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Brahmavid Āśīrvāda Paddhati, composed by Vidyāraṇya, is a remarkable guide to Advaitic contemplation. Through a series o...
30/05/2026

Brahmavid Āśīrvāda Paddhati, composed by Vidyāraṇya, is a remarkable guide to Advaitic contemplation. Through a series of profound meditative affirmations, the seeker gradually transcends identification with the body, mind, senses, and intellect, and awakens to the truth of the Self as Parabrahman. More than a philosophical text, it is a practical pathway from individuality to the direct experience of non-dual consciousness.

Join Shri C. S. R. Prabhu as he explores the spiritual depth and contemplative methodology of this important work. Discover how Vidyāraṇya's meditative assertions become powerful instruments for overcoming Jīvatva and realizing the supreme reality of Brahman.

June 6, 8 am on Zoom.

Register at www.indica.events

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20/05/2026

There are some people who speak about Sri Shankara Bhagvadpada as historians do. And then there are those rare few for whom Acharya is not history at all - but a living presence, a chaitanya still moving through Bharat, shaping its memory, geography, and destiny.

Listening to Manish Pandeyji of Ekatma Dham at INDICA’s 7th Global Oneness Festival Valedictory Session was to encounter that second kind of bhakti.

When he speaks of Shankara, it is with the intimacy of someone who believes Acharya is still quietly orchestrating events from behind the visible world. The 108 ft Statue of Oneness was not ultimately the work of architects, engineers, sculptors, or committees. It was Shankara’s own sankalpa taking rūpam.

The artists themselves, he says, felt this. Shankaracharya himself had become the kalpaka, the yojaka, the niyojaka — the conceiver, organiser, and unseen guide of the entire process. There was no separate mādhyam because Acharya himself was the mādhyam. The vichāra and the mātrā were him alone.

And perhaps that is why Manishji never speaks of the pratima as an object. He speaks of it almost as a darshana.

The murti does not show Shankara seated in meditative stillness. It shows him in prayāṇa mudrā — carrying the ādeśa of his guru from Omkareshwar to Kashi and beyond. This is sannyāsa in motion.

What empires could not permanently unify through power, Acharya unified through tīrtha, yātra, paramparā, and sacred memory. The Char Dham, the four Amnāya Peethas, the very imagination of Bharat as one sacred geography.

He invokes Nani Palkhivala, whose reverence for Shankara carried unusual significance because it emerged from a mind known for intellectual rigour and neutrality. Palkhivala called Shankaracharya the supreme “Universal Man”.

Manishji repeats this insight almost with vismaya. How could one human life contain so much? For Manishji, Ekatma Dham is an offering born from this wonder.

That is why he resists calling it a museum. What they are building instead is a living anubhava kshetra where the Rishi Paramparā can once again be felt.

The Narmada is not scenery; she is part of Acharya’s inner yātra. Shankara came from Kalady seeking Narmada. The Annapurna complex is not merely a food court; it is a celebration of Bharat’s anna samskriti.

Even the technological ambition — the immersive storytelling spaces, the IMAX theatre, the film on Acharya — emerges from the same desire: to make him experientially alive for future generations.

And it is perhaps in the three great sankalpas taken at the Prayag Kumbh Mela that one sees most the depth of people's devotion.

The first sankalpa was to celebrate Acharya Jayanti as the International Day of Oneness.The second was the resolve for a Decade of Oneness. And the third was perhaps the most moving: a Digvijaya Yātra retracing Acharya’s sacred journey across Bharat, beginning from Kalady on January 16 and culminating at Kedarnath on his Jayanti.

What a fitting finale.

Join us today for the Valedictory Session on Ekatma Dham — a visionary initiative dedicated to Advaita Vedanta, creativi...
20/05/2026

Join us today for the Valedictory Session on Ekatma Dham — a visionary initiative dedicated to Advaita Vedanta, creativity, contemplation, and the philosophy of Oneness.

The session will explore how Ekatma Dham, MP, seeks to transform the timeless wisdom of Advaita into a living cultural movement through architecture, immersive experiences, scholarship, art, design, and spiritual inquiry.

The session also resonates deeply with the intellectual and cultural vision of INDICA Founder Hari Vadlamani ji, whose interests have consistently centered around:

* first-principles thinking,
* interdisciplinary learning,
* creativity rooted in philosophy,
* transformative experiences,
* civilizational knowledge systems,
* and nurturing spaces for inner and collective awakening.

Much like INDICA’s own journey, Ekatma Dham attempts to dissolve boundaries - between art and spirituality, tradition and modernity, intellect and experience, self and society.

As part of INDICA's 7th Global Oneness Festival, curated by INDICA Moksha this dialogue invites participants to reflect on a profound civilizational insight: that true creativity emerges from a deeper experience of interconnectedness.

If you are drawn to:

* Indic wisdom traditions,
* art and philosophy,
* design and contemplative spaces,
* cultural renaissance,
* immersive learning,
* or the quest for inner transformation,

this Session is for you.

Come experience how the idea of Ekatma - fundamental Oneness - can inspire new ways of thinking, creating, and living.

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INDICA 7th Global Oneness Festival, May 17, 7 pm to 8 pm IST, Vakhyartha Sadas on शांकरवाग्वैभवम् Sadas Adhyaksha: Vidw...
17/05/2026

INDICA 7th Global Oneness Festival, May 17, 7 pm to 8 pm IST, Vakhyartha Sadas on शांकरवाग्वैभवम् Sadas Adhyaksha: Vidwan Dr. Shrihari Shivaram Dhaygude, Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Advaita Vedanta, National Sanskrit University, Tirupati.

Participating Vidwans: 1. Dr. Srinivas Jammalamadaka (Moderator) 2. Dr. L. Sowjanya Kumar 3. Vid. Varadarajan Dravid 4. Vid. V Krishna Sharma 5. Vidwan Kuvalaya Datta

Do not miss this special session.
Register here: https://indica.events/event/global-oneness-festival-2026-7th-edition-april-21-may-20-2026/

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