Gurukul Veda shala at New Delhi by Pandit Seetaraman for Vedic teaching

Even in today's world India is fortunate to have gurus who teach the Vedas and the Vedic rituals as they were practiced thousands of years ago. Pandit G.K.Sitaramamn is one such man. He hails from a traditional Tamil agnihotra Brahmin family of the legendary town of Tanjavoor and studied the Vedas and rituals for 14 years at the famous Kanchi Kamakothi Peetham. He is also an M.A, M.Phil. in Sanskrit, a Sri Vidya Upasaka and an excellent artist.

He undertook the monumental project of audio recording all the four Vedas - the first ever such attempt by any one. For each Veda the best expert pundits were called from various South Indian Vedic centers and the recording was done on a phase by phase manner - total 200 hours of audio recording. The project started in 1987 and was completed in 1993. Initially it was in the form of audio cassettes which were given to the Vedic students. The digitalisation in MP3 CD format was completed in 2004.

It is with his permission and blessings that I could put the four Vedas on this site for anyone to play and listen freely. Reciting or even listening to the Vedas is described in the scriptures as one of the most auspicious and fortunate things a human being can do.

Those interested in obtaining these rare Veda CDs for personal purpose can make a nominal donation online and get them by courier. The MP3 files on this site are a lower quality 24 bit rate files but the CDs you'll get are of the high quality 128 bit rate.

Please do not give copies to anyone as this money helps a Vedasala which did the stupendous task of recording the Vedas and it took 6 years to record .

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We ship only full 16 CDs set of all 4 Veda recordings. We don't ship separately.

Full Rig Veda recital                   4 MP3 CDs (Ashtaka)
Full Sama Veda recital               4 MP3 CDs (Kuthuma)
Full Shukla Yajur Veda recital     2 MP3 CDs (Kanva)
Full Krishna Yajur Veda recital    4 MP3 CDs (Taittiriiya)
Atharva Veda recital                   2 MP3 CDs (Saunaka)

Total 16 MP3 CDs Delivery within India by courier Rs.2400/- ..... Donate now

Delivery outside India by courier Rs.5000/- ...... Donate now

CDs will be couriered within 10 days of receiving order.

He started a Veda shala in Delhi in 1996 to teach Vedas and rituals to aspiring students. There are 3 level Vedic courses. A short 3 year course, the full 8 year course and the advanced 14 year course. At present 27 students are studying in his Vedashala. It is a very strict learning course. Day starts with getting up at Brahma Muhurta (4.30 AM) and performing Sandhya Vandanam and ends with Vishnu Sahasranama recital at night before dinner. In between they also play Kabaddi , carrom and Cricket. The students stay at the Vedasala and till education is complete they cant go home!!

Needless to say that lodging, food and teaching are free.

In recognition of his selfless work to promote Vedic knowledge. His Holiness Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham honored him with the title of "Veda Prasara Ratna" and a golden bracelet. Click to see picture.

I am collaborating with him to start a few online courses very soon with fully interactive virtual class room with audio visual aids. They are as follows:

Vedas appreciation course: A birds eye view of the Vedas, their origin and mythology and stories associated with the Vedas, the Various branches (sakas) of Vedas and the most important Verses of each Veda.

Sanskrit learning course: A basic course in learning the divine language which is the mother of all languages.

Pooja teaching course: How to perform the main poojas as per the prescribed Vedic method.

You can help his Vedashala: Though a lot more students want to study the Vedas , he is unable to take more than 27 students due to financial limitations. For the present 27 students in his Delhi Vedasala, the monthly vegetables bill itself is more than Rs.20000/- and he cannot afford to enroll any more students. You can help his Gurukul and the students by making a donation. Our scriptures say that Vidya daan, Anna daan and Vastra daan (Giving in charity food, clothes and knowledge/learning) to these type of Vedic Brahmins is one of the best forms of charity. It is because of these type of committed traditional people that our tradition and religion are still intact. You will not get any certificate but you will definitely get their blessings. You can also choose any specific week day like Saturday, Monday etc,, or a Specific tithi like Ekadasi or Poornima, or an specific date like your sons birthday or daughters wedding day or your departed elders date of passing away etc. for your donation.

Specific online donations to the Veda Vidya Gurukulam:

Anna daan (food) for 27 students for one day 1800/- ...... Donate now

Anna daan (food) for 27 students for one week 12600/- ...... Donate now

Anna daan (food) for 27 students for one month 54000/- ...... Donate now

Anna daan (food) for 27 students for one year 648000/- ...... Donate now

Support one student's expenses for one month 2500/- ...... Donate now

Support one student's expenses for one year 30000/- ...... Donate now

Support one student's expenses for 8 years 240000/- ...... Donate now

Support 27 students expenses for one month 67500/- ...... Donate now

Support 27 students expenses for one year 810000/ ...... Donate now

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