We are planning a group pilgrimage there from September 12-29, 2024. Details are at Badrinath Pilgrimage.
Photo Album from the September 2023 Pilgrimage to our Badrinath Ashram by Satchidananda
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Articles by M. G. Satchidananda: “A pilgrimage is an adventure in Consciousness”, “Why build an Ashram in Badrinath”
Here is a gallery of photos taken during the October 28, 2023 morning ceremony (kumbabishekam) and evening sacred fire yagam which dedicated the new ashram in Colombo, Sri Lanka, along with a few photos of the rooms in the ground floor.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hRkQ5wem86xgbDMW6
First floor rooms and Yoga Hall, and rooftop of new Sri Lanka ashram.
“M. Govindan Satchidananda has been given the honorary “Patanjali Award” for 2014 for his outstanding service to Yoga by the Swami Maitreyananda, President of Yoga Alliance International, (also known as the International Yoga Federation).
Yoga Alliance International is the oldest and largest international Yoga association and registry of Yoga teachers. Satchidananda has been added to a long list of recipients who have received this award every year since 1986.
See the list of previous recipients of this award here:
https://www.internationalyogafederation.net/patanjali.html
Swami Maitreyananda wrote on his website after they met in November 2012, in Quebec:
“Marshall Govindan Satchidananda is not only the most famous Yoga Master of Kriya Yoga in the world, he also has done an amazing job for Kriya Yoga,
I can only compare with Paramahansa Yogananda. Govindan Satchidananda is the spirit of Babaji”
Dr. T.N. Ganapathy, Ph. D, passed away in Chennai, India, after a long illness, at the age of 87. As the Director of the Yoga Siddha Research Project, from the year 2000 to 2013, he and his team of Tamil Yoga Siddha scholars produced the following English language works:
- The Yoga of Boganathar, volume 1, 2003;
- The Yoga of Siddha Avvai, 2005;
- The Yoga of Boganathar, volume 2, 2005;
- The Yoga of the 18 Siddhas: An Anthology, 2005;
- The Yoga of Tirumular: Essays on the Tirumandiram, 2006, 2012;
- The Tirumandiram in 10 volume, 2010, 2013;
- Monistic Theism in the Tirumandiram and Kashmir Shaivism; 2012
- The Treasure Trove of Siddha Manuscripts (in Tamil); 2014.
Their work was sponsored by Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas, Inc. an educational charity registered in Canada, and published in India by Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Trust, Bangalore. Details and photos of participants in this project can be found here:
siddha-research-center and photosflash/yogasiddharesearch and in
The Hinduism Today, July 2010, article, “A Mystical Masterpiece is Unearthed,” about Dr. Ganapathy and the above new publication of the Tirumandiram: https://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5105
Dr. Ganapathy was previously a Post-Graduate Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, RKM Vivekananda College, Chennai. Subsequently, he was a visiting professor at the Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, (Deemed University), Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh. He has participated in a number of national and international seminars and conferences. His publications include: Perspectives of Theism and Absolutism in Indian Philosophy (ed. 1978), Mahavakyas (1982), Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy of Sense-Data (1984), The Philosophy of the Tamil Siddhas (1993).
26 participants in the 3rd initiation with M. G. Satchidananda July 19-28, 2019 at the Quebec Ashram.
M. G. Satchidananda gave a 2nd initiation May 3-5, 2019 in Bangalore to 65 persons.
Kriya Hatha Yoga Teacher Training July 2019 with 14 participants, 4 instructors, cooking staff.
Acharya Satyananda gave a first initiation to 25 persons in Mumbai, India, January 31 to February 2, 2020.
Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas is building a new classroom at a school which serves 150 children in the remote Himalayan village of Budhna, which is 70 km from Rudraprayag. It will be completed in April 2015. In the winter of 2014, the Order received and sent $14,000 to the support of the village of Ucchiwara, in response to the tsunami rain storm in that area, June 27, 2013. The current effort applies continuing donations received for this purpose since then.
