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Global Oneness Festival 2026 | 7th Edition | April 21 – May 20, 2026
2026-04-21 07:00 - 2026-05-20 20:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Karnataka
INDICA Center for Moksha Studies is delighted to announce the 7th Edition of the Global Oneness Festival (previously Global Festival of Oneness) — our month-long flagship online celebration dedicated to honoring the timeless life, profound teachings, and enduring legacy of Jagadguru Adi Shankara Bhagavadpadacharya, one of the greatest spiritual luminaries, philosophers, and civilizational visionaries of Bharat.
For the past six years, the Global Oneness Festival has been conceived as a sacred offering of reverence to Adi Shankaracharya and the living Advaita Guru-Parampara — a luminous lineage that has preserved, embodied, and transmitted the highest wisdom of non-duality across generations. Through this annual festival, we come together to celebrate not merely a historical Acharya, but a living presence whose teachings continue to illumine the path of seekers in every age.
Jagadguru Adi Shankara stands as a towering figure in the spiritual and philosophical history of India. At a critical moment in Bharatiya civilization, he revitalized the wisdom of the Upanishads through his profound expositions of Advaita Vedanta, his penetrating commentaries on the Prasthana-traya — the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Brahma Sutras — and his extraordinary role as a teacher, poet, yogi, debater, bhakta, and institution-builder. In his brief earthly life, he traversed the length and breadth of Bharat, rekindling its spiritual vision, strengthening temple traditions, establishing Mathas, and restoring the unity of dharmic thought and practice.
The Festival invites seekers, scholars, teachers, and spiritual aspirants from around the world to participate in a month-long journey of reflection, study, and celebration. Through a rich series of talks, dialogues, contemplative sessions, and thematic explorations, the festival seeks to rediscover, deepen, and recontextualize the wisdom of Adi Shankaracharya for the contemporary world.
As in previous years, the festival will explore the many dimensions of Bhagavadpadacharya’s contributions — his uncompromising metaphysical clarity, his subtle and expansive vision of oneness, his luminous devotional compositions, his incisive commentarial genius, and his unparalleled role in shaping the spiritual and intellectual landscape of Bharatavarsha. It will also reflect on the continuing relevance of Advaita in addressing the inner and outer challenges of our times: identity, harmony, ethics, leadership, knowledge, culture, and the quest for liberation.
The Global Oneness Festival 2026 is thus not merely a commemorative event; it is an invitation into a living tradition. It is a space where śravaṇa, manana, and nididhyāsana can begin anew; where timeless wisdom meets contemporary inquiry; and where the vision of Oneness is contemplated not only as philosophy, but as the very foundation of inner freedom, cultural rootedness, and universal harmony.
Starting April 21 till May 20, 2025, the festival will feature two daily sessions:
Morning Session: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM IST
Evening Session: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM IST
We warmly invite all sages, scholars, seekers, students, and lovers of Sanatana Dharma to join us in this collective offering of reverence and reflection.
Let this be our humble pranama to the eternal wisdom of Advaita and to the radiant lineage that continues to keep alive the vision of Ekatva.
Come, let us celebrate the light of Advaita.
Come, let us contemplate the vision of Oneness.
Come, let us walk once again in the footsteps of Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya.
SCHEDULE

Date
Time
Topic
Name of the Speaker

21 April 2026 Tuesday
Morning Session
10:45AM to 11:35AM
Inaugural Session

10.45-10.50 AM- Opening Remarks
Nithin Sridhar

10.50-11.00 AM- Welcome Address
Hari Vadlamani

11.00- 11.30 AM- Inaugural Address
Honorable Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

11.30-11.35 AM- Closing Remarks
Nithin Sridhar

21 April 2026 Tuesday
Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Vedanta and Our Search for Authenticity and Happiness in a Fractured World
Swami Shyamananda

