Chief Guests

Our Dear Swamiji has dedicated his life to the full time teaching of Vedanta in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York area. Swamiji led the creation of Chinmaya Kedar in Langhorn PA, and then Chinmaya Vrindavan in Cranbury NJ. He has over years traveled all across the North America doing Gnana Yagna on Upanishads and the Bhagwad Geeta.  In 2001, Swamiji undertook and completed 50 Geeta Gnana Yagnas all around the world as his personal tribute to Param Pujya Gurudev, during that Golden Jubilee year. Swamiji is also the President of Chinmaya Mission West which in turn oversees the activities of over 48 Mission centers in the US and Canada. 

HH Sidhananda swamiji served at the Chinmaya Mission Chennai for many years and at the Chinmaya International Foundation (Cochin) for a few years. Swamiji has inspired generations of youngsters through his love and dynamic active association with the Chinmaya Yuva Kendra and has worked with them in many spiritual and social projects in Chennai.

Swamiji  presently serves at Madhuvan and Kedar Chinmaya Mission Philadelphia, and is the in-charge of Chinmaya Publications. Swamiji regularly conducts adult study groups and Bala Vihar classes , satsangs, and camps, in the Tri-state area (NY, NJ, PA). He also visits other CMW centers.

Swamiji is an artist and a singer, and has composed many bhajans and brought out a number of albums