Welcome

Welcome to BalaMandir. The goal of this website is to provide families around the world to start their own children's activity group. The main focus is on the rich heritage from India and Hindu scriptures.

The founders of this website started on a mission 20 years ago to establish a program for children in San Diego, CA. The program focuses on learning bhajans, stories and shlokas. Another group went on to form a children's group in Portland, OR about 5 years ago. We would like to share all the knowledge we have gained thus far to make it easy for you to start your own children's group. We would also like to provide a startup kit, extensive resources, references, sample formats/topics etc.

All this will be available at no cost to you. The growth of such classes is the only payback we seek.

Email us at balamandirinfo@gmail.com for any questions or clarifications. We are glad to help to kick-off your classes with phone or Skype consultation as required.

Weekly Story Session during COVID-19

We are kick starting a story session for kids on Saturdays at 6 PM Pacific using Microsoft Teams. These will be suitable for kids 4 - 14 years and will be based on characters and epics from India. Stories will be narrated by H Kumar volunteer at VEDA Vidyalaya being held at VEDA Temple Redmond.

Here are the instructions to attend the story session.

You can install the Microsoft Teams application on your laptop, iPad or tablet. You can also connect via the WEB to Teams.

a. We encourage students to use a headset with microphone, especially laptops. This will minimize echo and noise.

b. Mute your microphone and turn OFF your camera.

c. Upon joining the session, pin the video for the teacher. In the video pane of the teacher you will see 3 dots, you can click and select 'PIN'. This will ensure you will always see the teachers video. This may not work if you join via web.

d. While joining Teams, if you had a work login or using other email, please logout. Also use incognito / private mode from the browser.

e. Please add your student's name when requested to add a Name in Teams - this will help easy identification by the teachers.

f. To receive notification for future story session with information on how to join or other questions please contact balamandirinfo@gmail.com

Please provide the following information:

  • Parent Name
  • Child Age
  • Your email address
  • Your time zone