Bandhava Yajna · Ekam
It is around our relationships that we build hate, anger, fear, worry and loneliness. And it is around our relationships that affection, love, joy, meaning and kindness play out.
To transform our relationships is to transform life itself. A weekend course on healing relationships, held at Ekam, in the presence of the teaching of Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji.
The meaning of the words
Bandhava means relationship. Yajna means an inner process of purification and evolution, undertaken for one’s own well-being and for the well-being of the Universal Being.
Our relationships are playgrounds. Our relationships are the arenas in which the drama of a life is enacted. And it is around our relationships that we build the destructive states of hate, anger, fear, worry and loneliness. It is also around our relationships that the more beautiful states of affection, love, joy, meaning and kindness are able to play out.
Our relationship with people is reflected in our relationship with the Divine. And our relationship with the Divine is reflected in our relationship with people. The two were never separate, and they are not separate now.
From the teaching of Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji
Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji
Whose teaching this is
The wisdom of Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji.
Bandhava Yajna carries the teaching of Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji, founders of Ekam and of the Oneness Movement. For many years now, seekers from India and from across the world have come to Ekam to sit with this wisdom, and to be changed by it.
What is offered here is not advice about relationships. It is an understanding of why the same argument returns with a different face, why a bond that once carried so much affection turned distant, and what actually holds these patterns in place across a lifetime, and beyond one lifetime.
The weekend is conducted by teachers trained in this lineage, and the processes are those given by the Masters themselves.
Three weekends, three bonds
Each weekend stands complete in itself.
You may come for one weekend, for two, or for all three. Each is a whole course with its own field of relationships, and none of them asks you to have attended the others.
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Prema Bandhava
Parents and Partners
Saturday the third and Sunday the fourth of October, 2026
The mother whose approval you are still, at forty-five, quietly waiting for. The father with whom conversation somehow stopped around the time you began earning. The husband or wife with whom you share a home, a household and a long list of responsibilities, and less and less else. The parents-in-law who came with the marriage. These are the bonds formed before we had any say, and the one bond we chose as adults.
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Ananda Bandhava
Friends and Siblings
Saturday the twenty-first and Sunday the twenty-second of November, 2026
The brother you stopped speaking to when the property was divided. The sister who was your closest companion until a wedding, or a single sentence, came between you. The friends from college and from the first job who were once daily, and are now a name that appears once a year with a birthday message. We tell ourselves these bonds do not matter. They are the ones that ache the longest.
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Mitra Bandhava
Oneself and Work
Saturday the twenty-sixth and Sunday the twenty-seventh of December, 2026
The relationship you have with yourself, upon which every other relationship is quietly built. And the relationship you have with your work — a senior, a team, a business partner who is also a cousin, a family firm in which the ledger and the household have never quite been separate. In our lives, work and family are rarely two different things, and the same knot very often runs through both.
What the weekend holds
Wisdom first. And then the processes that do the actual work.
- You will receive the wisdom to heal and to mend. The understanding necessary to see clearly into your relationship with your parents, your partner, your friends, your brothers and sisters, your children, your colleagues, and with yourself.
- You will go through processes that heal the heart. Guided experiences that hold the heart, soothe the emotions, and give you the clarity to move forward, rather than circle the same ground for another ten years.
- The karma bandhanas are untied. The karmic knots that keep us bound to one another across lifetimes are revealed, and they are released.
- Repeating patterns begin to give way. The forces that cause the same conflict to return in a new form, with a new person, in a new decade, begin to lose their hold.
Dissolve the karmic knots
The knots that create conflict, and the hurdles that appear again and again without any explanation you can name.
Awaken to freedom and connection
A heartfelt connection that does not have to be maintained by effort, because nothing is standing in its way any longer.
Open your life to grace
When the bonds are clear, life begins to move on your behalf, in ways that logic does not fully account for.
Who this is for
Bandhava Yajna is for anyone carrying a relationship that has grown heavy. You do not need a background in meditation, you do not need to have attended anything before, and you do not need to belong to anything.
Those who come are householders — running a business in Coimbatore, working through a long week in Bengaluru, holding a home together in Hyderabad, raising children and looking after ageing parents at the same time. This is a course for people in the middle of their lives, not away from them.
Most come alone. If your husband or wife is not ready, that is not an obstacle — a great deal of what is held in a relationship can be released from one side. Couples are welcome, and each person registers separately. The course is conducted in English. Participants are eighteen years and above.
Svasti Campus, Ekam
Ekam is a campus of contemplation founded by Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji. Bandhava Yajna is held at Svasti Campus within Ekam.
You arrive on Saturday morning and leave on Sunday evening. For the whole of that time your stay, your meals and the course are one single arrangement. Simple satvik vegetarian food is served through both days. Nothing further is asked of you while you are here, and nothing further is sold to you.
The shape of the two days
An unhurried weekend.
- Saturday morningArrival, registration and settling into your dormitory. The opening of the Yajna, and the first teaching.
- Saturday afternoonThe wisdom of the bond being worked with, followed by the first guided process. Lunch is served on the campus.
- Saturday eveningA deepening process, and time in silence on the campus before the night.
- Sunday morningThe untying of the karma bandhanas. This is the central process of the weekend.
- Sunday afternoonIntegration, the closing of the Yajna, and departure in good time for evening travel.
The full timing, along with the travel and arrival note, is sent to every registrant.
Your contribution
One contribution for the course, your stay and every meal.
Every figure below is the complete amount, inclusive of eighteen per cent GST. There is nothing further to pay at the campus and no separate charge for food. Accommodation is in dormitories, arranged separately for men and for women.
Svasti B
Non-air-conditioned dormitory
₹12,980
Complete, inclusive of GST. Course, one night’s stay and all meals.
