Courses
Veda chanting – foundation certificate course
Online on ZoomI'm excited to offer this Foundation Program for Vedic chanting to give the best initiation to beginners to the practice. Through these 6 weeks of Live classes and guided self-study, students will understand how to get started with Vedic chanting as taught by Pundits of South India.
Srī Sūktam – Beauty, harmony & abundance
Online on ZoomA 5 class Zoom course on the beautiful and popular hymn Śrī Sūktam just in time to celebrate Diwali, the festival of light. The Veda Studies community celebrations are always through our sincere Sādhana (diligent focussed practice).
Mantra in Veda Chanting & Kirtan (with Shantala & Nina)
Online on ZoomShantala and Nina Rao are honoured to contribute to this series of sessions which are part of these valuable ongoing course offerings by Satsangam. This is a live event and you can participate in Q&A as well.
Nārāyaṇa Sūktam – a divine meditation
Online on ZoomA course of 5 classes to learn the poetic and philosophical Nārāyaṇa Sūktam, a hymn from the Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣat which is very similar in its import to the Puruṣa Sūktam.
Veda chanting – foundation certificate course
Online on ZoomI'm excited to offer this Foundation Program for Vedic chanting to give the best initiation to beginners to the practice. Through these 6 weeks of Live classes and guided self-study, students will understand how to get started with Vedic chanting as taught by Pundits of South India.
Śrī Rudrapraśnaḥ – 1 year Sādhana – course has started!
Online on ZoomI'm excited to offer a one year study program on learning to the chant the most famous mantra & prayer to Lord Śiva or Rudra. Considered the most important sādhana a yogī can undertake, it provides the means for gaining eligibility for the knowledge unfolded by the mantra, revealing the truth of oneself. This hymn is also considered very efficacious in neutralising the result of wrong actions.
Veda chanting – foundation certificate course
Online on ZoomI'm excited to offer this Foundation Program for Vedic chanting to give the best initiation to beginners to the practice. Through these 6 weeks of Live classes and guided self-study, students will understand how to get started with Vedic chanting as taught by Pundits of South India.
Bhū & Nīḷā Sūktam – a hymn to mother Earth
Online on ZoomA course of 6 classes to learn the beautiful hymn to mother Earth Bhū Sūktam. Bhū or bhūmi is the globe or earth on which we live. It is a glorious place in the cosmos, for we find the marvel of life here. In the vision of the Vedas, Bhū is a divine entity, a devatā, one of the various forms of Īśvara's manifestation.
Camakapraśnaḥ – April -Sept 2023 Sādhana
Online on ZoomExclusively open to students who have already studied Rudrapraśnaḥ (from any teacher, not necessarily with Veda Studies!!), this course which completes the "Rudram" is being offered as a 6 month study program (16 live class) which will run from April 2022 - September 2022 (with August break from classes).
Veda chanting – foundation certificate course (with class 1 replay!)
Online on ZoomI'm excited to offer this Foundation Program for Vedic chanting to give the best initiation to beginners to the practice. Through these 6 weeks of Live classes and guided self-study, students will understand how to get started with Vedic chanting as taught by Pundits of South India.
Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣam (course has started but sign up possible)
Online on ZoomA course of 7 classes to learn the most powerful beautiful hymn on Ganeśa, the auspicious lord of beginnings and overcoming obstacles. Let's prepare for the Gaṇeśa festival coming up in September!
Saturn Sādhana – Śani vrata info session
Online on ZoomFree information session on this Saturn Sādhana that we can do together this year!
Saturn Sādhana – Shani vrata
Online on ZoomThis is my personal sādhana I am sharing partially with our Veda Studies community. Shani (Śani) in Jyotiṣa is considered the graha (planet) who works through delays, obstacles, setbacks and general frustrations. Saturn forces one to inspect, reflect upon and recognise our own inner truths.
Veda theory masterclass – 1
Online on ZoomA comprehensive and structured overview of the Veda - nomenclature, terminology, arrangement, semantics (word-meaning) with insights into source mantras for various Indic Knowledge System based practices - Yoga, Āyurveda, Jyotiṣa, Veda recitation etc.
Veda chanting – foundation certificate course
Online on ZoomI'm excited to offer this Foundation Program for Vedic chanting to give the best initiation to beginners to the practice. Through these 6 weeks of Live classes and guided self-study, students will understand how to get started with Vedic chanting as taught by Pundits of South India.