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This is Chinmaya Mission’s newest creative device to ‘catch them young’; a forum for anyone aged below 6 years. Shishu Vihar is an assemblage of infants, toddlers and young and new parents for early introduction to spiritual education.
Bala Vihar is a weekly gathering of children, between the ages of five to thirteen years that takes place in Chinmaya Mission Centres or in private homes, under the supervision of trained teachers. The aim of Bala Vihar is to help children bloom, grow, and inculcate values through fun-filled activities. Bala Vihar enhances the overall development of the personality of a child at all levels — physical, emotional, intellectual, cultural and spiritual.
A platform where youngsters are chiseled to become dynamic leaders for tomorrow with a spiritual base and a national outlook through experiential learning of our ancient knowledge and wisdom.
Chinmaya Setukari serves as a bridge between the Yuva Kendra and mature age devotees of Chinmaya Mission, ‘building bonds’ between the young and the old in these fast-changing times.
Developing an inquiring, reflective mind is the first objective of the Study Group.
The objective of the Devi Group is to impart spiritual knowledge thus empowering women to disseminate the knowledge gathered to their family. Devi Group training enables women to equip themselves with the wherewithal to promote tradition with wisdom and understanding. They play an important role in raising the cultural standard in pockets of society becoming catalysts for family, community and societal transformation.
The Central Chinmaya Vanaprastha Sansthan (CCVS) is the senior citizens wing of Chinmaya Mission uniting people over sixty years of age. CCVS encourages senior citizens to pursue the final spiritual goal of life and shows them the means to achieve it. It assists and trains householders and near-retirees (vanaprasthis) to make a smoother and easier transition from life in grihasta ashram to life in vanaprastha ashram.
The musical wing of Chinmaya mission, aims at experiencing divinity through Bhajans. Swaranjali doesn't demand one to be a trained musician, all that is required is *'music from your heart'* and completely giving oneself to the Lord.
Swami Tapovan Maharaj was that pristine glacier of Self-knowledge through whom flowed the Ganga of Vedantic Wisdom of Swami Chinmayananda, the architect of the Chinmaya Movement.
Swami Chinmayananda was one of the 20th century's most world-renowned and revered exponents of Vedanta, the foundation of Hindu religion and culture.
Swami Tejomayananda is a living portrait of simplicity with depth, humility with courage, and wisdom with devotion. Always jovial, smiling, and welcoming, he is readily accessible and approachable to all who seek the knowledge of Vedanta from him.
"Fill the heart with the oil of love, place in it the wick of single-pointed mind. Light it with the knowledge of truth and remove the darkness of ignorance around you. Just as one lamp can light many lamps let each youth kindle this light in many hearts"
He is the Advisor of the All India Chinmaya Yuva Kendra (AICHYK) the global youth wing of Chinmaya Mission.
Brahmacharya Anand Chaitanya was a Business Programmer prior to being a full timer in Chinmaya Mission. Later, he has undergone the two year residential Vedanta Course in Sandeepany Sadhanayala, Mumbai and initiated as a monk to Chinmaya Mission.
Schools
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Anna Nagar, was founded on 1st January 1989, under the able guidance of Swami Chinmayananda, with 11 students and four faculty members.
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Taylors Road,the Vidyalaya marked its beginning with a meagre strength of 30 students at 13th Avenue Harrington Road, on 20th October 1968.
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Virungambakkam, had its strong foundation laid by our Poojya Guruji H.H.Swami Tejomayananda, at Chittirai Street, Chinmaya Nagar Stage II, Chennai-92. Our Vidyalaya was given a benign beginning for the Higher Secondary in the Year 2002.
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Tirupathi, a highly progressive school pledged to provide quality education with great emphasis on traditional values. We believe in moulding our students to be brave and courageous always, to face every experience in their life with a smile on their face.
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Sri City, is a new chapter in the stream of Chinmaya Vidyalaya's run in Chennai. It was inaugurated on 20th June, 2011 by H.H.Swami Mitrananda. Located in Sri City which is an SEZ, FWTZ and DTZ, the school is located in a completely conducive environment for holistic education of a child.
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, VGN, is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. With the ultimate prospective of being the channel of wholesome education to the students. The Chinmaya Vidyalayas stand unique in intertwining education with values and their by hitting at the ultimatum- VALUE BASED EDUCATION.
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Sri Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanandaji firmly believed that an ethical, dynamic and progressive world of tomorrow was possible only if dedicated effort is made in moulding the children in their attitudes, values, ideas and ideals. And He invested every moment of His time on the need to expose the young ones to the Vedantic wisdom encapsulated in Srimad Bhagavad Geeta.
Towards this end, as a preliminary but crucial step, Swamiji wanted them to master the art of chanting the Holy Geeta at an early stage in life, so that they can relate effortlessly, when the time becomes ripe for understanding and applying the values contained therein.
Inspired by His grand vision, Chinmaya Mission has been undertaking this glorious project every year, so as to ensure that the timeless values contained in the Holy Geeta are disseminated meaningfully to the maximum number for maximum time. Started in 1989 under the watchful guidance of Pujya Gurudev, the Geeta Chanting Competition has become an important annual project of all Chinmaya Mission centres across the world. Through this project, we touch the lives of over half-a-million children, as well as their families, across the globe and play a crucial role in the preservation of the rich heritage and culture of Bharat, by strengthening the spiritual edifice of the younger generation.
Chinmaya Mission Chennai, which was conducting the Geeta Chanting Competition locally under Pujya Gurudev’s guidance from the year 1986, has been a front-runner in the Geeta Chanting Competition project, with an average participation of about 50000 - 60000 children every year, thanks to some enthusiastic participation from the schools, teachers and parents, as well as the untiring efforts put in by our senior sevaks over the past three decades!
The year 2020 was a challenging one, marred with uncertainties and overshadowed by the disruption caused by the pandemic. The Chennai GCC team, however, ensured continuity of the project by conducting the competition online using the video conferencing facility covering over 20000 children in both 2020 & 2021 with the committed support from the schools, parents and sevaks who believed that the exposure to the Holy Geeta would go a long way in shaping the lives of children
We congratulate all the schools, teachers, parents and children, who took so much interest in participating in the competition. The year 2023 also witnessed the Tamil Nadu State Level Geeta Chanting Competition as like 2022, involving 17 centres of Chinamaya Mission across the State. and shall henceforth be a regular event in the coming years
With the hope and an unstinting faith in the Almighty, we now propose to commence the Geeta Chanting Competition for the year 2024 (GCC-2024), in the physical form, as done like last year. The overall portion for GCC-2024 will be Verses 1 to 29 of Chapter 5 – Karma Sannyasa Yoga (The Yoga of Renunciation) Krishna compares the paths of renunciation in actions (Karma Sanyas) and actions with detachment (Karma Yoga) and explains that both are means to reach the same goal and we can choose either.
Wishing all a happy learning, growing experience.
The details are available in the pdf and the Audio learning kit is uploaded too
Should you require any further clarifications in this regard, please feel free to be in touch with +91 63797 98176 or by sending a mail to chinmayageetachanting@gmail.com
Direct entry registration will open during October every year.
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