Durga Ahlund, M. G. Satchidananda and participants in the Kriya Hatha Yoga Teacher Training, Quebec Ashram September 1, 2014
M. G. Satchidananda, 3rd initiation, Lilleoru, Estonia, August 21, 2014
Here is the group who received the 3rd initiation into the 144 Kriyas from M. G.Satchidananda at the Chateau Fondjouan,
near Orleans, France, August 22-29, 2014
Pèlerinage à Babaji Ashram, Katargama, Sri Lanka du 9 au 16 janvier 2014 
European Gathering, May 24-26, 2013
Gathering Lecture and Discussion
German Acharyas and organizers meet after the European Satsang
Berndt Geringer of Austria is inducted into the Order of Acharyas, with the new name “Brahmananda”
3rd level France, May 1-7, 2013
3rd level Germany, May 17-24, 2013
M. G. Satchidananda and 24 pilgrims from 11 countries went to Palani, India, and met the 13th successor and descendant of Pulipani, the chief disciple of the Siddhar Boganathar: Sri Sivananda Pulipani, on February 27, 2013
M. G. Satchidananda and 48 participants of a Kriya Yoga 2nd initiation and Silence retreat during a beach walk in front of the Colombo, Sri Lanka ashram of Babaj’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas Trust, March 9, 2013
M G Satchidananda surrounded by 48 Kriya Yoga initiates at the Sri Lanka Ashram March 10, 2013 at the end of the retreat
Our publications “Tirumandiram ” and “The Yoga of Tirumular” have been accepted by the following University Religious studies and Asian studies libraries upon the recommendation of professors associated with these universities:
New Chapter Monistic Theism of the Tirumandiram (Thirumandiram) and Kashmir Saivism, by Dr. Geeta Anand Ph D. and Dr. T.N. Ganapathy Ph D. – Ebook
In January 2012, we are publishing the 2nd edition of “The Yoga of Tirumular: Essays on the Tirumandiram,” in India. At my request, Dr. Ganapathy and Dr. Geeta Anand have written for it a new final chapter, 33 pages in length, which discusses the debate over whether the Tirumandiram advocates pluralistic realism or monistic theism.
Essentially the debate boils down to the question of “Are there three eternal realities: God, the soul and the world? Or is there really only One, all else being merely an illusion?” This chapter also compares the school of Kashmir Saivism to the Tirumandiram, because both advocate a perspective which bridges the above two competing viewpoints. This chapter contains three parts. The first part contains selected verses to show that the burden of the song of the Tirumandiram is monism only. The second part gives a brief account of Kashmir Saivism representing it as a Saivite model of monism. The third part shows the parallelism between the Tirumandiram and Kashmir Saivism to emphasize the viewpoint that the Tirumandiram advocates monism and monism only. You may order this 33 page monograph for $2.99 from our Bookstore page by clicking here
- Harvard University Divinity School, by Professor Francis Clooney, S.J.
- University of Chicago Asian Studies Library, by Prof. Whitney Cox, Ph.D
- University of California, Santa Barbara, by Prof. David Gordon White, Ph.D
- University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, Dr. James Mallinson, Ph.D
- Stetson University, Florida, Prof. Philip Lucas, Ph.D
- Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado, by Professor Devi Bringi, Ph.D
- Loyola-Marymount in Los Angeles, by Prof. Christopher Chapple, Ph.D
- University of California at Berkeley, South Asian Library, Adnan Malik, Librarian 120 Doe Library University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Dept. of Yoga library. Prof. Venkateswara M.D.
- Tamil University, Thanjavur, T.N. India
- University of Pondicherry, India, Prof. Prema Nandakumar
- University of Madras, Chennai, T.N. India
New Ebook Opposite Doing: The Five Yogic Keys to Good Relationships
by Marshall Govindan
Persons new to Yoga are often surprised to learn that most of what we do in Yoga is intentionally the opposite of what our human nature would generally motivate us to do. Aside from the obvious examples, of remaining conscious when the eyes are closed rather than sleeping, or standing on our head rather than our feet, Yoga asks us to do the opposite of our natural social behavior. I will show you, with practical exercises, how the observance of the five yogic practices, known as the yamas will enable you to transform your human nature and to fulfill both your practical and sublime purposes in life
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We are happy to announce that the “Babaji Koil” temple at Katirgama, Sri Lanka (see photos below) has been resurfaced with ceramic tile, and that a granite monument sign has been erected next to it. This temple marks the spot where Babaji was initiated into Yoga by the Siddhar Boganathar, and experienced God realization. For more details click here
Shrine Katirgama granite sign board
Katirgama Babaji temple refurbish
Entrance gate to the Katirgama temple complex, 50 yards from the Babaji Koil temple
In front of the Babaji Koil temple in Katargama, Sri Lanka, situated on the spot where Babaji did tapas and attained enlightenment, a “mandapam” canopy has been recently built to provide shade to visitors who wish to meditate. The construction of a meditation hall just behind the temple is planned. Kriya Yoga sadhaks from around the world are contributing to this project. If you would like to contribute, click here
Acharya Satyananda conducted a retreat with a second initiation in Babaji’s Kriya Yoga near Mumbai, February 10-12, 2012
Dr Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D, the world foremost scholar in the field of Classical Yoga has written a book review of our latest and greatest publication, The Tirumandiram. He says: “There are at least four Yoga scriptures that should have a place in any library of core Yoga works: Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra, the Bhagavad-Gita, and the ten-chapter edition of the Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika of Svatmarama Yodindra, which are all composed in Sanskrit. The fourth scripture is Tirumular’s Tiru-Mandiram, which is written in Tamil…Yoga-loving English speakers and the academic community owe an enormous gratitude to Marshall Govindan (Satchitananda) for initiating and sustaining this mammoth project, to his wife Durga Ahlund Govindan for her unstinting editorial and other support, and to Prof. T. N. Ganapathy and his team of translators and editors for successfully completing a truly monumental undertaking. Read the complete review here
