It is with great joy that we announce the accomplishments of our Gurukul kids in the National Gita Chanting competition held in Pittsburg this year. This is a competition held every year at different Chinmaya Mission centers in the US.
For qualifying, our Gurukul students participated in the Gita Chanting competitions held in our Ashram in March. The chapter chosen this year was the 12th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. There is a systematic method of teaching the students. Qualified teachers , recite them in the assembly and kids get familiar with them. Around January we start classes where participating kids are taught stanza by stanza and finally the kids recite in front of qualified judges . It is some of these kids who after rigorous practice participated in the National Competition.
There were different types of competitions – Gita Chanting, Gita Vocabulary, Gita Talks (speech), Gita Krida (Kahoot Game) organized at GA state level end of May 2026 and the winners of state competition participated in the National competitions.
Our kids did very well and won 7 prizes in the categories by age groups. Congratulations to all the participants and winners for putting in their best effort! Those who were doing Gita Chanting and Gita talks traveled with their parents to Pittsburg.
We appreciate the enthusiasm of the parents in encouraging the kids to excel and participate. These winners will be eligible to participate in the International Competition in India in Dec.
Here are pics of few of the winners and participating families:
Gita Chanting
Pinaak Rao – 2nd Prize (Qualified for International)
Chaarvi Bhat – 2nd Prize (Qualified for International)
Shobhita Suri – 3rd Prize
Gita Vocabulary
Paavani Rao – 1st Prize
Gita Krida
Chaarvi Bhat – 2nd Prize
Gita Talks
Shobhita Suri – 3rd Prize
Gita Panchamrit
Shobhita Suri – HS students
