Come experience bhakti

The yoga of the heart — the practice of remembering who you really are, and the love you were made for. Lived in Rishikesh through song, wisdom, retreat and community.

Find your way in

a spiritual practice

Begin within

We spend our lives getting to know the world out there, and rarely meet the one in here — the self that has quietly watched all of it. Bhakti begins by introducing you to that self: not the body, not the passing weather of the mind, but the awareness underneath, which was never born and doesn’t end.

Then it does what the inward paths leave out — it reminds that self what it’s for. Not to sit alone, but to love. We practise it together, the oldest way there is — in song and study, in service and shared meals, in journeys and good company. Come as you are; curiosity is enough.

More about us →

this week

This week in the hall

It’s summer, so Saturday carries the week — Wednesday and Thursday evenings return in October.

Paused for summerCall-and-response kirtan with harmonium and drum on a Wednesday evening

Wednesday

Kirtan

A midweek lift — call-and-response singing with harmonium and drum until the whole hall joins in.

Back in October

Paused for summerA speaker giving the Thursday Wisdom Talk

Thursday

Wisdom Talk

An evening of teachings — old stories, big questions, practical answers.

Back in October

This SaturdayThe kirtan ensemble singing together at Saturday Kirtan, MVT Kirtan Hall

Saturday

Kirtan

6:00 – 8:00 PM

MVT Guesthouse, Rishikesh

Tell us you’re coming

See the full calendar →

The community chanting together in the ashram hall

Go deeper · 21 days

The Bhakti Ashram Experience

Three weeks of living the way the ashram lives. Mornings that start with singing, days filled with study and service, evenings that end together. It rearranges you, gently.

Practice every morning — singing, mantra meditation and quiet
Wisdom you can use — a class and an honest conversation, daily
Service & shared meals — simple living, done together

See the 21-day experience →

Next intake: 1–21 October 2026 — details & application on the Ashram page.

Once a year · every October

Kirtan Mela

Five evenings of song where the Himalayas begin.

Every October, singers and seekers from all over the world squeeze into one warm hall and sing until the walls hum. Free, like everything we do.

FIVE EVENINGSMVT · RISHIKESHFREE · ALL WELCOME

See this year’s dates →

experience bhakti

Nine doorways

A voice rising in the middle of the kirtan

Kirtana

Singing the names of the Divine, call and response — the heart’s mirror, slowly wiped clean.

Listening with a hand on the heart during an evening gathering

Listen

Timeless wisdom from the Gita and the old texts: who you are, why you’re here, in plain language.

Quiet japa meditation on a strand of beads

Meditation

Mantra meditation, or japa: the holy names told quietly on beads, one at a time, until the mind settles and the heart wakes.

Two friends sharing a smile at the ghat at sunset

Connect

Make friends — warm, easy company that stays with you long after the evening ends.

Enjoying a prasad meal together on the ashram floor

Share

Food cooked with love and offered to everyone — then we clean up together.

The community together after an evening of kirtan

Belong

Come once or come always — you’re part of the family either way.

A class with the community in the hall

Study

The Bhagavad-gita and the bhakti texts — and your own honest questions, taken seriously.

A festival float covered in marigolds and smiles

Celebrate

Festivals and feast days — colour, sweets and flowers everywhere.

Walking the mountain trail above the river on a group trip

Journey

Trips together — riverside mornings, mountain temples and holy towns beyond the valley.

There’s a place here for you.

New here? Everyone was once. Tell us a little about what draws you, and we’ll point you to the right way in — a weekly gathering, a retreat, or simply a conversation.

Message us on WhatsApp