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Bhakti

Bhakti is an intense emotion of sublime nature with which a person makes a total surrender to a personal form of God. In Hindu religion, it represents one of the major ‘Bhavs’ or attitudes that helps to build a variety of complex yet beautiful relationships between God and His devotees like parent-child, master-servant, lover-beloved or friend- friend. Bhakti is accepted and recognized by all the major streams of Hinduism – Shaivas, Vaishnavs and Shaktas.

Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a system of medicine that was conceived and practiced in the Vedic period. Since then, it has come a long way and has established itself as an alternative system of medicine in India and abroad.

Arya Samaj

Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati to organize a Hindu reformist movement in India. As an integral part of the movement, Swami Dayanand set up a number of “Vedic Schools” where special emphasis was laid on imparting Vedic values, culture and religion to the students.

Yoga

In essence, Yoga is a set of practices which are consciously done to attain physical and mental disciplines. It invigorates you physically and mentally, raises your level of endurance and strikes a balance between your body and mind.

Vedas

The Vedas are regarded as the oldest sacred religious texts in India. They consist of religious poems and hymns composed in Sanskrit over several centuries. Although historians and scholars have diverse views on the period when the Vedas were compiled, the majority of them have accepted the 1200 BC as the starting time of their compilation.

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