News and Events

Sri Swamiji's visit to Melbourne - Epic Hanuman Chalisa Group Chanting, Australia on 11th Feb 2017


Parama Pujya Sri Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji will be visiting Australia on a 5 day long tour to conduct the Epic Hanuman Chalisa Group Chanting for world peace. Sri Swamiji is visiting Melbourne after the Music For Healing & Meditation Concert @ New Zealand.
The Epic Hanuman Chalisa is held at "Suzanne Cory High School", Werribee, Victoria 3030

Read More for details regarding the Epic Hanuman Chalisa Group Chanting..

Music for Healing and Meditation - Sri Swamiji's visit to New Zealand, from 28 Jan - 7 Feb 2017


Datta Yoga Centre New Zealand (DYC NZ) is a Non-profit organisation established in 2013 to spread the message of His Holiness Dr. Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji​, the Founder Pontiff at Avadootha Datta Peetham in Mysore, India. Sri Swamiji will be giving a Meditation and Healing Music Concert in Auckland for the first time, on February 4th, 2017. Sri Swmaiji's visit also includes programs such as:
  1. Datta Kriya Yoga - 28 Jan - 29 Jan 2017
  2. Sri Chakra Puja - 5 Feb 2017
Read more for details regarding Sri Swamiji's visit to New Zealand..

Pujya Sri Ganapathy Sachchidanada Swamiji's visit to Melbourne, Australia from 18 June - 23 June 2016


Sri Swamiji will be visiting Australia on a 5 day long tour to inaugurate Datta Yoga Center - Melbourne at its New Premises - 33 McLeans Road, Little River Victoria 3211.
The new premises of DYC Australia - Melbourne is spread over a 18 acre plot at Little River and was bought by a small group of Datta Devotees in January 2016. It has a beautifully constructed Guru Nilayam, Meditation Hall and a fully functional area for carrying out DYC activities like Satsang, Yoga & Meditation sessions and much more. From the day of purchase, the members of DYC Australia have been tirelessly working to clean the premises and make it fully functional so that it could be inaugurated by Pujya Swamiji. Parama Pujya Sri Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji is visiting Melbourne en-route to Switzerland on Sat 18 June 2016 and has agreed to preside over a Bhajan & Satsang session to bless all the devotees and seekers.
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Music for Healing and Meditation - Tenjo no Ongaku (Celestial Music) - Sri Swamiji Tokyo Concert on Wednesday 4 May 2016


Sri Swamiji's first ever concert in East Asia will take place on Wednesday 4th of May 2016 at the Suginami Public Hall renowned for incredible sound. The venue is located in the quiet west side of Tokyo and easily accessible from Central Tokyo. Read More..
Official Concert Website in Japanese..

Music for Healing and Meditation - Sabhapati Raga Sagara on 16 April 2016

Maha Shivaratri at Datta Peetham at Mysuru on 7 March 2016


The annual festival, Maha Shivaratri was celebrated at Avadhoota Datta Peetham on the night of 7th until the dawn on 8th March 2016. Parama Pujya Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji and Pujya Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji conducted the festival. Thousands of devotees had gathered in Ashrama for the festival. Read More..

Hanuman Chalisa chanting Yajna at Mysuru on 6 March 2016


The first of the eleven Maha Yajnas of Hanuman Chalisa Parayana was held in the sprawling Maharaja collage grounds in Mysuru on 6th March 2016. The eleven Maha Yajnas are held after the successful completion of 11 billion Hanuman Chalisa Parayana led by Pujya Sri Swamiji over last year. Millions of Hanuman devotees in over 68 countries participated in the year long chant program. Read More..

Shri.Narendra Modi, Honorable Prime Minister of India visits Avadhoota Datta Peetham - 2 Jan 2016


Shri.Narendra Modi, Prime minister of India visited Avadhoota Datta Peetham in Mysuru on 2nd January 2016 and sought blessings of Pujya Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji. Shri.Modi's first travel in 2016 was on 2nd January from Delhi to Mysuru airport and arrived at 5 PM. The prime minister cavalcade drove from airport to Avadhoota Datta Peetham. Read More..

Guru Purnima & Guinness World Record for Longest Hanuman Chalisa Chanting Marathon at Marakata Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple at Frisco, Dallas, Texas USA


Sri Swamiji was camping in the temple premises and was frequently coming to the Yaga Shala - the venue of 24 hour continous marathon Hanuman Chalisa chanting. Over 500 devotees participated in the marathon chant. Dallas devotees sang Guru Gita Shlokas during Sri Chakra Puja. Guru Puja was performed with 108 lotus flower offering and Astottara chanting. The temple prayer hall was overflowing with devotees who had come from across USA and abroad to be with Sadgurudeva on this important festival of Guru Purnima. Read More..

Marakata Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple consecration in Frisco, Dallas, Texas USA on 23 July 2015


Parama Pujya Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji consecrated Marakata stone Karya Siddhi Hanuman in a sprawling temple complex in Frisco suburb of Dallas city in Texas state in the United States of America on 23rd July 2015. Read More..

Dallas Hanuman Temple Inauguration - Marakata Hanuman Kumbhabhishekam rituals commenced 18 July 2015


Pujya Swamiji was in Dallas to perform the Kumbhabhishekam of the Marakata Karya Siddhi Hanuman temple in Frisco town. Read More..

AUSTRALIA NADA SAGARA - Pujya Sri Swamiji's Healing Music concert in Sydney Opera House - April 6 2015


Largest Music Therapy Lesson by His Holiness Dr. Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, held at Sydney Opera House, Australia Guinness World Records Recognizes His Holiness Dr. Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji for the Second Time in Three Months: This Time for Creating World History at the Sydney Opera House, Australia for the Largest Music Therapy Lesson.. Read More..

Devotee's Experiences

Swami Sahaja Datta Pada, Mysore
"Swamiji, you give so many things to your devotees, how come you never give me anything?"
He looked at me and said in the most compassionate voice, "I don't give you anything, for I have kept you in my heart"

Swamy Vishnudatta Padarenu, Russia
Sri Swamiji addressed me by my name, Varada Raja, greeted me, allowed me to do Namaskaram, and then began speaking with me as though He had known me for several years....

Mysore Patrike Venkatramu
"I bless all those who come to me irrespective of their caste or religion. If a Christian comes to me I tell him to believe in Jesus and continue to have faith in his own religion. Likewise, if a Muslim comes to me I stress upon the importance of being a good Muslim and follow his own faith..."

S Dwarkanath, Mysore
"Your friend Satyanarayana has become a Swamiji, I went and paid my respects, you also go and do the same", I did not pay any attention to this talk so she hit me on the head....

C S Venkatesh, Bangalore
"Wherever you work, as a clerk or an engineer, be honest and sincere and pray to God and your Guru. You will come out good in life".....

Krishan Kumar, Mysore
Then He took me to His room and showed me a map of India, showing certain places saying that He wanted to go there. "Will you take me? Will you take me?"....

Sheetal Persad
"Don't worry; Sri Swamiji will take care." I realized at that moment that he was answering my thoughts. He knows everything for He is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. He is my master.....