Category News & Announcements

CHYSK DC: Reuniting Through Uniting

By Sravani Hotha In late July 2025, CHYSK DC hosted our annual retreat “Reuniting Through Uniting” at Chinmaya Somnath in Chantilly, VA. For more than ten years, CHYKs and CSKs of Chinmaya Mission Washington Regional Center have hosted retreats for…

JCHYK DC: Movies, Meaning, and Me

Report By: Sudarshan Atmavilas From July 21st to 25th, 2025, at Chinmaya Somnath in Chantilly, VA, 34 high schoolers from across the United States gathered for the Annual DC Youth Camp and were engaged in numerous activities, ranging from discourses…

Honoring Our Elders

From April 12 to June 15, 2025, Chinmaya Mission Niagara’s Safety of Society Circle carried out Honoring Our Elders — an initiative to raise awareness about the neglect and abuse our elders face and to encourage active efforts to care…

From Learning to Living

Chinmaya Mission Cleveland-Niagara Raises the Bar on Giving Introduction Pujya Swami Chinmayananda’s vision for Chinmaya Mission is “Maximum happiness for maximum people for maximum time.” With this spirit, Chinmaya Mission Cleveland-Niagara shares Sanatana Dharma’s ancient wisdom in a modern context,…

Facing Stigmas and Rising Above Them

Mentorship Sanga Launches a First of its Kind Annual Retreat By Team Mentorship Sanga Established in 2021, Mentorship Sanga—an initiative of Chinmaya Mission Niagara—has united over 300 seekers across 100+ cities to support one another in living a life rooted…

Chinmaya Inspiration Yatra XIX

A Sacred Journey through Bharat: Jyotirlingas, Ram Lalla, Maha Kumbh & Beyond Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda once shared that the word yatra comes from the root ya—meaning “to go.” But the movement it speaks of is not outward, but inward.…

Chinmaya Inspiration Yatra XVIII

By: Sudarshan Atmavilas and Anushka Bhat From November 25th to December 1st, 2024, Shri Vivekji of Chinmaya Mission Niagara led a yatra of 94 seekers (from across the US, Canada, and the world) to the Chinmaya Ashram in Couva, Trinidad…

Living Lightly, Thinking Deeply

by Sevakas of Chinmaya Mission Fairfield-New Haven Chinmaya Saraswati (CMFN), CT, was honored to host the first retreat of its kind on the weekend of October 25th to 27th 2024, paving the path to attaining fullest potential in serving our…

Divya Shakti: Finding Your Feeling

By Paridhi Gupta Chinmaya Mission Dhara hosted this year’s annual Devi Retreat in Niagara Falls from October 17 to October 20, 2024. Guided by Shri Vivek Gupta and Shri Vilasini Balakrishnan, with the theme ‘Divya Shakti: Finding Your Feeling’, this…

Running from the Mind – Year 8

By Ananya Chakravati, Kanchan Tripathi, Pankaj Kotwani, Prateek Mishra, Vignesh Sadras, Yatin Dullabh ​​​​The Running from the Mind Community is a vibrant group of dedicated runners and spiritual seekers from across North America, united by a shared commitment to push…