Chinmaya Mission Chicago

05/27/2026

Do you know the story behind O’Hare who honors the name of Chicago’s airport?

Inaugurating the annual Memorial Day Youth (CHYK) retreat at Chinmaya Abhyudaya, Swami Aparajitananda ji emphasized the need for leaders to be great role models utilizing the powerful story of Butch O’Hare who had a great role model in his father.

45 youth from across the US attended and immersed themselves in vital life lessons through Vedanta in an atmosphere of satsang, camaraderie and inspiration.

05/22/2026

Hari Om all🙏🏻
Please join us for the Chinmaya Vanaprastha on May 31, 2026, Sunday at 4:30 pm.
The talk will be about how to stay safe online and protect yourself from online/phone scams. This will not be recorded so mark your calendars and plan to attend live so you can learn and ask questions.

Hope to see many of you! 🙏🏻

05/18/2026

05/08/2026

Before ☀️ Surya Namaskar ☀️ was a practice, it was Hanuman's act of love — bowing to the sun, again and again. In the process he was blessed with strength, knowledge and devotion.

Come bow with us. 🙏
Join 1000s of devotees on Jul 11, 2026 at the Dupage County Fairgrounds in the:
🔥 Samashti Hanuman Chalisa Havan
📿 Collective Hanuman Chalisa Chanting
🎵 Bhajans, Cultural Programs, and Discourses
🎪 Family Mela with food, children’s activities, and more ⁣

Visit http://vayuputra.org to register.
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𝕃𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℂ𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 “𝕁𝕒𝕚 ℍ𝕒𝕟𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟!” 🌺⁣

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05/07/2026

📣VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Advanced Mother's Day wishes to all!
We have loved being a popular venue for celebrating this day with many of you for decades.

However, due to the ongoing construction at our Badri grounds and space constraints at the nearby Abhyudaya, this year’s Mother’s Day event is strictly RESTRICTED to only registered/regular patrons of Chinmaya Mission Chicago. Only those with wristbands can enter the event.

We are sorry for any disappointments. We will be back to our regular format in 2027 and look forward to seeing all of you.

04/27/2026

Swami Sharanananda spoke to students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in a talk organized by .yuva.uiuc. Swamiji spoke on the rarity and purpose of human life urging the youth to focus on knowing their true nature and utilizing life for a higher purpose.
About 30 students attended and asked very thoughtful questions which Swamiji answered with his typical simplicity and humor.

04/15/2026

108,000 voices chanting the Bhagavad Gita chapter 15 from across the world - join this Yagna!

Learn, chant, get inspired.
Register at https://chinmaya75.org/amrit/chinmaya-gita-samarpanam

03/29/2026

🕉️ We were very blessed to present 5 renditions of the Hanuman Chalisa and bhajans to conclude the Sita-Rama Kalyana utsavam at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, IL. Over 100 Chinmaya members and students of our Chalisa chanting classes joined together in a magical session flanked by Sri Rama-Ma Sita on one end and Hanuman ji on the other. (Videos in comments)

The event was made extra special by the presence of our acharya 𝐏𝐮𝐣𝐲𝐚 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 who was honored by temple authorities and priests with Purna kumbham.

The temple officials recalled Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda's financial contribution to its construction 40 years ago. The temple Shilpi pointed out the silver plaque on the Sanjeevani tree which has Pujya Gurudev's name. They warmly requested Chinmaya Mission to present similar programs at the temple.

We thank the temple for their loving invitation. Thanks also to all the sevaks, mission families, and Chalisa students for making the time for such a special event. 🙏🏼

03/29/2026

The last discourse of Sundarakanda today by Swami Aparajitananda ji was preceded by a vibrant rendition of Nama Ramayana, Hanuman Chalisa and some Bhajans by Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam students of Srimathi Maragatham Mani. We are thankful to them for the energy and devotion they brought to help all assimilate the insights from the discourse
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