Inspired by the vision and spiritual guidance of our Guru Swami Bodhananda, the Sambodh Centre for Living Values (SCLV) and the Sambodh Centre for Human Values (SCHV) are the two centres of Sambodh Foundation in Bangalore.
Sambodh Centre for Living Values
SCLV lies in rural Bengaluru, on eight quiet and serene acres. Its peaceful, green setting makes it the hub of Sambodh programmes. SCLV has more than 500 trees, including medicinal plants and shrubs, and a goshala, and the ashram is visited by large numbers of birds. SCLV focuses on the development of the surrounding village community; about a thousand saplings have been planted in recent years.
Annadana — free meals — is held frequently at and around SCLV, and is a constant part of Sambodh's work here; for about seven years a weekly Saturday annadana was held without fail at the Amrutha Government School, Hebbal. The work has also included school bags, notebooks and classroom aids for children of the government schools at Hebbal and T. Hosahalli, free medical camps for the women of Sungattanahalli and the schoolchildren of nearby villages, awareness sessions, Republic Day competitions, the Sambodh scholarships, and an organic vegetable garden at the ashram.
Today SCLV conserves more than five hundred medicinal and indigenous trees and fifteen varieties of fruit trees, with organic farming of corn, millets and vegetables, and a Nakshatra Vanam — an ethno-medical garden. Its goshala cares for cows including the indigenous Hallikar breed. The tree-planting initiative “Green the Ashram, Save the Village” continues, with the goal of helping the farmers around SCLV become self-sustaining, and Annadanam meals are held at the centre for the villagers.
SCLV is also the home of the Vedanta Acharya Residential Programme.
Ṛtam — 3 January 2026
Ṛtam, the cosmic order that holds nature and life together, gave its name to an eco-spiritual gathering at SCLV on 3 January 2026 — an event to honour the inseparable relationship between Nature, God, wellbeing and consciousness. It was held in the holy presence of Swami Bodhananda, with Prof Ramachandra Bhat and Prof Mahabaleshwar Bhat of the Veda Vijnana Gurukulam as Mukhya Acharyas, and Sri Shankar Bidari IPS, former Director General of Police, Karnataka, as chief guest. Sri Bhaskar and Smt Rajani of Rishi Landscapes & Gardening were the Yajamana and Patni of the yajna. A 2026 New Year calendar of the trees of SCLV was released for the occasion.
Sambodh Centre for Human Values
SCHV, with the Sambodh Siddhi Vinayaka Vidya Mandir, is in Kempapura (Hebbal), Bangalore. It is dedicated to fostering excellence, compassion, and interdisciplinary dialogue and engagement for human wellbeing. Public programmes are held here, including charity, creative and environment-centred events.
SCHV fulfils a long-cherished dream of Sambodh friends and Vinayaka devotees. In 2012 Sambodh Foundation began building its first temple and Vedanta centre in Bhuvaneshvari Nagar, Hebbal — a 2,700 sq ft building housing the Siddhi Vinayaka Temple, a Vedanta centre, a library and living quarters. Siddhi Vinayaka is the patron deity of the Sambodh organisations, the giver of boons and remover of obstacles; a temple is the centre of a community, and lets spiritual power flow into daily life.
Seva in Bangalore
Sambodh Foundation Bangalore has stood with the Government School at Amruthahalli through its stages of growth — new buildings, a playground, sanitation, furniture, sports equipment, mid-day meals and snacks, weekly ration kits, warm clothing, uniforms, books and stationery, and computer and vocational training. At a public function at the school on 18 August 2018, Sambodh gave twenty steel desk-benches, seating eighty students, a storage almirah and a full set of sports equipment. Since 2016 it has held an Annual Sports Day at the school, with medals and certificates for the winners.
The centre also gives annual scholarships to children of rural schools and of construction workers and daily labourers, organises free medical camps for the villages around Doddaballapur, and, since the Covid-19 pandemic, has supported very poor families with monthly rations and clothing through the Sambodh Bengaluru Annadanam initiative.
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Maha-Kumbhabhishekam, 16 April 2017
The grand Pratishta Mahotsavam — the installation of the idols — and the Maha-Kumbhabhishekam, anointing the deity with kalashas of holy water energised with mantra, were held at the Sambodh Siddhi Vinayaka Temple on 16 April 2017.
An eight-foot Hanuman Swamy brought from Mahabalipuram was also installed with mantra and homa. Envisioned by Swami Bodhananda as “Karya Siddhi Hanuman”, he is the bestower of good wishes.
“Ganesam” is the souvenir brought out by SCHV on the occasion of its opening and the Maha-Kumbhabhishekam with Ganesa Pratishtapanam.
Gurudev in Bangalore
Swami Bodhananda has visited Bangalore regularly since the 1990s, giving lectures on the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, meditation and Ramana Maharshi, and management-wisdom talks at public and private organisations such as BEL, BHEL, ISRO, DRDO, ITI, HAL, Titan, Axis Bank, the Indian Business Academy and the Bangalore Management Association. His year-by-year programmes are in the Archives.
Siddhi Vinayaka Dharma Kalasa Aradhana
Envisioned by Swami Bodhananda, this mantra sadhana has three aims: purity of mind; invoking the blessings of Siddhi Vinayaka for health, prosperity and peace; and removing obstacles to fulfil one legitimate desire. Swamiji initiates each participant, in India or abroad, into the Ganesa Gayatri. The sadhaka chants it at least 11 times every day, praying for everyone in the programme, and puts a minimum of one rupee a day into a Dharma Kalasa. After a year, the Kalasa is brought to a Siddhi Vinayaka Dharma Kalasaradhana programme and offered to Siddhi Vinayaka; the money is used for programmes for the uplift of the poor. The programme can be held at home or in a public place, with family and friends invited; Swamiji speaks on “the power of mantra”, and those interested can receive the mantra and a Dharma Kalasa from him.
Our vision
A group of women and men dedicated to an integrated, holistic way of life, bringing modernity and tradition into a healthy, sustainable harmony.
Sambodh Bangalore organises social and spiritual programmes guided by the teachings of Swami Bodhananda, with a focus on charity, rural uplift, ecological and spiritual values, and organic living. Its charity work is supported entirely by your generous donations.