Current initiatives

Where the work happens.

A few of the programs your family can join or support today.

Music & voice

01

SivaPadam Global Singing

We compose and produce music and dance productions, and bring gurus and students together to sing as one across continents.

Travel & perform

02

Experiential heritage tours

Four major tours a year to heritage sites and temples in India and abroad, with lectures by eminent scholars for the performers.

Next generation

03

Students at the centre

Every program is built around the children: their training, their performances, and their connection to the tradition.

Media

04

Omkaara TV

A channel devoted to Sanatana Dharma, breaking it into micro-podcasts, mini-lectures, and learning modules for a fast-moving world. Beginning in Tamil Nadu, expanding across India.

Service · with MyTemple

05

MahaPrasadam grants

Small grants to temple pujaris so they can offer blessed food, Anna Danam, to devotees nearby. The aim: support MahaPrasadam programs at up to 1,000 neglected temples across India.

Partner gurus & academies · USA

The teachers who make this real.

Know Your Roots works hand in hand with directors of dance and music academies across the United States.

Partner with us →

  • Sangita Das

    Kathak Kala Vihar

  • Dipanwita Sengupta

    California Nupur Dance Academy

  • Sima Chakraborty

    Nataraja School of Dance

  • Akila Rao

    Sri Vidya Dance School

  • Supriya Sudhakar

    KRIPA: Kala Roopa Institute of Performing Arts

  • Kalyani Avula

    Abinaya Kuchipudi Dance School

  • Bidisha Mohanty

    Indradhanush Center For Excellence

  • Pragya Dasgupta

    Tarana Dance Academy

  • Bhairavi Nedungadi

    Sreepadmam School of Dance

  • Naina Shastri

    Ushanjali School of Dance

  • Chandna Talluri

    Natrtanaalaya: The Temple of Dance

  • Manju Hemamalini Chavali

    Guruparampara School of Arts

  • Sunita Pendekanti

    Kuchipudi Art Center

  • Rajesh (Bobby) Chavali

    Natyatarang Kuchipudi Kalakshetram