SAMANVAYA VIDYA DHAM

Samanvaya Vidya Dham (Abode of Integral Wisdom) is a Christian effort to promote a culture of inter-religious understanding and relationship in a globalized world where religions and cultures meet and influence each other. This is a Christian institution under the management of the religious congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) in collaboration with the Catholic Diocese of Bijnor..... Read more

BEAUTIFUL VIRTUAL REALITY TOUR

The three acre complex has 20 rooms in two storeys, an academic block with lecture halls and library, a chapel, a satsang hall, and a dining hall. Besides, there are five individual cottages equipped with kitchen..... Read more


LOCATION

Samanvaya Vidya Dham is situated by the River Ganga in the foothills of the Himalayas at Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, which is known as Deva Bhumi, land of gods, a city of Ashrams and a sanctuary of sages and saints and sadhus and sannyasins. It was in this land of asceticism that Swami Sivananda, Swami Abhishiktananda, Vandana Mataji, Sadhu Augasti and many other spiritual leaders made their spiritual pilgrimage and left a spiritual legacy to humanity...Read more

OUR LEGACY

The Congregation of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) is the first indigenous religious congregation in the Catholic Church of India. Fr. Thomas Palackal, Fr. Thomas Porukara and Fr. Kuriakose Chavara of the Syro-Malabar Church of apostolic origin founded a religious house at Mannanam on 11 May 1831. On 8 December 1855, the religious Congregation was canonically approved and the first eleven fathers made their religious profession.

VISION


A Christian pilgrimage to the truth, goodness and beauty (satyam, sivam and sundaram) through a sadhana of inter-religious dialogue of life, spirituality and experts.

OBJECTIVES


To promote study and research on various religions – their scriptures and traditions, rituals and samskaras, symbols and images,...Read more

METHODOLOGY


Exposure, Immersion, Experience and Research through prayer, meditation, lectures, participatory study, personal research, personal guidance,...Read more