Spiritual Digital Media
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
Revision as of 17:16, 15 January 2020 by Himanshu Bhatt (Talk | contribs) (→Mainstream Hindu Channels)
In this modern era of information, Hindus like watching their temple pujas, and many like being educated on meanings and interpretations of textual material and on the lives of Hindus.
The lists below focus on free spiritual media available to anyone with internet. Below, “Education” refers to educating the audience on texts and mantras, while “Activities “ refer to worship or community activities.
Mainstream Hindu Channels
| Media Name | Theme | Speaker | Language | Organization | Sectarian Affiliation | Significance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aadhyatmik Bano[1] | Education | Hindi | Mainly focuses on the lives of saints and their teachings. | ||||||||
| Aalayam Selveer[2] | Education | Tamil | It is broadcast in Tamil. | ||||||||
| आचार्य प्रशान्त - Acharya Prashant[3] | Sermon | Acharya Prashant | Hindi | ||||||||
| Acharya Shree Yogeesh[4] | Sermon | Acharya Shree Yogeesh | English | ||||||||
| Advaita Academy[5] | Sermon | [Various] | English | Advaita Academy | Shaiva | Educates on the Upanishadic principles. | |||||
| Advaithashramam[6] | Sermon | Swami Chidananda Puri | Malayalam | This channels is broadcast from Kolathur, Kerala in Malayalam. It's philosophy is Advaita. | |||||||
| Adyashanti[7] | Sermon | Adyashanti | English | Open Gate Sangha | It preaches Advaita Vedanta darshan. | ||||||
| Akhil Bharatiya Karyalay[8] | Sermon | [Various] | Hindi | Akhil Bharatiya Shri Yog Vedant Sewa Samiti | |||||||
| All about Vedanta[9] | Sermon | Swami Sarvapriyananda | English | This is based on the teachings of Vivekanand. | |||||||
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham[10] | Sermon | [Various] | English | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | |||||||
| Anandmurti Gurumaa[11] | Sermon | Anandmurti Gurumaa | Hindi | ||||||||
| Ananda Sangha Worldwide[12] | Sermon | [Various] | English | Asha Nayaswami[13], Swami Kriyananda, and other members give their wisdom. | |||||||
| Anuttara Ashram[14] | Sermon, Education | Anuttara | English | Focuses on both karma and the physical Karma Yoga Program. | |||||||
| Arjuna Das[15] | Sermon | Arjuna Das | English | ISKCON | Vaishnava | ||||||
| Arsha Bodha Center - Swami Tadatmananda[16] | Education | Swami Tadatmananda | English | ||||||||
| Art of Living Satsang[17] | Sermon | [Various] | Hindi, English | Art of Living | |||||||
| Atavi Krishna Das[18] | Sermon | Avadhoot Swami | English | ISKCON | Vaishnava | ||||||
| Avadhut Swami[19] | Sermon | Avadhut Swami | |||||||||
| Awakening TV[20] | Sermon | [Various] | Hindi | BKWSU | Shaiva (Brahma Kumari) |
||||||
| Balsanskar Kendra[21] | Sermon | [Various] | Hindi | The most common sermons here are from Pujya Bapuji. | |||||||
| Bhakti Sudha[22] | Mixed | Atul Ji Maharaj Ramayani | Hindi | ||||||||
| Bhakthi TV[23] | Sermon | Sri Lalitha Sahasranama Bhashyam | Telugu | ||||||||
| Bhakti Vikasa Swami[24] | Sermon | Bhakti Vikasa Swami | Hindi | ||||||||
| Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram[25] | Education, Activities, Sermon | English, Tamil | Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram | ||||||||
| BK Denise Lawrence[26] | Sermon | BK Denise Lawrence | English | BKWSU | Shaiva (Brahma Kumari) |
||||||
| BK Jayanti[27] | Sermon | BK Jayanti | Hindi, English | BKWSU | Shaiva (Brahma Kumari) |
||||||
| BK Shivani[28] | Sermon | BK Shivani | Hindi, English | BKWSU | Shaiva (Brahma Kumari) |
||||||
| BK Usha[29] | Sermon | BK Usha | Hindi | BKWSU | Shaiva (Brahma Kumari) |
||||||
| Black Lotus[30] | Sermon | Om Swami | Hindi | ||||||||
| Blissful Athlete[31] | Sermon | Sri Nithya Dridhananda | English | He draws inspiration from Sri Nithyananda. | |||||||
