from his concern that people were drifting […]

Poornaprajna Vidyapeetha Prathishthana

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

The mentor Sri Sri Vidyamanya Tirtha Swamiji and his disciple Sri Sri Pejavara Swamiji, who was hardly 25 years when they took up the challenging task of building the Vidyapeetha at the then remote Kattriguppa in South-West, Bangalore in 1956. Elders recall that Swamijis hanging jolige (satchel) on their shoulders went from house to house […]

Profile of Chinmaya Mission, Bangalore

Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Profile of Chinmaya Mission, Bangalore

Chinmaya Mission founded by Pujya Swami Chinmayananda in the early 50’s has been in the forefront of cultural and religious renaissance in the country and has grown into one of the greatest spiritual institutions of international acclaim. Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda spent over 40 years spreading to the masses the knowledge that he gained at […]

Profile of Ramakrishna Ashrama, Basavanagudi, Bangalore

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

RAMAKRISHNA MATH. Bull Temple Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore – 560 019 Ph No: 08026613149 Motto: “Atmano mokshartham jagaddhitaya cha” i.e., working for one’s own spiritual growth as also for the welfare of the world. Method: Work is worship. Attitude: Loving and serving man as divine. Means: “Renunciation and service” i.e., renouncing the unripe ego and converting […]