Snow-covered hillside and frosted trees at sunrise above a misty valley
Bhakti Marga

24 Dec – 1 Jan · Shree Peetha Nilaya

Spend your holidays with Paramahamsa Vishwananda

Come home. Long winter evenings, meals shared as one family, Darshan with Guruji and a new year that begins in prayer.

  • 9 days together
  • 4 free Darshans
  • 4 live lectures

Plan your holidays

Gatherings are for everyone. Darshan is chosen per person.

Who’s coming

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Come home

The ashram is your home, we are your family

When the days are shortest, the ashram is at its warmest. Meals around one table, Darshan, live teachings and a joyful, prayerful new year, with Paramahamsa Vishwananda and the whole Bhakti Marga community.

Between the programme there is time for chai, quiet in the temple and walks through the winter forest. Stay as long as you like.

Devotees smiling together in warm lightKirtan with musicians singingThe temple hall with devotees

The programme

Nine days together

December 2026 – January 2027

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Live Academy lecture that morning, 11:00–13:00

  1. 24

    Dec · Thu

    Family dinner with the residents

    Shree Peetha Nilaya

    €15
  2. 25

    Dec · Fri

    Lunch with Guruji

    Shree Peetha Nilaya · limited seats

    €30
  3. 26

    Dec · Sat

    Men’s Darshan

    16:00 · Temple · + lecture 11:00, Swami Anniruddha

    Free
  4. 27

    Dec · Sun

    Women’s Darshan

    16:00 · Temple · + lecture 11:00, Swami Akash

    Free
  5. 28

    Dec · Mon

    Men’s Darshan

    16:00 · Temple · + lecture 11:00, Rishi Sahadev

    Free
  6. 29

    Dec · Tue

    Women’s Darshan

    16:00 · Temple · + lecture 11:00, Rishi Vrishaparva

    Free
  7. 30

    Dec · Wed

    Pray for the World

    Temple

  8. 31

    Dec · Thu

    New Year’s Eve, fireworks and Bhakti Disco

    From 14:30 until after midnight

    Opens soon
  9. 1

    Jan · Fri

    Satya Narayana Puja

    11:00 · Temple

Around one table

Two gatherings, one family

A festive table set with salads and fruit

24 Dec

Family dinner

An evening meal with the residents of Shree Peetha Nilaya and the community.

€15
Devotees smiling together at a meal

25 Dec

Lunch with Guruji

A festive meal in the presence of Paramahamsa Vishwananda. Limited seats.

€30

Darshan · free

Meet Paramahamsa Vishwananda

Darshan means “sight”: a personal moment in the presence of the Master. Four afternoons at 16:00. Free, registration required.

Paramahamsa Vishwananda blessing a man at Darshan

Free

Men’s Darshan

Paramahamsa Vishwananda blessing a woman at Darshan

Free

Women’s Darshan

Bhakti Marga Academy · live

Mornings of wisdom

Four live lectures, 26–29 December, 11:00–13:00. Join in person at the ashram or live online. €10 each, booked on the Bhakti Marga Academy.

  1. Sat 26 DecSwami Anniruddha
  2. Sun 27 DecSwami Akash
  3. Mon 28 DecRishi Sahadev
  4. Tue 29 DecRishi Vrishaparva

Teacher order per day to be confirmed.

Swamis teaching on stage

Into the new year

Pray, dance and begin again

An arati lamp offered to the deity

30 Dec · Free

Pray for the World

Close the year together in prayer.

Devotees dancing with raised hands at the Bhakti Disco

31 Dec · From 14:30

New Year’s Eve

Programme, dinner, midnight fireworks and the Bhakti Disco.

A priest preparing the Satya Narayana Puja

1 Jan · 11:00

Satya Narayana Puja

Begin the year in worship of Lord Narayana as the embodiment of truth.

Paramahamsa Vishwananda

Your host

Paramahamsa Vishwananda

Founder of Bhakti Marga, he awakens divine love in all who come to him.

Your stay

Stay as long as you like

Rooms
shreepeethanilaya.org
Address
Am Geisberg 1–8, 65321 Heidenrod-Springen
Questions
events@bhaktimarga.org

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Your questions

Come home for the holidays

24 December – 1 January · Shree Peetha Nilaya

Plan my holidays
A Jagannath ornament hanging on the Christmas tree
A kirtan singer with a guitar
An offering poured over a small deity
Kirtan musicians singing
The temple hall
Dancing at the Bhakti Disco
An arati lamp
Preparing the Satya Narayana Puja
Devotees smiling together
A festive table