22 April 2026 Wednesday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
भाष्ये ज्ञानकर्मसमुच्चयखण्डनम् – Criticism of Jnana-Karma-Samuchchaya in Shaankara Bhashyam (Sanskrit Talk)
Sharan Lakshminarayan

Evening Session 07:00PM to 08:00PM
Yoga as preparation for Vedanta
Raghu Ananthanarayanan

23 April 2026 Thursday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Ekashloki of Adi Shankaracharya
Swamini Satyavratananda

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Advaita Beyond Bhashyas: What Guides the Yoga Bhrashta Across Every Age
Sundar Rajan

24 April 2026 Friday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Shankaracharya’s Pada and Vakya Bhashyas on the Kena Upanishad: A Comparative Study
Krishna Kashyap

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
What Shankara’s Advaita reveals about Leadership, Agency, and Transformation
Prasad Kaipa

25 April 2026 Saturday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Saturday Special Series: Gleanings from Vivekachudamani
Aravinda Rao

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Shankaracharya’s Commentaries: Gracefully Simple, Deeply Profound
Acharya Giridhara Sarma

26 April 2026 Sunday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
भगवद्गीता का अवतरण (Hindi Talk)
Mahamandaleshwar Swami Abhishek Chaitanya Giri

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Essence of the Bhagavad Gita for Modern Minds: Book Discussion
Author Gokulmuthu Narayanaswamy

27 April 2026 Monday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
ईशोपनिषद्भाष्यानुसारं विद्या-अविद्यासमुच्चयविमर्शः – Shankaracharya’s Analysis of Vidya & Avidya in Ishopanishadbhashya (Sanskrit Talk)
Prof. Mahabaleshwar

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Influence of Adi Shankaracharya on Non-Dual Teachings of Sikh Gurus
Arjun Singh Nirmala

28 April 2026 Tuesday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Adi Shankaracharya on Shiva Bhakti as Moksha Sadhana’
Saivasastra Sudhee Smt. J Madhangi

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Adi Shankaracharya and Sri Vidya
Ramanan Shastri

29 April 2026 Wednesday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Communicating the Incommunicable: Adhyaropapavada as the Upanishadic Method of Pedagogy
Manjushree Hegde

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
अहिंसा की उपासना (Hindi talk)
Swamini Suprabhananda

30 April 2026 Thursday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Noble Cause of Bhagavad Gita According to Shankaracharya
Swamini Paraprajnananda

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Awakening to Oneness: Advaita for the Contemporary Seeker
Aurobind Padiyath

01 May 2026 Friday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
An Axiomatic Systematization of Advaita Siddhanta
Vikram Jagannathan

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
वेदांत साधना विचार (Hindi Talk)
Swami Prakasananda

02 May 2026 Saturday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Saturday Special Series: Gleanings from Vivekachudamani
Aravinda Rao

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Insights from Shankaracharya’s Prapanchasara Tantra
Shyam Panchapakeshan

3 May 2026 Sunday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Sunday Special Series: Vada & Vidya – Pivotal Dialogues of Adi Shankaracharya
Vid. Shankararama Sharma

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Sacred Sounds of Advaita:
Songs & Stories of Shankaracharya
ChaRitha (Chandana & Supreetha )

4 May 2026 Monday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Connecting the Dots: Adi Shankaracharya’s Sambandha Bhashya & the Vision of Gita
Br. Soham Chaitanya

Evening Session 07:00PM to 08:00PM
The Nuts & Bolts of Vedanta Sadhana
Swami Chidananda

5 May 2026 Tuesday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
वेदान्तवाक्यजन्यवृत्तिस्वरूपम्- The Nature of Cognition Arising from Vedāntic Statements (Sanskrit Talk)
Vid. Dr. Ganesh Ishwar Bhat

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Jnana Bhakti Samnvaya in Sankara’s Gita Bhasya
Arunesh Mahadevan

6 May 2026 Wednesday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Brhadaranyaka Upodgatha Bhashyam
Swami Tathagatananda Saraswati

