Bhagavad Geeta Jayanti & Tapovan Jayanti 2026

Chinmaya Mission Brisbane warmly Invites you and your family to join us for this grand auspicious festival.

🌸 Celebrate the Divine Bhagavad Geeta Jayanti & Swami Tapovan Jayanti! with Chanting of entire Bhagavad Geeta (18 chapters) & Swami Tapovan Maharaj Paduka Pooja 🌸

Why Celebrate these two festivals? The Bhagavad Geeta is considered the most important and influential Hindu scripture for its philosophical, practical, political, psychological and spiritual value. Bhagavad Geeta Jayanti, or simply Geeta Jayanti, marks the birth of this holy book. Geeta Jayanti is an annual celebration to commemorate the day when Lord Krishna rendered his philosophical teachings, immortalized in the epic Mahabharata to Prince Arjuna on the first day of the 18-day battle of Kurukshetra. This day also marks the Jayanti of our Revered and Beloved Pujya Swami Tapovan Maharaj who taught the Supreme Knowledge of the Self to Our Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda.

Program Schedule

2.00pm: Opening Prayers 2.05pm: Sankalpa for Geeta Jayanti 2.10pm: Geeta Dhyanam & Geeta Chanting x18 chapters 6.00pm: Pooja for Bhagavad Geeta Mayya & Swami Tapovanji Maharaj with offering of Bhagavad Geeta Mahatmyam & Tapovan Shatkam Chanting 6.50pm: Presentation 7.00pm: Maha Arati of Geeta Mayya, Devi Bhuvaneshvari Mata, Swami Tapovanji Maharaj & Gurudev Arati. 7.15pm: Closing Prayers, Pushpanjali and other offerings followed by Maha Prasad

How you can participate

1) Come along with family, enchant Krishna by chanting Geeta.

2) Dress in your best wear (traditional Indian / Sri Lankan clothes)

3) Pooja Seva by becoming Pooja Yajman (see below for details)* Contact Suresh 0434309817 or Mohan 0466 745 820

4) Prasad Seva by sponsoring food Contact Jyotsna 04017 824 590

5) Flower Seva for the altar Contact Gnanamanjari Koka 0478 636 470

6) Narayana Seva - Setting up for the festival and packing up Contact Jyotsna 04017 824 590

Become a Pooja Yajman* “Devotees are warmly invited to take the seva of Pooja Yajman for this auspicious occasion. As a Pooja Yajman, you and your family will have the blessed opportunity to perform the Maha Aarti - a deeply devotional moment to express gratitude and receive the divine blessings of Bhagavad Geeta Mata, Bhuvaneswari Mata, and our revered Guru Parampara - Pujya Swami Tapovanji Maharaj and Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanandaji.

You can choose which of the following Yajman offerings you would like to take up: Vajra Yaman - Entire Bhagavad Geeta Sponsor $501 As a family perform Bhagavad Geeta Sankalpa and Swami Tapovanji Maharaj Paduka Pooja guided by Swamiji Suvarna Yajman - Shatkam (Section of 6 Chapters) Sponsor $251 Geeta split into 3 Yogas Karma Yoga (Service) – $251 Bhakti Yoga (Devotion) – $251 Jnana Yoga (Knowledge) – $251 Rajata Yajman - Individual Chapter Aarti Sponsor – $51 Choose a chapter (1 to 18) to do Aarti

Let us all come together in devotion and make this celebration a collective offering of love, gratitude, and surrender at the feet of the Divine and our beloved Guru Parampara.

Offering a donation (Dakshina): You can also make your special dakshina (donation) offering, when you register.

Free Parking Available At the ashram premises

Free Registration All attendees MUST register so we can organise Maha Prasad (Dinner). (please ensure you get a ticket for each member of your family, including children)

For chanting, download the following: + Geeta Dhyanam & Geeta Chanting verses + Tapovan Shaktakam + 108 Names of Bhagavad Geeta + 108 Names of Swami Tapovanji Maharaj + Holy Geeta Commentary by Pujya Gurudev + Bhagavad Geeta Arati Click to here to [download] For further information: Contact Jyotsna 0401 782 459, Anantharaman 0404 160 896