Chinmaya Mission Timeline
Swami Chinmayananda’s powerful call on 23 December 1951, in a small temple at Rasta Peth, Pune, became an eloquent roar of universal Vedanta that launched the Chinmaya Movement. On 31 December 2025, Swami Swaroopananda, in presence of the global Chinmaya family, launched Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav, a year-long celebration marking 75…Read More
“Chinmaya Annapoorna,” Africa’s first-ever Sri Chinmaya Annapoorna Devi (Goddess of Nourishment) Temple in Durban, was consecrated on 1 December 2025. On this historic occassion, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi received an ornate Ashtalakshmi Kalasha filled with ‘Shree Anna’ (containing millets from India and South Africa) and offered it…Read More
On 27 July 2025, the Prime Minister Of India, Shri Narendra Modi released the Tamil versification of the Bhagavad Gita, created by Chinmaya Mission Chennai, as envisioned by Swami Mitrananda. A memorable tribute to Gurudev, the soulful rendition set to powerful music by the legendary music maestro, Ilaiyaraaja is also…Read More
On 29 January 2025, at the Chinmaya Heritage Centre in Chetpet, Chennai, Chinmaya Mission and Sanatana Seva Sangham jointly launched Upanishad Ganga, the acclaimed series (first aired on Doordarshan in Hindi) in multiple languages – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and English. The translation project, led by the Chinmaya Mission and…Read More
On the Aradhana Day of Parama Guru Swami Tapovan Maharaj, 16 January 2025, India’s national television network began airing Guruji Swami Tejomayananda’s discourses on the complete Ramacharitamanas (Tulsi Ramayana). The 104 hours of Hindi discourses were serialised into 21-minute episodes for broadcast on Doordarshan.
The 60th anniversary of Chinmaya Mission’s apex body, CCMT (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust), was celebrated on 13 July 2024, in the Saraswati Nilayam Hall of Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai. Since its establishment on 10 July 1964, CCMT has coordinated the many growing wings of the mission and overseen the spread of…Read More
A five-day spiritual celebration, Chinmaya Sankaram was held in Kerala from 8–12 May 2024, commemorating the 108th birth anniversary of Gurudev and the Jayanti of Adi Shankaracharya. The main events included auspicious homas, a unique Sannyasi Sammelan and Yati Puja honoring 108 sannyasis of different traditions, mass chanting of the…Read More
In Sandeepany Himalayas at Sidhbari, in the week of 1 – 8 May 2024, over 200 devotees gathered to celebrate the 108th Chinmaya Jayanti during a special camp on Ishavasya Upanishad by Pujya Swami Swaroopananda who also inaugurated the 14th Hindi Vedanta Course on 1 May. The bhajans on 7…Read More
Released simultaneously on July 30, 2023, at the Mahasamadhi camps in Sidhbari and Chicago, USA, the twin volume-edition of “Discourses on Shri Ramacharitamanasa” by Guruji Swami Tejomayananda was a beautiful offering to Pujya Gurudev in His 108th Jayanti year. The Chinmaya Prakashan team brought out, in English and Hindi, the…Read More
At the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2023, held on Sunday, 15 January, Chinmaya Mission was recognised as the third-highest fundraising NGO among over 250 organisations, raising more than ₹2.56 crore. The Dream Run of 5.9 km distance was covered by a 100-strong Chinmaya team holding placards and banners highlighting the various…Read More