Who we are Chinmaya Naada Bindu is a Gurukul (a residential learning center) for Indian Performing Arts (music and dances of India). Inaugurated in September 2009 as a project of the Central Chinmaya Mission Trust, we derive our inspiration from Swami Tejomayananda’s vision to propagate India’s Vedic and spiritual traditions through the Performing Arts. With much reverence we hold as our motto the phrases “Svara to Iśvara”, “Nartan to Paramātman” and “Geetam-Vadyam-Nrtyam to Satyam-Shivam-Sundaram” 
Where we are Chinmaya Naada Bindu is housed in the premises of Chinmaya Vibhooti, a spiritual resource centre for Swami Chinmayananda’s works and teachings. This resource center is located on 65 acres of land at the foothills of the lush Sahyadri Mountain range in the village of Kolwan near Pune, India. Our setting has been compared to the “Jacob’s Pillow” by renowned Indian dance-scholar Dr. Sunil Kothari. Culture tones the mental muscles and lends dignity to the personality. However, personality includes not only the physical, the mental and the intellectual, but also the spiritual aspect. This last aspect is usually forgotten, leaving the person thirsting for something that he cannot identify. Chinmaya Naada Bindu will help bridge this gap and bring peace to the thirsting personality. Our Vision Foster artistic excellence • Nurture the spiritual • Create global connections Our Vision Statement as given to us by Swami Tejomayananda is: “To develop the arts of music and dance as a means of inner purification and self-realization and to create artists and art-lovers as the finest ambassadors of universal love, peace and harmony.”
Our Mission - Foster excellence in the learning, practice, creation, and appreciation of traditional performing arts of India
- Nurture and promote the spiritual and holistic aspects of music, dance and allied arts of India
- Facilitate, documentation, preservation and research through exemplary archive facilities
- Provide an educational platform that brings together renowned practitioners, historians, students and the public
- Offer a venue for performers, artistic-directors, teachers & their students who wish to learn/work/rehearse in a retreat environment
- Create collaborative and global connections with other sacred music and dance forms of the world
What we do As a Gurukul, we offer facilities for ongoing classes and research-based studies, along with workshops, performances and conferences. Our arts festivals are enhanced by spiritual discourses, lecture demonstrations and artists’ meets aimed at augmenting the holistic experience of classical arts for our audience. We accept long-term students for study in Bharatanatyam, Hindustani vocal, flute and tabla. Chinmaya Naada Bindu has already played host to numerous residential workshops and four performing arts festivals, some of them accompanied by discourses by Swami Tejomayananda himself.The Naada Bindu Festival for the Arts, which began in Kolwan in 2010, will be an annual feature. The 8-day Nrtya-Sura-Bharati Festival in Dec 2010 provided a stage for both renowned artists of global acclaim as well as young and upcoming artists from the Chinmaya international family. The festival included 6-day performing arts workshops in music and dance conducted by our directors along with guest artists. We also offer themed residential dance/music intensives.
Upcoming Events 1.Svara to Isvara http://chinmayamission.com/event-details.php?event_id=873 2. 4th Naad Bindu Festival http://chinmayamission.com/event-details.php?event_id=938 Your Participation All our events are made possible completely through the generous contributions of private benefactors. Get involved and support Chinmaya Naada Bindu through donations, sponsorship of events and/or message space in our souvenirs, volunteering your time and skills, and spreading the word about our events and festivals. Contact Pramodini Rao – Resident Director
Ramaa Bharadvaj – Director - Dance
Himanshu Nanda – Director - Music Email:cnb@chinmayamission.com
Phone: +91-20-2296 0171 / +91-96898 89153 Address:
Chinmaya Naada Bindu
Chinmaya Vibhooti
At Post Kolwan
Taluka Mulashi
Dist: Pune
Maharashtra 412108
India | 
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