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Jayanthi Celebrations for Guruji Dr Anandaji

ICYER & Sri Kambaliswamy Madam, Pondicherry, India

April 16 to 19th 2026

Jayanthi Celebrations for Guruji Dr Anandaji will be held from April 16 to 19th 2026. This celebrates auspicious occasion of his 54th Birthday and the sacred milestone of 50 Years as Madathipathi of Sri Kambaliswamy Madam.

Coordinator
Cordinator-19th International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and Its’ Applications

Maha Shivaratri

Sri Kambaliswamy Madam (Samadhi Site), Thattanchavady, Pondicherry-9

15th February all night from 6pm onwards

6pm - Abhishekam for Sri Kambaliswamy & Swami Gitananda Giri 6pm - Cultural performance by YOGNAT team (Carnatic music, Yogasana demonstration & Bharatanatyam) under the guidance of Yogacharini Smt Devasena Bhavanani and Yogathilakam Lalitha Shanmugam. 8pm - Procession around Sri Kambaliswamy Madam premises with lamps 8:15pm - Special pooja for the lingam under Shiva Shakti statue by Madathipathy Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Giri & Junior Madathipathy Anandraj Giri (only once in a year) with Bhajans led by Yogasadhaki "Chinna Ammaji" Dhivya Priya Bhavanani 9:15pm - Maha Deeparthana followed by Prasadham for all devotees 12 Midnight - 1008 chanting of Om Namah Shivaya under the guidance of Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani. 3am - Procession with Shiva Lingam from Sri Kambaliswamy Madam to ICYER with Bhajans throughout and visit to temples on the way 6am - Aarthi at ICYER folowed by immersion of lingam in the Bay of Bengal


All night OM chanting

ICYER at Ananda Ashram, Pondicherry

2nd Feb 2026

All night OM chanting in honur of the 152nd Jayanthi of Yogamaharishi Swami Kanakakanda Brighu Guru Maharaj, the Yoga Guru of Swami Gitananda Giri. This is followed by a special homa at ICYER Ananda Ashram in his honour on the morning of Feb 3rd.

Cordinator

32nd Maha Samadhi Purnima Puja

Sri Kambaliswamy Madam, Thattanchavady, Pondicherry-9

5 pm onwards, 2 January 2026

32nd Maha Samadhi Purnima Puja Sri Kambaliswamy Madam, Thattanchavady, Pondicherry-9

5pm onwards, 2nd January 2026

Celebrating the Maha Samadhi of Yogamaharishi Dr Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj on the Purnima in the Tamil month of Marghazhi

From 5pm onwards, Friday, 2nd January 2026 at Sri Kambaliswamy Madam, Thattanchavady, Pondicherry-9

We will be celebrating Param Pujya Swamiji's Maha Samdhi in the Sarguru Gitananda Giri Dhyana Mandapam with a cultural tribute to the Rishiculture Ashtanga (Gitananda) Yoga Guru Parampara by the Yoganjali Natyalayam-YOGNAT Team.

All are welcome to attend and receive the blessings of the great Gurus of this illustrious living Yoga tradition (Parampara)

Gitananda Yoga parampara
Cordinator

RIPUNAASHANE: a full-length feature dance-drama

Kamban Kalai Arangam Auditorium, Pondicherry-6

5 pm onwards, Saturday, December 27, 2025

Yoganjali Natyalayam proudly presents from 5 pm onwards, Saturday, December 27, 2025 at Kamban Kalai Arangam, Pondicherry, India "RIPUNAASHANE" a full-length feature dance-drama depicting the SHADRIPUS (six enemies of the spirit) and their destruction by Lord Shiva, who is the Ripu- Naashaka. Celebrating the 32nd Anniversary of the Maha Samadhi and 118th Jayanthi of Yogamaharishi Dr. SWAMI GITANANDA GIRI Gurumaharaj

Yoganjali Natyalayam
Cordinator