Indian Culture

Soul of Bhārat – An Interactive Session at Uditam

Date: January 23, 2026 Venue: Matriniketan As part of the residential programme organized by Uditam: Institute for Integral Healing, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to facilitate a group discussion session, on Friday, January 23. For her session, Dr. Mehra focused on the topic – Soul of Bhārat. She started her talk

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Preparing the Mind of a Nation – January 2026, Renaissance

Release of Renaissance, Volume VII, Issue 1Date: January 21, 2026 Renaissance releases its first issue of 2026 with 8 thoughtful and thought-provoking offerings. Released on January 21, the issue highlights the ideal given by Sri Aurobindo that our efforts to rebuild a New India must be on the lines of the living spirit of the nation,

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Antāryatra: A Spiritual Journey through Puducherry – A Webinar

Date: January 29, 2026 Venue: Online As a follow-up to an earlier symposium titled Antāryatra – A Spiritual Exploration of Puducherry, co-organised with Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, Regional Center Puducherry, BhāratShakti is partnering again with IGNCA to host an online edition of this programme. The aim is to reach a larger number

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On Money and Work – Session at Annual All-India Youth Camp

Date: January 11, 2026 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society As part of the Annual All-India Youth Camp 2026 organised by AuroYouth, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to conduct a session with the participants. The 1.5-hour-long session on January 11, 2025 focused on the topic ‘On Money and Work’. Dr. Mehra’s presentation explored

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Beyond Death and Doctrine: Vivekananda’s Unfinished Mission and its Fulfilment in Sri Aurobindo – Subrata Sen

Date: January 12, 2026 A Homage on Swamiji’s Birthday If Swami Vivekananda’s life may be called an epic of Karma Yoga, then his passing was not the end of that epic, but the beginning of a subtler and deeper chapter. The power, vision, and resolve that he awakened for the resurgence of India and of

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From Uttarpara to Prabhas Patan: Sri Aurobindo’s Force and the Reconstruction of the Somnāth Temple – Beloo Mehra

Date: January 7, 2026 The year 2026 marks thousand years of the first attack on the Somnāth Temple at Prabhas Patan by Mahmud of Ghazni. The temple went through 17 brutal attacks at the hands of invaders and haters of Sanatana Dharma. But every time there was an attack there was also a strong resistance

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Sanatana Dharma, The Foundation of Indian Culture – An Interactive Session for Uditam

Date: January 1, 2026 Venue: Matriniketan, Pondicherry As part of the residential programme organized by Uditam: Institute for Integral Healing, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to facilitate a group discussion session on Thursday, January 1, 2026. For her session, Dr. Mehra focused on the topic – Sanatana Dharma, The Foundation of

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Antaryātra – A Spiritual Exploration of Puducherry

Date: December 17, 2025 Venue: Franco-Tamil Villas, Art and Craft Village, Puducherry On December 17, 2025, the BhāratShakti team organised a symopsium titled ‘ANTARYĀTRA: A Spiritual Exploration of Puducherry’ in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, Regional Centre, Puducherry at the Franco-Tamil Villas situated near the Art and Craft Village. The programme was

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The Yogic Attitude Towards Money – An Interactive session for Uditam

Date: December 13, 2025 Venue: Matriniketan, Pondicherry As part of the residential programme organized by Uditam: Institute for Integral Healing, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to facilitate a group discussion session on Saturday, December 13, 2025. For her session, Dr. Mehra focused on the topic – The Yogic Attitude Towards Money. The

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Love, Human Relationships and New Consciousness – Talk by Beloo Mehra

Date: December 7, 2025 Venue: Sharanam, Sri Aurobindo Society As part of the 2-day retreat titled ‘Antarjyoti’ organised by Sri Aurobindo Complex Trust and Sri Aurobindo Society State Committee, Karnataka, which was held on December 6 and 7, 2025 at Sharanam, Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited as a resource

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International Conference on the Discovery & Application of Vedic Knowledge

Start date: February 12, 2026 End date: February 15, 2026 AURO University, Surat is pleased to announce the International Conference on Discovery and Application of Vedic Knowledge, hosted in collaboration with Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Centers (Surat and South Carolina, USA), Brhat Foundation (India), BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society (Pondicherry), AuroChit (USA), and Sakshi Trust (Bengaluru).

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Four Powers of the Mother – A Residential Workshop-Retreat

Start date: 28 November, 2025 End date: 30 November, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Dhama, Karnataka Photo Gallery The BhāratShakti team conducted a 2-day Residential Workshop-Retreat on the theme – “Four Powers of the Mother” from 28-30 November at Sri Aurobindo Dhama, located in the serene and beautiful natural surroundings at the banks of Kaveri river

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Renaissance Redux – Release of Fourth Issue of BhāratShakti’s Quarterly Publication

Date: November 24, 2025 Venue: Online Starting with February 2025, BhāratShakti department has been publishing a 16-page quarterly called Renaissance Redux. This e-publication features selections from the vast archives of the online journal Renaissance which has been published since 2019 and presents them in a thematic manner. The four issues of Renaissance Redux – each with a different

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The Power that is Mahalaksmi – Interactive Session for Uditam

Date: November 22, 2025 Venue: Matriniketan, Pondicherry As part of the residential programme organized by Uditam: Institute for Integral Healing, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to facilitate a group discussion session on Saturday, November 22, 2025. For her session, Dr. Mehra focused on the topic – The Power that is Mahalakshmi.

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The Ultimate Value of Prayer – Talk by Beloo Mehra

Date: November 21, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Listen to the Recording As part of the 2025 edition of Sri Aurobindo Society’s Annual Women’s Council Seminar (November 20-22, 2025), Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to give a talk on Friday, November 21. The seminar’s theme for 2025 was Significance of Prayer, so Dr. Mehra spoke

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Films that Educate – 2: Musings on Bahubali – Beloo Mehra

Date: November 19, 2025 This writeup maybe a decade late, but the thoughts are still relevant, I think. Because the film which I am going to analyse briefly here can be said to usher in a new trend in multilingual Indian cinema – that of telling pan-Indian timeless stories in a grand, epic style. A

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Vedic Yajña: “A mutual debt binds man to the Supreme” – Talk by Beloo Mehra

Watch the recording HERE. Date: November 15, 2025 Venue: Online On November 15, 2025, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to deliver an online talk as part of the weekly YES Talks. YES – Yoga, Education and Spirituality – is an initiative started by Dr. Ramesh Bijlani of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch, based

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Revisiting Gender Equality through the Indian Spiritual Vision – A Course for Karmayogi Bharat

Date: November 13, 2025 Venue: Online – iGOT Karmayogi Earlier this year, an MoU was signed between Sri Aurobindo Society (SAS) and Karmayogi Bharat, a Government of India initiative under the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB). Under this MoU, Karmayogi Bharat and SAS decided to work together in actively building capacity of government officials in India

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Making Sense of Hinduism – Talk by Narendra Murty

Date: November 8, 2025 Venue: Online Watch the recording HERE. On 8th November, 2025, Narendra Murty, Research Associate, BhāratShakti was invited to deliver an online talk as part of the weekly YES Talks. YES – Yoga, Education and Spirituality – is an initiative started by Dr. Ramesh Bijlani of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch, based

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Symbolism of the Human Chariot in the Kathopanishad

Date: October 12, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch Watch the recording HERE. On October 12, 2025, Mr. Narendra Murty, Research Associate, BhāratShakti was invited to deliver a talk at the Sunday Satsang held in the Meditation Hall of the Delhi Branch of Sri Aurobindo Ashram. The subject of the talk was “The Symbolism of

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