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AHYMSIN Sangha New Practice for 2025-26: Akhanda-mandalakaram mantra
Published: 26 February 2025 | Written by AHYMSIN Office
On the most auspicious day of the Mahashivaratri, we have now completed our Sangha practice of the Ganesha Mantra (ॐ गं गणपतये नमः । Om Gaṁ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ). The final offerings (purnahuti) of the Ganesha Mantra were offered on 26 February 2025 at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Yajnashala. The event was also livestreamed on Facebook.
Swami Ritavan Bharati, AHYMSIN’s Spiritual Guide, is now inviting all initiates and students of the Himalayan Tradition to include the Akhanda-mandalakaram mantra into their practices, in loving remembrance and homage to our dear Gurudeva Swami Rama. In his New Year letter to the AHYMSIN Sangha, Swami Ritavan announced that we will celebrate 2025 as the Centennial Year of our beloved Gurudeva, H.H. Swami Rama of the Himalayas.
On the Mahashivaratri day, after the Purnahuti of the Ganesha Mantra, we undertook a sankalpa of our new Sangha Mantra practice, the Akhanda-mandalakaram mantra.
I pay obeisances to Sri Guru, who revealed to me That state, which pervades the entire unbroken circle (of creation), both moving and unmoving.
As a heartfelt tribute to our Gurudeva on His 100th Birth Anniversary, sangha members are lovingly invited to recite the Akhanda-mandalakaram mantra silently in their hearts as a prayer or, if possible, offer one or more malas of the mantra. This practice will be in addition to each initiate’s ongoing japa and meditation practices with their personal initiation mantra.
As a united Sangha, all initiates and students of the Himalayan Tradition will collectively engage in the practice of the Akhanda-mandalakaram mantra for the upcoming year, leading up to the AHYMSIN Sangha Gathering in March 2026.
Editor’s Note:
You may read a detailed explanation of the Akhanda-mandalakaram mantra by Swami Veda Bharati at https://www.ahymsin.org/akhanda-mandalkram-mantra/