| Brahmacharya[32] | Sermon | [Various] | English | It teaches from multiple well-known Hindu gurus, such as Swami Vivekananda and modern ones like Sadhguru. | |||||||
| Brahmakumaris Light House[33] | Sermon | Suraj Bhai | Hindi, English | BKWSU | Shaiva | This channel also has a few sermons from other BK’s, such as BK Shivani and BK Sr Jayanti. | |||||
| Brahma Kumaris[34] | Sermon | BKWSU | Shaiva (Brahma Kumari) |
||||||||
| Chanakya TV[35] | News | [Various] | Tamil | It is broadcast in Tamil. | |||||||
| Chitrakutdham Talgajarda[36] | Sermon | Morari Bapu | Gujarati | ||||||||
| Craig Holliday[37] | Sermon | Craig Holliday | |||||||||
| DandapaniLLC[38] | Sermon | Dandapani | He is a former monk of a Hawaiian monastery, now a priest and a business entrepreneur living with his wife and daughter in New York City. | ||||||||
| Devi Chitralekhaji[39] | Sermon | Devi Chitralekhaji | Hindi | Vaishnava | She reads from sastras, such as the Bhagavad Katha, gives her interpretation and sermon, and sings bhajans within her presentations sometimes. | ||||||
| Dhaulagiri TV Sambad[40] | Sermon, Education, Activities | [Various] | Nepali | ||||||||
| DivyaYoga Ashram[41] | Education | Bagalamukhi Shivir | Hindi | DivyaYoga Ashram | Teaches about mantras for specific situations/purposes. | ||||||
| Embracing the World[42] | Activities | [Multiple] | Embracing the World | This is the organization of Saint Amma. | |||||||
| Embodied Philosophy[43] | Education | English | Embodied Philosophy | ||||||||
| FridayKiss | Education | ||||||||||
| IASF - International Ayyavazhi Service Foundation[44] | Education, Activities | Tamil | Vaishnava (Ayyavazhi) | This channel is broadcast in Tamil. | |||||||
| Integral Yoga[45] | Sermon | [Various] | This organization has Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville® in Virginia, U.S. Swami Satchidananda and his followers give sermons on the channel. | ||||||||
| Gaur Dass Ji Maharaj | Sermon | Gaur Dass Ji Maharaj | Hindi | Vaishnava | The Maharaj is greatly devoted to Krishna and many of his sermons tend to be of him. | ||||||
| Gaur Gopal Das[46] | Sermon | Gaur Gopal Das | English | [Non-sectarian] | |||||||
| Girnar Sadhana Ashram[47] | Sermon, Activities | Punitchariji | Hindi | Girnar Sadhana Ashram | Datta Upasak | ||||||
| Godlywood Studio[48] | Sermon | Tamil | BKWSU | Shaiva (Brahma Kumari) |
|||||||
| Guru Mandir Maa Narayani Ahmedabad[49] | Sermon | Guru Mandir Maa Narayani | Hindi | ||||||||
| Guruji Yoga Satyam[50] | Sermon | Guruji Yoga Satyam | Hindi, English | Self-Realization Fellowship | |||||||
| Gurumaa Ashram[51] | Sermon | Anandmurti Gurumaa | Hindi | Gurumaa Ashram | Much of this channel focuses on explaining Advaita Vedanta. | ||||||
| Gyana Yogi[52] | Sermon, Activities | Telugu | This is broadcast in Telugu. | ||||||||
| Gyan Manthan[53] | Education | ||||||||||
| Hare Krishna TV - ISKCON Desire Tree[54] | Sermon, Activities | [Various] | Hindi, English | ISKCON | Vaishnava | ||||||
| HinduAcademy[55] | Education | Jay Lakhani | English | HinduAcademy | |||||||
| Hinduism മലയാളം[56] | Sermon, Education | Malayalam | This is broadcast in Malayalam. | ||||||||
| HinduismTodayVideos[57] | Sermon, Education, History | Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami | English | This is broadcast mainly from the Kauai Monastery if the Saiva Siddhanta Church. | |||||||
| Hindu Dharmam[58] | Sermon, Education | [Various] | Telugu | This channel is broadcast in Telugu. | |||||||
| Hindu Website[59] | Education | Jayaram V. | Very educative on topics. | ||||||||
| His Holiness Radhanath Swami | Sermon | Radhanath Swami | |||||||||
| Iamjayakishori[60] | Sermon | Jaya Kishori | |||||||||
| Ignatian Yoga[61] | Sermon, Yoga | Ignatian Yoga | |||||||||
| Imram Kriya- Yoga Of The High Path[62] | Sermon, Yoga | Saint Babaji Nagaraj | |||||||||
