Sacred Arts UniverCity
Sacred Arts UniverCity
Headquarters of the Sacred Arts UniverCity which is the largest Manufacturer and Distributor of authentic Hindu deities as per the Veda-Āgamas. Hindu arts and artifacts are collected and preserved from all over India. Deities and other artwork are produced for distribution to Hindu temples in 33 countries. Sacred Arts is dedicated to keeping the ancient Hindu arts alive by supporting and training traditional artisans.
12 January 2015 The SPH with Akhāḍā (an apex body of Hinduism) leaders in Sacred Arts, admiring a deity of Kapila Mahamuni, the organizer of the Akhāḍā, made in house
Sacred Arts UniverCity
“Nithyananda Sacred Arts is established to preserve, revive and spread the Vedic temple arts, architecture and artefacts for people to live and experience the rich consciousness-based vedic heritage.” –HDH Nithyananda Paramashivam
Temples are living spaces where pure superconscious energy resides in an infinite continuum, having its own independent intelligence, beyond time and space.
To give a superconscious breakthrough to humanity, His Divine Holiness is reviving this perfect Science of temple arts and architecture on a cosmic scale and speed, bringing spiritual and scientific legitimacy to the Temple-based lifestyle as an ultimate lifestyle to be lived.
It is the urgent need of humanity and Nature to experience a breakthrough from the abnormal collective negativity and adopt the celebrative lifestyle of Temple Traditions and its life-giving arts and sacred rituals.
Nithyananda Sacred Arts Univercity (spelled with a ‘c’ as it is envisioned to be a city of its own!) founded by His Divine Holiness in 2003, is the world’s largest producer of Temple Arts and Deities with the mission to –
- Procure, collect, traditionally make, preserve the Temple arts and Temple traditions and cultural Heritage.
- Operate as a University of learning the Science and the applied technology of Sacred Arts and Temple Architecture.
- Spread the Temple arts and architecture in its highest form as a celebrative lifestyle of peace and bliss, as per the authentic scriptures.
- Provide training, livelihood to sthapathis – the generations of temple architects who preserve the rare Temple Sciences.
The Work by Sacred Arts Univercity
- 2674 statues which weigh over 1.07 million kg have been made and sent to Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temples across the world.
- Traditional jewelry & decoration for over 2000 deities procured/produced.
- Over 10,000 best stones collected from old Temples
- 200 ton Burma teak wood items, 5-ton copper and brass artefacts, 1-ton silver artefacts available
- 17-ton metal deities produced, 1 million kg worth stone statues, 300 Wooden Statues, wooden Sacred Vehicles and Wooden Thrones
- 50 ton of sacred energy beads (rudraksha) collected making it the world’s largest rudraksha collection under one roof.
- Over 5000 unique deities have been created by artisans so far.
- Over 482 statues which weigh more than 96,400 kgs have been made and sent to various temples around the world.
10 March 2013 A young child receives the kavi (the saffron cloth) from The SPH, beginning his journey into brahmacharyam, the period of life dedicated exclusively for enlightenment education. The child’s parents give their blessings for this new phase of life.
2005
The SPH carving a wooden andi deity with the sthapathi (artisan)
A wax model for a deity of The SPH in progress
A sthapathi (artisan) extracting the mould of a deity of Devi
Traditional Knowledge
AKSJP is home to the world’s largest Hindu library, the Nithyānanda Jnanalaya, where Hindu religious books and palm leaves have been collected from all across Asia to be translated, copied, digitized, distributed, and preserved for future generations. A branch of the Sacred Arts UniverCity is also dedicated for palm leaf printing, where sacred texts are printed in this traditional format for preservation and distribution.
The palm leaf printing unit in Sacred Arts
Palm leaves, on the verge of decay,have been collected from various parts of India to be preserved in AKSJP
The SPH blessing a set of freshly printed palm leaves with sacred verses from the gayathri mantra for new initiates