Swami Chidatmananda has finished a tour of Chinmaya Missions across the USA. He is permanently stationed at one of the Chinmayananda Missions in India.

He was able to fulfill a long held wish to visit Kauai Aadheenam when his program came to a close. He met with Palaniswami and the publications team to see the progress on turning Gurudeva’s books into ebook format for iPad, Kindle, etc. He also toured Iraivan Temple and met with Bodhinatha.

Swami Chidatmananda is a Law graduate from Osmania University. Inspired by Swami Chinmayananda, he joined Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai in 1989 under the tutelage of Swami Purushottamananda.

In 1993 he was initiated into Brahmacharya Deeksha by Pujya Gurudev and posted as the Acharya of the mission center at Hyderabad. He was initiated into Sanyasa Deeksha by Swami Tejomayananda, in 1999. He is presently Acharya (Teacher in Charge) of Chinmaya Mission Hyderabad and Regional Head of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Swami Chidatmananda is popular for his talks on India’s widely viewed cable TV channels (Gemini,Teja and Doordarshan), where he covers topics such as the Bhagavad Gita and Vemana padyamulu (poems by the Yogi Vemana). He also speaks on Vedanta (Upanishads), Ramayana and Mahabharata.

He has conducted many Spiritual, Meditation, Management and Personality Development camps for Youth and Elders. Apart from these activities, Swamiji has conducted many sessions for government organizations, management schools and politicians in India with discussions on stress and mind management, self-management, ethics, and morals. Swamiji is acclaimed for his ability to unfold very complex concepts from Upanishads with ease. He is fluent in English and couple of Indian languages.

Swamiji has toured widely internationally for the past several years -- USA, Canada, UK, France, Oman -- and has endeared himself to a variety of audiences with his, lectures on vedanta philosophy and meditation sessions.

Rajesh and Manjula Giare from Maryland, Lifetime subscribers to Hinduism Today magazine, came for darshan of Bodhinatha and to see the progress of Iraivan Temple construction.

The Fifth Annual Memorial Day Saivite Retreat was held in Corona, California this past Memorial Day weekend.

Twenty participants of all ages attended this three day Retreat which was conducted by Rishi Thondunathan.

Events included classes for children, philosophical discussions for adults, Hatha Yoga, group meditation, games and field trips.