Indian History

Swami Dayananda Saraswati and Indian Renaissance: Insights from Sri Aurobindo 

BhāratShakti Talks, Conferences and Seminars, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Date: February 12, 2026 Venue: Auro University, Surat WATCH THE RECORDING. At the International Conference on Discovery and Application of the Vedic Knowledge (February 12-15, 2026), organised by Auro University in collaboration with Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center, Surat, La Grace Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center, USA, Bṛhat Foundation, BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society, SAKSHI Trust,

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Antāryatra: A Spiritual Exploration through Pondicherry

Conferences and Seminars, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Date: January 29, 2026 Venue: Online WATCH THE RECORDING 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 partnered again with IGNCA and hosted an online edition of this programme. The aim of the session was

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Soul of Bhārat – An Interactive Session at Uditam

BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: January 24, 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 24. For her session, Dr. Mehra focused on the topic – Soul of Bhārat. She started her talk

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Sri Aurobindo and Indian Freedom Movement – Workshop for Students

Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Date: November 28, 2025 Venue: Om Shanti Dham Gurukulam, Karnataka Photo-gallery The BhāratShakti department of Sri Aurobindo Society was invited to curate and conduct a day long workshop for about 75 students (ages 12-16) on the theme – “Sri Aurobindo and the Indian Freedom Movement” on 28th November, 2025 at Om Shanti Dham Veda Gurukula,

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Contemporary Significance of Sri Aurobindo’s Spiritual View of Nation and Nationalism

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: November 18, 2025 Venue: Online Watch the RECORDING. Indian Knowledge Systems Cell, Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College, Sri Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, in Collaboration with Nucleus of Learning and Development organized their Third Edition of Online 2-Week National Certificate Course on “Integrating Indian Knowledge Systems in Academia through NEP 2020: A Vision for Civilizational

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Exploring Hampi as a Template for Inner Architecture

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Date: July 18, 2025 Venue: Aurodhan Gallery BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society was one of the collaborators for the Pondicherry Invention Festival (July 18-20, 2025) organised by Aurodhan, Pondicherry under the theme “Invent in India”. On July 18, 2025, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, participated as a panelist at a session titled ‘Exploring Hampi as a

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Integrating Indian History, Art, and Culture – Learning through Photography

Art and Spirituality, Education for New India, Exhibitions, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Start Date: 6 March, 2025 End Date: 23 March, 2025 Venue: Ashram Exhibition House, Pondicherry Lifelong learning and awakening a thirst to know and grow plays an important role in the overall progress of the individual in the context of Integral Development. The Mother has also emphasised how important it is to create or awaken

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The Cultural and Political Legacy of The Vijayanagara Empire

Exhibitions, Guest Lectures, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Date: March, 13, 2025 Venue: Ashram Exhibition House, Pondicherry Watch the Recording As a part of the Exhibition on “Hampi – A Photographic Journey Tracing the Aesthetics of Perseverance and Valour”, BhāratShakti team organised a Lecture-discussion by Dr. Nanda Kishore M S, Head of the Department of Politics & International Studies and Chair of Sri

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Inauguration of BhāratShakti Exhibition “Hampi – A Photographic Journey”

Art and Spirituality, Exhibitions, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Date: March 6, 2025 Venue: Ashram Exhibition House, Pondicherry At the invitation of the Exhibition House of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, the BhāratShakti team organised an Exhibition on the theme: “HAMPI – A Photographic Journey: Tracing the Aesthetics of Perseverance and Valour” as part of its ongoing exploration of the Spirit and Forms of Indian

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An Interdisciplinary Learning Project on Hampi

Education for New India, Exhibitions, Past Works

Date: December 10, 2024 Venue: Creative School, Bengaluru At the invitation of Creative School, Bengaluru, the BhāratShakti team researched and curated a 58-poster exhibition titled ‘Hampi: A UNESCO World Heritage Site” to be used as as part of an educational project for the students. The posters incorporated many pictures taken at various places in Hampi

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Films that Educate 1: Article 370 – Beloo Mehra

Beloo Mehra, BhāratShakti Blog, BhāratShakti Writings, Current Concerns, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Date: July 1, 2024 “I always thought it [cinema] could be used to good purpose.” ~ The Mother, Agenda, 10: 270 In this series of jottings I will periodically share a few reflections or thoughts on some films which I feel serve an important purpose of making people aware of some of the uncomfortable truths

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Devi Ahilyabai Holkar and Bhāratiya Resurgence

Conferences and Seminars, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: June 22, 2024 Venue: Online Watch the recordings HERE and HERE. “In the political field [India] never ceased to throw up great rulers, statesmen, soldiers, administrators….in the political field it never ceased to throw up great rulers, statesmen, soldiers, administrators. Its political genius was not in the decadence sufficient, not coherent enough or swift in vision

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Nalanda Lives Again – Narendra Murty

BhāratShakti Blog, BhāratShakti Writings, Current Concerns, Education for New India, Narendra Murty, Past Works

Date: June 25, 2024 Nalanda burnt for nine days. Now after centuries, Nalanda has risen again like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes. Civilization always had to defend itself against the forces of barbarism, often unsuccessfully. Nalanda as a university existed 500 years even before the famed European universities of Oxford and Paris came into

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Evolution of the Indian Ethos (Samvād series, 2nd edition)

Guest Lectures, India-Our Mother, Past Works, Samvād: The Book Series

Date: March 4, 2024 Renaissance Journal team and Auropublications team invited Lopa Mukherjee for the second edition of their series – SAMVĀD which celebrates Authors, Books, and Booklovers. The programme was held on March 4, 2024 at the ground floor hall of Sri Aurobindo Society. Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance Journal and Ms. Gayatri Majumdar,

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India as Envisioned by Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo

Guest Lectures, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Date: October 16, 2022 Watch the full recording HERE. As part of Sri Aurobindo Society’s celebrations of 150years of Sri Aurobindo and 75 years of Indian Independence, the Renaissance journal team had invited Dr. Narendra Joshi to deliver a lecture under the ‘India – Our Mother’ lecture series they have been hosting since last year.

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The Transformation – Film screening and Discussion

Education for New India, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Date: August 30, 2022 Venue: J.N. Auditorium, Pondicherry University In collaboration with the School of Education, Pondicherry University, a special event was held on August 30, 2022 at J.N. Auditorium at Pondicherry University to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and 75th year of Indian Independence. This event included the screening of the

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Jai Bhavani: Celebrating Sri Aurobindo’s Poem ‘Baji Prabhou’ – through a Dance-drama and a Talk

Guest Lectures, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Date: August 9, 2022 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM Institute: AuroYajna and BhāratShakti Venue: Matriniketan, Sri Aurobindo Society For a full gallery with pictures from the event and a few video clips, click HERE. As part of our ongoing celebrations of 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and 75th year of Indian Independence, Sri

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Powada, a Story-telling Performance Art 

Art and Spirituality, Insightful Conversations, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: August 15, 2022 In our Insightful Conversations series we speak with authors, artists, performers, educators, story-tellers and other creative individuals who are keeping alive, reviving and also giving new forms and expressions to the timeless spirit of Indian culture, history and civilisation. Explore the Series: Insightful Conversations For this special edition in Hindi, we speak

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Exploring Indian Culture and History through Curated Heritage Trails 

Education for New India, India-Our Mother, Insightful Conversations, Past Works

Date: March 21, 2022 Venue: Online It is often said that there are three main ways to know India. First, and the best way, is to aspire to realise the truth behind India’s profound and life-affirming spiritual thought. Second is to identify with the deeper truths behind India’s countless stories, particularly the stories told in itihāsa-s (Ramayana

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