| Indian Spiritual Heritage[63] | Sermon, Education | ||||||||||
| Integral Yoga[64] | Sermon | Swami Satchidananda (R.I.P.), Swami Asokananda | English | It covers various topics, as well as sastras like Bhagavad Gita. | |||||||
| ISKCON Vrindavan[65] | ISKCON | Vaishnava | Broadcast from Vrindavan. | ||||||||
| J. Krishnamurti - Official Channel[66] | Sermon | J. Krishnamurti (R.I.P.) | |||||||||
| Jagadguru Rambhadracharya[67] | Sermon | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya | |||||||||
| Jagadguru Swami Ji[68] | Sermon | Jagadguru Swami Ji | Vaishnava | ||||||||
| Jeevan Vigyan[69] | Sermon, Education | Jeevan Vigyan | |||||||||
| Kannada Pravachana TV[70] | Education | Kannada | Educates on scriptures. | ||||||||
| Kaulantak Peeth[71] | Sermon | Kaulantak Peethadheeshwar Maha Yogi Satyendra Nath Ji Maharaj | |||||||||
| Kundalini Yogini[72] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| Lakshmanjoo Academy[73] | Sermon | Swami Lakshmanjoo | Shaiva (Kashmir Shaivism) |
||||||||
| Living Siddhars Samadhi Yogis[74] | Sermon | Tamil | Shaiva | It is broadcast in Tamil. | |||||||
| Mahakali Ashram[75] | Sermon | Mahakali Ashram | |||||||||
| Mahanubhav[76] | Education, Sermon | Marathi | Vaishnava (Mahanubhav) |
||||||||
| Mahanubhav Pravachan[77] | Sermon | Marathi | Vaishnava (Mahanubhav) |
||||||||
| Mahila Utthan Mandal ("Women's Upliftment Organization")[78] | Education | ||||||||||
| Ma Jnanatma Swami[79] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| Ma Nithyatattvapriya Ananda[80] | News | Ma Nithyatattvapriya Ananda | |||||||||
| Mel Van Dusen[81] | Sermon | Mel Van Dusen | |||||||||
| Mantra Science[82] | Education | Teaches about mantras for specific situations/purposes. | |||||||||
| Matridham Ashram[83] | Sermon | Matridham Ashram | |||||||||
| Moksha[84] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| mondayMEDIA[85] | Sermon | [Various] | |||||||||
| Moojiji Satsang[86] | |||||||||||
| Mukesh Gabani Official Channel[87] | Sermon, Education | This is broadcast in Gujarati. It delivers sermons and teaches about the Puranas. | |||||||||
| Muni Pulak Sagar[88] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| Nimaitai | Festivities | ISKCON | Vaishnava | ||||||||
| Nithyananda[89] | Sermon | Tamil | Adi Shaivam Tamil Satsang | ||||||||
| Om Shanti Channel GWS[90] | Sermon | BKWSU | Shaiva (Brahma Kumari) |
||||||||
| Om Swami[91] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| Om TV Telugu[92] | Education | Telugu | |||||||||
| OnePath[93] | |||||||||||
| Orbit Media[94] | Sermon | Gyanvatsal Swami | Gujarati | BAPS | Vaishnava (Swami Narayan) |
||||||
| Paras Pandhi Official | Sermon | Paras Pandhi | Gujarati | Saura | This channel focuses much on devotion to the Saura saint Jalaram Bapu. | ||||||
| Parmarth Niketan[95] | Sermon | Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Pujya Swami | |||||||||
| Prakash Manjrekar[96] | Education | Prakash Manjrekar discusses various monuments, including temples. | |||||||||
| Rajkumar A. Chougule sir[97] | News | ||||||||||
| Raj Web News[98] | News | Tamil | It is broadcast in Tamil. | ||||||||
| Radhanath Swami[99][100] | Sermon | Radhanath Swami | ISKCON | Vaishnava | |||||||
| Radha Gopinath Temple[101] | ISKCON | Vaishnava | |||||||||
| Rajim Kumbh[102] | |||||||||||
| Rajkot Gurukul[103] | Sermon | Gujarati | BAPS | Vaishnava (Swami Narayan) |
|||||||
| Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math[104] | Mixed | Ramakrishna Mission | Vaishnava | ||||||||
| Ramakrishna Monastery[105] | Sermon | [Various] | It is a branch center of Vedanta Society of Southern California. | ||||||||
| Rishi Darshan[106] | Sermon | [Various] | The most common sermons here are from Pujya Bapuji. | ||||||||
| Rishi Nityapragya[107] | Sermon | Rishi Nityapragya | Art of Living | ||||||||
| Sadhguru[108] | Sermon | Sadhguru | |||||||||
