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Anaadi Foundation · Who we are

A gurukulam first, a platform second

iGurukulam is the online form of the Anaadi Gurukulams: the same acharyas, the same shape of day, the same five-sheath (Pañcakośa) view of a child's growth, brought to children who learn from home.

Anaadi Foundation was started in 2015 for loka sangraha, serving society, from its ashram near Palani, in the lineage of Paramaguru Agastya Maharishi. Since 2021 it has started Anaadi Gurukulams across Bharat, from Bala Gurukulam at age 3 to a Higher Education pathway at 17, with a vision of 108. Dharma-rooted and future-ready: not a traditional pathashala, not pre-modern schooling, but an education that grows from deep roots.

Read more at anaadi.org, or see the Anaadi Gurukulams that iGurukulam grows out of.

  • MoU with the Ministry of Education for SWAYAM+ IKS courses; projects with the Ministry's IKS Division
  • Courses at IIT Delhi; IKS content with IIT Madras; credit courses with PSG Institutions and Gujarat University
  • 50+ publications; IKS in mainstream schools reaching 30,000 students; offerings in the USA, Singapore and Malaysia
Shriman Adinarayanan

Shriman Adinarayanan

Co-founding Guru · Siddhayogi

Over thirty years of yogic practice in the Siddha Sampradāya. MS in Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University; taught for over a decade at Amrita University; Adjunct Professor of Practice at NRCVEE, IIT Delhi; TEDx speaker; works with policymakers on bringing Indian Knowledge Systems into mainstream education.

Maa Ananthalakshmi

Maa Ananthalakshmi

Co-founding Guru · Matrushree

Yogic practitioner, researcher and teacher. PhD from Amrita University, MS from SUNY, formerly visiting faculty at the University of L'Aquila, Italy. Author of several books on Indian Knowledge Systems, including primers on Yogic Neuroscience and Āyurveda; has led projects with the IKS Division, Ministry of Education.

How the acharyas are chosen

Every batch has a class teacher who takes the morning gurupooja and attendance, knows each family, and is the one you talk to; subject acharyas join for their sessions. The acharyas for 2027 are chosen through the steps below and announced to families before the year begins.

1

Selection

Rooted in the tradition they will teach, strong in their subject, and at ease with young children. Shortlisted from the Anaadi Gurukulams and the wider IKS community.

2

Training

In the Anaadi way of teaching: Pañcakośīya Vikās, the five ways of learning, and how to hold a small batch live on a screen. [TRAINING LENGTH AND PLACE]

3

Evaluation

Demonstration sessions observed by the gurus and senior acharyas; only those who pass take a batch. [WHAT IS ASSESSED]

4

Through the year

Sessions reviewed, the Pañcakośa reports read by the gurus, and families' feedback heard; the class teacher stays with the batch all year.

Admissions for 2027

Give your child a school day worth waking up for.

Ask us to call you, or begin with an account. Either way, the admission team speaks with you before anything else is asked.

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