A discussion on the worship of Lord Shiva, and the relationship between the Vedic agamas and the Tamil agamas. Other topics covered include the ancient prayers for Shiva and Skanda revealed in the Tamil language, the dispute in Chidambaram over allowing Tamil prayers to be sung for the deity, etc. You can help us with this effort by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Once you are on the video page, click on the yellow "subscribe button".

"The Sage of Kanchi" is a biographical documentary in English on the life of Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswathi, the 68th Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. It takes you on a spiritual journey and portrays the life and times of the Maha Periyaval of Kanchi, referred to as Paramacharya by his disciples and followers.

The following video shows the abhishekam (bathing ceremony) of a beautiful Hanuman deity near the South Indian city of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The second video shows the same deity wearing various alankaras, such as vadai mala, fruit mala, butter dress, chandanam, etc.

A 30 minute video documentary on the priests of the ancient Chidambaram Nataraja temple in Tamil Nadu.

Siddha medicine is an ancient system of medicine which has been practiced in South India. Siddha medicine was developed by the siddhars - the perfected mystical saints of ancient times. It is believed that it was first taught by Lord Shiva to the saints, who passed it down in disciplic succession.

Traditional bhajans for Srimati Radharani along with video of various holy places around Vrindavan and Varshana.

Australian woman Apeetha Arunagiri lived in India for 30 years near the temple town of Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu. Initially drawn there as a devotee of Ramana Maharshi, she stayed and was instrumental in forming the Annamalai Reforestation Society dedicated to replanting the sacred mountain Arunachala. This is her story and the story of the Arunachala Village Forest Plantation, a small scale village-based group which she also formed.

Rare video footage recorded by the Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam 50 years ago as a promotional video for the Tirupati Balaji temple. You can see the abhishekam of the moola vigraha without ornamentation, followed by the deity in full gold and diamond dress. This is the only authentic video of Tirupati Balaji ever recorded.

The Fire Yogi is a 47 minute documentary exploring a Yogi who has the extraordinary ability to use a unique breathing technique to get into union with Fire. The yogi creates a sacred fire and actually lies in the fire, but remains unharmed by the flames. This documentary portrays the rare and unusual Fire Ritual performed by the Yogi and the subsequent chemical analysis of his clothing & physical tests that examine this supernatural phenomenon. Many aspects of the Yogi are on the edge of unbelievability, while at the same time highlighting the power and endurance of human mind, body and spirit.

You are on the bus with Steve Forbes as you embark on a budget pilgrimage to two of India's most revered of Himalayan sacred sites - the temples of Kedarnath & Badrinath. Travel from the diesel streets of Old Delhi, to the immense green of the foothills, to 5,000 year old trails with one armed yogis.

Devraha Baba was a siddha who lived for over 250 years, before entering samadhi in 1989. So elderly was he that the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, more than fifty years ago, said that his father had sat at the feet of Devraha Baba as a child - that is, in the middle of the nineteenth century - and Devraha Baba was already elderly at that time. Devraha Baba never took food, and never set foot on the ground. He lived in a unique hut that was raised off the ground by bamboo poles. This rare video footage was recorded for a russian television channel around 1987-1989, so it is not in English.

Naga Babas are a category of renunciates that wear no clothes and cover their bodies in sacred ash. Their customs and practices are usually never seen by outsiders, but here is an inside view of the secret Naga Baba initiation ceremony. This initiation ceremony was recorded during the 1998 Kumbha Mela. The video is narrated by Baba Rampuri.

This is a video of Devraha Hans Baba at the 2001 Kumbha Mela. Devraha Hans Baba is the successor to Devraha Baba. The original Devraha Baba lived for over 250 years and entered samadhi in 1989. So elderly was he that the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, more than fifty years ago, said that his father had sat at the feet of Devraha Baba as a child - that is, in the middle of the nineteenth century - and Devraha Baba was already elderly at that time. This video is of his successor, Devraha Hans Baba.

Sri Ramana Maharshi (December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950) was a Tamil saint considered by many to have been a jivanmukta (one who is liberated while still living in their body). He left home for the temple town of Tiruvannamalai at the age of 16, and subsequently lived in a cave on the nearby sacred mountain of Arunachala. The following video contains rare archival footage of Sri Ramana Maharshi during his later years.

The following news broadcast was shown on the Tamil television channel "Jaya TV" on February 21, 2008. An electrician working for TNEB saw a siddha on the sacred hill of Thiruvannamalai in South India. He tried to film him with his cell phone, but the siddha suddenly flew off like a rocket.

A short video of the annual Snana Yatra festival (bathing of Lord Jagannatha) in Puri recorded in June, 2007. Once a year the deities of Lord Jagannatha, Balabhadra and Subhadra are taken out of the temple for a bathing ceremony. This occurs approximately two weeks before the Ratha Yatra festival. In this video you can see Lord Jagannatha dressed in hativesh, the "elephant dress".

Be taken on an amazing tour to one of India's most sacred and ancient temples - the Tirupati/Tirumala Venkateswara temple - during the biggest festival of the year, the holy Brahmotsavam. See the nine days procession, with the temple deity being carried throughout the holy city on his various golden vahanas accompanied by hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic devotees.

In this 73 minute, professionally produced documentary, the unique life and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi are artistically unfolded in a chronology of photographs, interviews, narration and archival film footage. Follow the Sage from his birth in a small village to his final mortal day, as grieving crowds push in from all sides to have their last darshan.

A video clip of Sri Bhaktiswarupa Damodara Swami singing bhajans in Manipuri style at Bhubaneswar, India.

Hanuman was blessed with supreme intelligence, strength and divine powers. As a baby, Hanuman was quite naughty and used his powers to pester the saints living in the nearby forest. Once, when he was hungry, he even leapt to catch the sun thinking it was a fruit [a mango].