Ancient art forms

Encouraging the older forms.

Harikatha and Burrakatha are old Telugu forms that tell a story through speech, song and music. Sundara Kanda is the chapter of the Ramayana most often sung. Sanghamitra keeps all of them in circulation, along with dance. If you would like a private hour or a seat in a group session, say which one.

Harikatha

Harikatha is story, music, and teaching in one form. Sanghamitra hosts and shares these sessions so families can watch from home and scholars can be heard beyond a single hall.

Burrakatha

Burrakatha is the folk narrative Sanghamitra names among the arts it wants kept in circulation — not only archived, but offered to the community.

Medhavadhanam

A live showcase of mental mathematics: no paper, pencil, or calculator. The first public Medhavadhanam was in 2007. Classes sit behind it — Vedic mathematics for students, and the Srinivasa Ramanujan Mathematricks Club. The latest public event was 22 August 2026 at the Hindu Temple of St. Louis.

The base of Sanghamitra is caring, sharing, and love.
— Sreenivasa, opening Medhavadhanam 2014
Three students on stage beside a board of cube roots and fifth roots they answered in their heads
Students on stage with the cube roots and fifth roots they answered from the hall. SIUE campus, 30 March 2011.
The hall watching the presentation at Medhavadhanam 2014, Hindu Temple of St. Louis
Medhavadhanam 2014, Hindu Temple of St. Louis. The audience sets the numbers.

Sundara Kanda

Readings and Harikatha from the Ramayana, offered as a regular practice. Harikatha is a story told through speech, song and music. Public events are held on Zoom, so you can listen from home.

A line drawing of the Rama darbar — Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman
The Rama darbar. Sundara Kanda is Hanuman’s chapter of the Ramayana.

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