Bhakti — the heart of yoga

Come experience bhakti — the art of realising your true self, and beyond.

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a path of devotion

What is Bhakti?

A Spiritual Practice of Love, Service, and Inner Awakening

We spend much of life mastering the world around us, yet the deepest journey begins within, where we learn to rediscover the connection to ourselves and beyond.

Bhakti begins here.

It is a path of devotion: a way of opening our heart, offering our life in service, and growing in loving connection with the Divine source of all life.

Bhakti Yoga brings this devotion into daily practice. Through mantra meditation, kirtan, wisdom, service, shared meals, pilgrimage, and simple acts of devotion, we learn to reawaken our true nature of gratitude, humility, and loving service.

At Bhakti Yoga Rishikesh, we welcome seekers from around the world into the sacred atmosphere of Rishikesh. Here, spiritual life is practised together — in various ways like kirtan, wisdom, seva, friendship, sacred food, and simple acts of devotion.

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this week

Saturday Kirtan

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 everyone 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 SaturdaySinging together at the Saturday Kirtan in Rishikesh

Saturday

Kirtan

6:00 – 8:00 PM

MVT Guesthouse, Rishikesh

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The community chanting together at the ashram

Go deeper · 21 days

The Bhakti Ashram Experience

To truly understand Rishikesh, you have to step inside an ashram — a spiritual community where life revolves around practice, simplicity and self-enquiry rather than sightseeing. An ashram stay is the most authentic way to experience the town’s spiritual heart: early mornings, yoga and meditation, simple sattvic food, and a rhythm of life stripped of distraction.

Practice every morning — singing, mantra meditation and quiet
Wisdom you can use — a class and an honest conversation, daily
Shared meals, taken together — simple sattvic food is enough

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

Once a year · every October

Kirtan Mela

Five evenings of meditative and joyful kirtans.

Every October, singers and seekers from all over the world squeeze in together and sing until the walls hum. Free, like everything we do.

FIVE EVENINGSMVT · RISHIKESHFREE · ALL WELCOME

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experience bhakti

Nine doorways

A voice rising in the middle of the kirtan

Sing

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

Meditate

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

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.

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