Ep.53: Bharatiya Katha - Children's Books

Ep.53: Bharatiya Katha - Children's Books

Author: Hindu Parenting July 12, 2025 Duration: 24:13

Parents of young children are always looking for stories and quizzes to keep children engaged with dharmik content. In this episode, we talk with Shreedarshan K, who is the author of several books of stories for children, and a unique Ramayana workbook (based on Valmiki Ramayana) which is very popular with children and parents.

We also discuss the Chinmaya Mission Balavihar program, Shreedarshan’s work conducting workshops for youth and the monthly Balavihar International magazine for children, and other resources/magazines from Chinmaya mission.

Shreedarshan ji is a former Asst. Prof. in the department of Electronics and Communication at Ramaiah Group of Institutions in Bengaluru.

He is a prolific writer (author of five volumes of Bharatiya Katha Vaibhava stories for children and Bharatiya Katha Sagara - stories for children in two volumes).

He runs his own YouTube channel and blogs explaining the significance of Hindu festivals (for children), significance of Hindu rituals (for adults), role of parents in shaping children etc, wisdom flowing from Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda himself.

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