Maha Sivaratri Festival
with Pundit Bhima, Swami Dharmananda, Anandamayi Chaitanya and Ganga Chaitanya
February 25, 2025
Description
Join us for a night of devotion to celebrate the Great Night of Lord Siva. Devotees perform sincere worship of Siva, the Lord of cosmic transformation, keeping all-night vigil with mantra chanting, kirtan, and pujas led by pandit Bhima Samavedula.
Be uplifted and obtain countless blessings. All night vigil, chanting, and celebration of Pure Consciousness in the form of Lord Siva. There will be 4 special Puja ceremonies throughout the night with continuous kirtan and mantra chanting. We will conclude at 5am with a feast.
Schedule
- 2-3pm Arrival
- 4-6pm Yoga Class
- 6pm Simple Vegetarian Dinner
- 8pm Siva Puja
- 12am Siva Puja
- 2:30am Siva Puja
- 4am Siva Puja
- 5am Feast
About the Teachers
Pundit Bhima
Pundit Bhima, originally from South India, joined the Sivananda Yoga Farm in 2023. He was born and brought up in a Vedic Hindu family. His father was Sri Trinadha Lakshmi Narasimha Murty garu who was the Sri Devi Upasaka (meant to serve or one who serves). He is a traditionally trained priest from the Veda(Yajusha […]
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Swami Dharmananda
Swami Dharmananda is assistant director of the Yoga Farm and is in charge of the Karma Yoga program. He is a faculty of the Sivananda Institute of Health (SIHY) and is one of the main teachers of Yoga Philosophy and Meditation at the Ashram. He took sannyas vows in 2013 and is keenly interested in […]
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Anandamayi Chaitanya
Anandamayi Chaitanya hails from Japan and completed the TTC at the Yoga Farm in 2014 and ATTC in 2015. She graduated the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training (SYHET) program in 2019 and is a certified yoga therapist, specializing in Stress Relief techniques and Adapted Yoga practices to meet the needs of her students. She is […]
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Ganga Chaitanya
Ganga Chaitanya graduated from International Sivananda Yoga teacher training course in 2009 and Advanced yoga teacher training course 2010 at the Yoga Farm in Grass Valley USA. She is also a graduate of the “Yoga as Medicine”, “Yoga Psychology”, and “Ayurveda and Yoga Wellness” course. She has been the director of the very dynamic Sivananda Yoga Centre […]
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