by Sophia French | Jul 31, 2026 | About our team, Personal & community, Uncategorized
Aparna is our go-to for tips on temple travel, custom-made mūrtis and auspicious muhūrtas. Her grandparents shaped her spiritual education, and she ensures it is being carried forward to her children, too. By Sophia Ann French Aparna Rajesh has been part of the Veda...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Jul 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
A conversation with Mr David Stollar By Veda Studies In a box in West London, for many years, lay a manuscript that David Stollar handwrote half a century ago. The thousand names of Viṣṇu, set down one by one, each name given its dhātu, its Devanāgarī form and...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Apr 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
1. Why the Whole Matters Nothing we study in the Indian tradition exists in isolation. Whether your entry point is yoga, Āyurveda, Vedic chant, or the Purāṇic stories, you are not studying a standalone practice. You are holding one part of a very large whole. The...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Dec 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
My recent visit to India was deeply nourishing, rooted in study, teaching, and sacred ritual. I’m happy to share some highlights with our community. Teaching at Mysuru Yoga Utsava I taught a session at Mysuru Yoga Utsava, a gathering of scholars and practitioners from...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Oct 16, 2025 | Authors & translators, Personal & community, Uncategorized
Many in our Gāyatrī upāsana community will know the name Jean Le Mée, whose translation of the Gāyatrī mantra and his book Hymns from the Ṛg Veda opened the Veda to a wide modern readership with rare clarity and poetic depth. Let us bring our minds to rest inthe glory...
by Sophia French | Jun 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Anikó is a formally trained language teacher, and the sound of mantras drew her to Sanskrit and the study of Veda recitation… By Sophia Ann French Anikó Pribojszkiné was born and raised in Hungary, and while she has never been to India, she felt “at home” when she...
