Tested, not believed
Vedanta is treated as a science to test and experience, not a belief to accept or a philosophy to only study.
A Vedic village · Palakkad, Kerala
Every village a Vedagramam
A living laboratory for the Indian Knowledge System. Rishis, spiritual practitioners and volunteers live together here, growing their food, raising their children in a gurukul, and practising Advaita Vedanta every day.
“God is within you. Recognise it and be free.”
What is Vedagramam
Vedagramam means “Vedic Village”
A spiritual infrastructure startup building self-sustaining Vedic eco-systems at sacred hubs of Bharat. It is a complete community, not a retreat centre.
Self-sustaining
Retreats, wellness programmes, IKS courses, Ayurvedic agro-products and incubated startups pay the way. No dependence on donations.
Science with Vedanta
Material progress and spiritual growth together: modern science and technology working alongside the oldest wisdom traditions.
Daily life
Traditions kept alive by living them
The aim is simple: help every person realise the divine already present within them, through Karma, Bhakti, Jnana or Yoga, or all of these together.
YogaKalaripayattuVedantaShad-darsanasAyurvedaMusic & the arts
Where: founded in Palakkad, Kerala, and growing at sacred hubs of Bharat such as Varanasi and Mookambika.
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Natural farmingFood is grown on site through traditional natural farming.
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Hatha Yoga every dayPart of the daily routine, for disease-free living.
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Veda VidyalayaChildren learn in a gurukul-style school.
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Study and sadhanaThe Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Brahma Sutras, with meditation, japa and seva.
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Karma Yoga through workResidents earn their livelihood in the startups of the Bharathiya Innovators Foundation.
Livelihoods first
Spirituality means little to a hungry person
Following Swami Vivekananda, Vedagramam puts jobs first. Its initiative, the Bharathiya Innovators Foundation (BIF), mentors, incubates and funds innovators and takes their ideas all the way to market.
10market-ready startups (TRL 9)
10,000+jobs as the goal, in line with Viksit Bharat 2047
- XBoson AI™
- Roboticbell AI™
- Teacher AI™
- NextbusAI™
- busparrot™ AI
- Vedavani™ AI
- Varuna AIoT™
- Meghavani™
- Octopus BOS™
- Nenmara Labour Contract Society
Why it matters
A community built on truth, dharma, non-violence and service
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A home for practice
Deep practice is hard amid modern distraction. Vedagramam is a supportive ecosystem where living by Vedanta becomes practical.
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No caste
Caste has no basis in Vedanta, and it has no place in the village.
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Temples that serve
Temples become centres of learning and of service to people again.
Get involved
Come and live it with us
The vision is to make Bharat the global hub of conscious living. There is a place in it for you.
Seekers
Join a retreat, a wellness programme or an IKS workshop, from India or abroad.
Ask about retreats →Volunteers
Help run the community: farming, teaching, seva and the daily life of the village.
Offer your time →Partners and investors
Back a culturally rooted, scalable venture, or co-found one of BIF's market-ready innovations.
vedagrams@gmail.com →Contact
Talk to the founder
Satheesh Vedanthi Chandran, Founder & Director, Vedagramam.
- Phone
- +91 90745 07122 (call or WhatsApp)
- vedagrams@gmail.com
- BIF
- +91 99611 02178 · innovatorsbharathi@gmail.com
- Address
- #12 Software Technology Park, NIDA, Kanjikode Industrial Smart City, Palakkad, Kerala
- Read
- The Vedagramam blog · Frequently asked questions