Jnana · Bhakti · Sevaa · Since 1978

Jnana. Bhakti. Sevaa.

Hinduism has always recognised that people come to truth through different doors. Some through study. Some through devotion. Some through service. We built a house with all three.

Sanskrit class in session — teacher at whiteboard with Sanskrit script, engaged students of mixed ages

Jnana — Learn

From a four-year-old hearing her first story from the Ramayana to a retiree studying Sanskrit — or a Tuesday evening on the mat with Vedic Yoga. A tradition that can explain itself to its own children.

Explore classes → Vedic Yoga & Chanting →
Evening bhajan session — participants seated, harmonium player, brass lamp, warm candlelit atmosphere

Bhakti — Worship

Monthly bhajans, festival celebrations, prayer circles. A living spiritual home where devotion is practised, not performed.

Find a gathering →
Sevaa — two pairs of hands meeting across a table, elderly hand with gold bangle and younger hand with saffron wristband, holding marigolds together

Sevaa — Serve

Four programmes — Mitra (inmate counselling), Bandhu (elder befriending), Chakra (youth on probation), Mantranam (marriage counselling). Wisdom that doesn't stay in the classroom — it shows up where it's needed.

See how we serve →

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In 1978, a group of Hindu professionals realised something troubling: their children couldn't explain their own faith.

Not because Hinduism lacked depth — but because no one was teaching it in a way that Singapore's next generation could receive. So they did what Hindus have done for millennia. They gathered. They organised. And they began.

What started as a Sunday school has grown into three paths — learning, worship, and service — under one roof. Today: 50+ classes, 200 inmates counselled weekly, ten major Bhakti gatherings a year, 24 partner organisations, and a debt-free balance sheet sustained entirely by the community.

In 2028, Hindu Centre turns fifty. The next two years are the road there — with the Asian Centre for Hindu Studies on the horizon and a new generation of Yuvashakti finding its voice.

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Hindu Centre inauguration, 11th June 1978 — founders in formal attire with garlands at ribbon cutting

From 1978 to 2028.
Three paths. One next chapter.

In two years, Hindu Centre turns fifty. Between now and then, we're investing in three things at once: the academic future of Sanatana Dharma in Singapore, the next generation of Hindu leadership, and the celebration of half a century of three paths.

Jnana · Apex

Asian Centre for Hindu Studies

Envisaged as a Vedic college and a premier learning organisation for Sanatana Dharma in Singapore. Currently filed with ACRA.

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The Next Generation

Yuvashakti

Hindu Centre’s youth wing — for Singaporean Hindus aged 18 to 35 who want to learn, lead, and shape what comes next. Rebuilding through 2026–2028.

About Yuvashakti →
10 May 2028

Golden Jubilee — 50 Years

A year-long programme of celebration, reflection, and recommitment. Five decades of Jnana, Bhakti and Sevaa — with room for the next five.

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48
Years of service, since 1978
200
Mitras counselled weekly
50+
Classes across 5 streams
24
Partner organisations

Find Your Path

Whether you arrive through knowledge, devotion, or service — there is a programme waiting for you. Choose your entry point below.

Learn — Senior teacher leaning over a Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscript, explaining to a young man taking notes, warm afternoon sidelight

Learn

Jnana — the path of knowledge

  • Balagurukulam (Children ages 4-16)
  • Adult Hindu Studies
  • Sanskrit Language Classes
  • Lecture Series & Seminars
  • Publications & Resources
Bhajan session — devotees in a semicircle around a lit brass oil lamp, harmonium player mid-recitation, warm evening light

Worship

Bhakti — the path of devotion

  • Monthly Bhajan Sessions
  • Festival Celebrations
  • Prayer Circles
  • Scriptural Reading Groups
  • Special Pujas
Bandhu — elderly Tamil woman and volunteer seated side by side in warm conversation, intergenerational befriending

Serve

Sevaa — the path of service

  • Mitra — Eldercare Befriending
  • Bandhu — Family Support
  • Chakra — Prison Chaplaincy
  • Mantranam — Counselling
  • Register interest in Yuvashakti

Upcoming Events

21 Jul 2026 · Guru Purnima

Guru Purnima Observance

An evening honouring the teachers who carry the tradition forward. Bhajans, discourse, and Taranga dance ensemble. All welcome.

12 Sep 2026 · Saturday

Balagurukulam Open Morning

Thinking of enrolling your child? Meet our 12 volunteer teachers, see Sanatana Dharma taught in story, song, and play. Ages 5–15.

Oct 2026 · Ten Days

Navaratri at the Centre

Ten nights of devotional singing, classical dance, and worship of the Devi — with partner organisations from across the Hindu ecosystem.