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
The Sage Who Gave Everything: Shankara’s Gifts, Seen and Unseen
Arun Vishwanathan

7 May 2026 Thursday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Acharya Shankara’s Drahantakaushalam in Prabodhasudhakara
Dr. M V Guha Vishwanath

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Advaita Vedanta as a global framework for competitive coexistence
Swami Bodhananda

8 May 2026 Friday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Pearls of Wisdom from Shivanandalahari
Vidwan Goda Eswara Sarma

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Crisis of Modern Youth: How Advaita Offers a Way Forward
Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay

9 May 2026 Saturday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Saturday Special Series: Gleanings from Vivekachudamani
Aravinda Rao

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Panel Discussion on
Vedanta and Education
Sri. Vinay Kulkarni (Host)
Dr. CA Vishwanathan P
Dr. Ashutosh Simha
Dr. Dattatreya Dixit

10 May 2026 Sunday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Sunday Special Series: Vada & Vidya – Pivotal Dialogues of Adi Shankaracharya
Vid. Shankararama Sharma

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Oh Man! Read the Gita: Book Discussion
Author V Anand Kumar

11 May 2026 Monday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Glimpses into Poetic Gems from Stotra of Bhagavatpada
Dr. Sharda Narayanan

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
The Sublime and the Self: Shankaracharya’s Aesthetic Thought
Amritanath Bhattacharya

12 May 2026 Tuesday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Bhartrihari, Shankara, and the Interface of Grammar and Vedanta
Dr. Naveen Bhat

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Shankaracharya’s enunciation on Bhakti Yoga
Subhadeep Basu

13 May 2026 Wednesday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Clearing Contradictions – Shankaracharya’s masterful treatment of seemingly contradictory verses in the Bhagavad Geeta
Shatavadhani Lalithadithya Gannavaram

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Is A World Without War Possible? A Vedantic Exploration of Human Conflict
Neema Majmudar

14 May 2026 Thursday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
सन्ध्याधिकरणम् – The Vedantic Inquiry into the Dream state
Dr. Ananta Sharma (Chanakya University)

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Sant Dnyaneshwar’s Amrutanubhava in the light of Kevala Advaita
Manuj Kanti Mazumdar

15 May 2026 Friday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Did Adi Shankara Bhagavatpadacharya propound Mayavada?
Vid. Manikandan Iyer

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Beyond the Veil of Matter: Modern Physics through the Lens of Shankara’s Sakshi Chaitanya
Archana Raghuram

16 May 2026 Saturday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Saturday Special Series: Gleanings from Vivekachudamani
Aravinda Rao

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Poetic Imagery of the Gangashtaka Stotram and Its Sculptural Representations
Rekha Rao

17 May 2026 Sunday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Sunday Special Series: Vada & Vidya – Pivotal Dialogues of Adi Shankaracharya
Vid. Shankararama Sharma

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Vakhyartha Sadas on शांकरवाग्वैभवम्
Sadas Adhyaksha: Vidwan Dr. Shrihari Shivaram Dhaygude
Participating Vidwans:
1. Dr. Srinivas Jammalamadaka (Moderator)
2. Dr. L. Sowjanya Kumar
3. Vid. Varadarajan Dravid
4. Vid. V Krishna Sharma
5. Vidwan Kuvalaya Datta

18 May 2026 Monday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Shankaracharya’s enunciation on Sankhya Yoga in Bhagavad Gita
Dr. Chandrashekhar Tekal

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Transcending Fear: A Vedantic Perspective
L Ramaswamy

19 May 2026 Tuesday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Reflections on Dakshinamoorthy Stotram
Vid. Goda Anantha Somayaji

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
The Traditional Guru: Shankara’s Vision
Kathirasan K

20 May 2026 Wednesday
Morning Session
07:00AM to 08:00AM
Examination of Time as per Relativity, Nyaya and Advaita Vedanta
Sudhanshu Shekhar

Evening Session
07:00PM to 08:00PM
Valedictory Session