- Two instalments ₹6,490 each
- Three instalments ₹4,328 then ₹4,326
- Four instalments ₹3,245 each
Svasti C
Air-conditioned dormitory
₹15,930
Complete, inclusive of GST. Course, one night’s stay and all meals.
- Two instalments ₹7,965 each
- Three instalments ₹5,310 each
- Four instalments ₹3,984 then ₹3,982
Svasti A
Air-conditioned dormitory
₹22,420
Complete, inclusive of GST. Course, one night’s stay and all meals.
- Two instalments ₹11,210 each
- Three instalments ₹7,474 then ₹7,473
- Four instalments ₹5,605 each
Places in each dormitory are limited, and are held separately for men and for women. Registration for a weekend closes once its places are taken.
Paying in instalments
You need not pay it all at once.
Every weekend may be paid for in instalments, at no extra cost and with no interest of any kind. The instalments are equal, and they fall on fixed dates — the same dates for everyone registered on that weekend, so you always know exactly what is due and when.
How many instalments are open to you depends only on when you register. The earlier you come in, the further the amount can be spread. Every schedule is complete one full month before the course begins.
Prema Bandhava
Parents and Partners · third and fourth of October, 2026
| Plan | If you register | Your payments fall on |
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| Two instalments | On or before the twentieth of August | At registration, then the third of September |
| Full payment | From the twenty-first of August | At registration |
Ananda Bandhava
Friends and Siblings · twenty-first and twenty-second of November, 2026
| Plan | If you register | Your payments fall on |
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| Four instalments | On or before the seventh of August | At registration, then the twenty-first of August, of September and of October |
| Three instalments | Between the eighth of August and the seventh of September | At registration, then the twenty-first of September and of October |
| Two instalments | Between the eighth of September and the seventh of October | At registration, then the twenty-first of October |
| Full payment | From the eighth of October | At registration |
Mitra Bandhava
Oneself and Work · twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh of December, 2026
| Plan | If you register | Your payments fall on |
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| Four instalments | On or before the twelfth of September | At registration, then the twenty-sixth of September, of October and of November |
| Three instalments | Between the thirteenth of September and the twelfth of October | At registration, then the twenty-sixth of October and of November |
| Two instalments | Between the thirteenth of October and the twelfth of November | At registration, then the twenty-sixth of November |
| Full payment | From the thirteenth of November | At registration |
How this looks in practice
A place in Svasti C for Mitra Bandhava is ₹15,930 in total. Registering in August, four instalments are open, and the amount falls this way.
- At registration₹3,984 — your place is held from this moment
- Twenty-sixth September₹3,982
- Twenty-sixth October₹3,982
- Twenty-sixth November₹3,982 — one full month before the course
Where an equal division does not land on a whole rupee, the odd rupees — never more than two — are added to the first payment, so every later instalment stays a clean figure.
Your first instalment is paid at the moment of registering, and it holds your place from that moment. Each further instalment reaches you as its own payment link, on WhatsApp and by email, five days before it falls due. Your place is held throughout, so long as the instalments are met. UPI, net banking, debit and credit cards are all accepted.
The first instalment is non-refundable. A plan closes once its next payment date is less than a fortnight away, and from that point the weekend is available at full payment only.
Coming to Ekam
By air
Chennai and Tirupati are the two nearest airports, and both are a comfortable road transfer to the campus. The arrival note sent to every registrant gives the recommended flights and the transfer arrangements from each.
By road and by train
Participants from Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Vijayawada regularly drive or take the train. Registrants travelling from the same city are put in touch with one another before the weekend, and a great many share a car between them.
When to arrive
Please arrive on Saturday morning. You will be received, shown to your dormitory, and given time to settle before the Yajna opens. The course closes on Sunday afternoon, leaving the evening clear for your return.
What to bring
Simple, comfortable clothing, any medication you take regularly, and very little else. Bed linen is provided. A full note on what to bring and what to expect on the campus is sent as soon as your registration is complete.
Questions we are asked
Before you decide.
No. Each weekend is a complete course in its own right and is registered for separately. Many come for one and return later for another. Many come for one only. There is no sequence you are obliged to follow.
Nothing at all. The amount shown covers the course, your accommodation and every meal from your arrival to your departure, and it includes GST. Nothing further is charged, and nothing further is offered for sale on the campus.
Yes. Every weekend can be paid for in two, three or four equal instalments, depending on when you register, at no extra cost and with no interest. Your first instalment is paid when you register and holds your place; the rest reach you as payment links on WhatsApp and by email, five days before each due date. The instalment chart above shows the exact dates for each weekend.
All three are dormitories, arranged separately for men and for women, and all three receive exactly the same course, the same food and the same attention. Svasti C and Svasti A are air-conditioned; Svasti B is not. Svasti A offers the most space and the fewest people to a room. If rest matters to you, we would gently suggest Svasti C or Svasti A.
Yes. A relationship has two sides, and a great deal of what is held in it can be released from one. Most who come, come alone. If your partner does wish to join, each of you registers separately and each stays in the dormitory for your own gender.
Simple satvik vegetarian food is served through both days, prepared on the campus. If you have a medical dietary requirement, please write to us when you register and we will do what we can to accommodate it.
The number of instalments is fixed at the moment you register, because every schedule must complete one month before the course begins. You may always pay the balance earlier than the dates given. If your circumstances change, do write to us and we will do what we can.
Registrations are non-refundable and non-transferable. We say this plainly at the outset so that no one is taken by surprise later. Please be certain of your dates before you register.
It is. Bandhava Yajna asks for no prior course, no prior practice and no prior belief. A large number of those who come each weekend are at Ekam for the very first time.
Bandhava Yajna
To transform our relationships is to transform life itself.
Come for one weekend. Come for all three. Places are held separately for each, and each closes when its dormitories are full.