| Sadhguru Sakshi Ram Kripal Ji[109] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| Sadhu Productions[110] | |||||||||||
| Samadarshan Ashram[111] | Sermon | Samadarshan Ashram | |||||||||
| Sanskar TV | Sermons, History | [Various] | Hindi | Vaishnava | |||||||
| Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj 100[112] | Sermon, Education | [Various] | Satlok Ashram | Vaishnava (Kabirpanthi) | |||||||
| Sant Shri Asang Dev Ji[113] | Sermon | Sant Shri Asang Dev Ji | Vaishnava (Kabirpanthi) | ||||||||
| Sant Shri Asharamji Ashram[114] | Sermon | Pujya Bapuji | |||||||||
| Sant Shri Asharamji Bapu[115] | Sermon | Pujya Bapuji | [www.asharamjibapu.org www.asharamjibapu.org] | ||||||||
| Sat Yoga Institute[116] | Sermon | Shunyamurti | Sat Yoga Institute | ||||||||
| Satlok Ashram[117] | Sermon, Education | Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj | Satlok Ashram | Vaishnava (Kabirpanthi) | |||||||
| Shantanu Saha[118] | Sermon | Shantanu Saha | Shaiva | ||||||||
| Shree Sadguru Swami ji[119] | Education | Shree Sadguru Swami Ji | |||||||||
| Shri Hari Ashram[120] | Sermon | BAPS | Vaishnava (Swami Narayan) |
||||||||
| Shri Kali Ashram[121] | Sermon, Yoga | Shri Kali Ashram | |||||||||
| Simhasth Kumbh Mahaparv Ujjain 2016 - By Prabhatam Group[122] | |||||||||||
| Simplified Kundalini & KayaKalpa Yoga[123] | Sermon | Krish Murali Eswar | |||||||||
| Sivananda Ashram Kerala[124] | Sermon | Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram | |||||||||
| Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Bahamas[125] | Sermon, Bhajans | This is broadcast from the Bahamas. This ashram was established by Swami Vishnudevananda. | |||||||||
| Sivananda Yoga Farm[126] | Sermon | Swami Vishnudevananda | The Yoga Farm ashram, from where this channel is broadcast, is located in Grass Valley, California | ||||||||
| Sidhaguru[127] | Sermon | Telugu | |||||||||
| Somaiya Vidyavihar[128] | Sermon | This is broadcast from around Mumbai, and has discourses on various topics and even different sects including Jainism. | |||||||||
| Soumya Aravind Sitaraman[129] | Sermon | Soumya Aravind Sitaraman | Shaiva | ||||||||
| Spirit Voyage[130] | Sermon | [Various] | |||||||||
| SRC India [131] | Sermon | Swami Rama (R.I.P.) | Sri Ram Chandra Mission | Vaishnava | |||||||
| Sri Amma Bhagavan Oneness University[132] | Sermon | Telugu | |||||||||
| Sri Ramakrishna Sarada Samithi Ponmalai - Trichy[133] | Sermon | Ramakrishna Mission | Malayalam | This is broadcast from Trichy, Kerala. It is in Malayalam. | |||||||
| Stephen Knapp[134] | Sermon | Stephen Knapp | Stephen Knapp is a well-known writer on topic of Hinduism. | ||||||||
| Sunita Light[135] | Sermon | Self-Realization Fellowship | This is broadcast in Russian by Sunita, a disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda. | ||||||||
| Supreme Yogi[136] | Sermon | Self-Realization Fellowship | This channel covers the teachings of various well-known gurus, including Sree Narayana, Paramhansa Yogananda, and Vivekanand. | ||||||||
| Surat Gurukul[137] | Sermon | Gujarati | BAPS | Vaishnava (Swami Narayan) |
|||||||
| Surya Narayan AMMA Das[138] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| Swami Bikash Giri[139] | Sermon, Education | Swami Bikash Giri | Shaiva | ||||||||
| Swami Shravananand Saraswati[140] | Sermon, Education | Swami Shravananand Saraswati | He broadcasts in Hindi regarding spirituality and the scriptures. | ||||||||
| Swami Krishnananda | Sermon | Swami Krishnananda | Divine Life Society[141] | ||||||||
| Swami Mukundananda[142] | Sermon | Swami Mukundananda | Founder of JKYog. He focuses on scriptures and their principles. | ||||||||
| Swami Omkarananda[143] | Sermon | Pujyasri Omkarananda Mahaswamigal | Shaiva | He is a swami of the Advaita Vedanta Sastra tradition from Ramakrishna Order, and received his diksha from Swami Chidbhavanandaji of the Order. | |||||||
| THATfirst English[144] | Education | Master Swami Rama | Master Swami Rama is of the Advaita Vedanta tradition. Covers concepts from scriptures. | ||||||||
| Theosophical Society[145] | Sermon | Theosophical Society | |||||||||
| The Art of Living[146] | Sermon, Education, Yoga | Art of Living | |||||||||
| The Avatar Clicks[147] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| The Enlightened Way[148] | Sermon, Education | ||||||||||
| The Front News[149] | News | ||||||||||
| The Ghanapati[150] | Sermon | Ghanapati | Covers Vedas' chanting[151]. | ||||||||
| The Satsang Foundation[152] | |||||||||||
| Transcendental Meditation[153] | - | Vedanta NY[154] | Sermon | Vedanta Society of New York | This organization is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India. | ||||||
| Vedanta Society of Southern California[155] | Sermon | [Various] | Vedanta Society of Southern California | ||||||||
| VedantaSTL[156] | Sermon | Swami Chetanananda | This is broadcast from St. Louis. | ||||||||
| VedantaZenOneness[157] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| Vedathiri Maharishi[158] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| Vedic Aim[159] | Education | ||||||||||
| Vedic Rishi[160] | Education | Lectures on the various mantras and the meanings behind them. | |||||||||
| Vedic Tree[161] | Sermon | Swami Avdheshanand Giriji Maharaj | |||||||||
| Velukkudu Discourses[162] | Sermon | Vulukkudi Swamy | Tamil | ||||||||
| Venkatraman Ranganathan[163] | Sermon | Venkatraman Ranganathan | |||||||||
| Vijayan G[164] | Sermon | Tamil | It is broadcast in Tamil. | ||||||||
| Vishwa Yoga Ashram[165] | Education, Yoga | Vishwa | It focuses on Tantra and Samkhya. | ||||||||
| VivekaVani[166] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| Vivekananda Samiti IIT-Kanpur[167] | Sermon | [iitk.ac.in/vs/ http://www.iitk.ac.in/vs/] | |||||||||
| Voice Of Vedanta[168] | Sermon | ||||||||||
| Wise Studies[169] | Education | Very educative on topics from Buddhism to Kashmir Shaivism. | |||||||||
| Yasodhara Ashram[170] | This is broadcast from Kootenay Lake, B.C., Canada. Swami Radha founded the Ashram in 1963. | ||||||||||
| Yatra Purusha Baba Ghanshyam ji Maharaj[171] | Sermon | Yatra Purusha Baba Ghanshyam ji Maharaj | |||||||||
| Yoga Knowledge[172] | Education | A. G. Mohan and Indra Mohan | This is informative on scriptures. | ||||||||
| Yogiraj SatGurunath Siddhanath[173] | Sermon | Yogiraj SatGurunath Siddhanath[174] | |||||||||
| Yogesh Voice[175] | Education | ||||||||||
| Yogi TV[176] | Sermon | Malayalam | This is broadcast from Kerala in Malayalam. |
Jain Channels
| Media Name | Theme | Speaker | Language | Organization | Sectarian Affiliation | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| आचार्य श्री विद्यासागर ("Acharya Sri Vidyasagar")[177] | Sermon | Acharya Sri Vidyasagar | ||||
| Aacharya Vimalsagarsuriji[178] | Sermon | Jain | ||||
| Best of Shanka Samadhan[179] | Sermon | Shanka Samadhan | Jain | |||
| Dada Bhagwan Foundation[180] | Sermon | Pujya Niruma | Jain | |||
| Jain Gyan[181] | Sermon | Jain | ||||
| JIT motiongraphics[182] | Sermon | Madhav Munawat | Jain | |||
| Muni Shri 108 Praman Sagar Ji (मुनि श्री १०८ प्रमाणसागर जी)[183] | Sermon | Muni Shri 108 Praman Sagar Ji | ||||
| My world Jainism[184] | Education | |||||
| Rajpath[185] | Education | Jain | ||||
| Ratnaworld[186] | Sermon | Jainacharya Ratnasundersuri Maharaj Saheb | Jain | |||
| Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur[187] | Sermon | Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai | ||||
| Vinay Jain Bhindar[188] | Sermon | Various |
Other Channels
| Media Name | Theme | Speaker | Language | Organization | Sectarian Affiliation | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirat TV[189] | Sermon |
