Admissions open for 2027 Ages 3 to 11
A gurukulam school day, live, at home.
Anaadi Foundation's online school, built on India's own texts and the knowledge of the ṛṣis. Taught beside the CBSE syllabus, with NIOS certification, in batches of 20 and by a class teacher who knows your child.
Every pathway stays open: IIT, NEET, CA, the arts, Indian knowledge.
Anaadi Foundation, Palani, since 2015 · families in India and six other countries
Indian Knowledge Systems
Taught from the texts, in the line of the ṛṣis
Every subject carries the name of the ṛṣi or siddha who first saw it, and its first class begins with them, not with a chapter number. Children meet the source texts in the original, at the level a child can take, with an acharya who stands in that line. Not a summary of a summary.
Āryabhaṭa
Bhāratīya Gaṇita
Place value, the sine table and a turning Earth, in 121 verses, 499 CE.
Charaka
Āyurveda
The Charaka Saṃhitā: diet, the doṣas and the duty of the physician.
Suśruta
Āyurveda, surgery
The Suśruta Saṃhitā: instruments, wounds and the first grafts, two and a half thousand years ago.
Patañjali
Yoga
The Yoga Sūtras: the stilling of the mind, in four short chapters.
Pāṇini
Saṃskṛtam
The Aṣṭādhyāyī: the whole language in about four thousand sūtras.
Kaṇāda
Bhāratīya Vijñāna
The Vaiśeṣika Sūtras: matter built from aṇu, long before the word atom.
Vālmīki and Vyāsa
Itihāsa
The Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata: the stories the children hear every day.
Bharata Muni
Sangīta, nāṭya and Kalā
The Nāṭyaśāstra: dance, music and theatre as one art, with its rasas.
And Bhāskara, Varāhamihira, Agastya, and Bhogar and the siddhas of Palani. Meet the sages behind each subject
- Saṃskṛtam from the first yearSpoken, sung and read before it is parsed. It is the key to the source texts: a child who has it reads the tradition for themselves, for life.Subjects, level by level
- A story every dayFrom the Rāmāyaṇa, the Mahābhārata and the Purāṇas, told by an acharya who grew up on them, then talked over. A child meets the person before the moral.A story a day
- Five layers of a childThe Taittirīya Upaniṣad describes a person as five sheaths: body, breath, mind, intellect and joy. The timetable, the assignments and the progress report follow that frame, and we assess the knower, not just the answer.Pañcakośa
- Earth is the textbookThe sky is the clock. Five ways of learning every week: recitation, observation, storytelling, discussion and activity.How it is taught
The sessions carry their own names, beside the board's English, mathematics and science
- Bhāratīya Gaṇita
- Bhāratīya Vijñāna
- Nakṣatra Vidyā
- Āyurveda
- Saṃskṛtam
- Itihāsa–Purāṇa
- Darśana
- Sangīta and Kalā
- Yoga
A school day, hour by hour
Times are Indian Standard Time. The first session is 6:30 a.m. in the Gulf. Living abroad
- Guru pooja and yogaLive with your class teacher. Attendance is taken.
- Four live sessionsOne hour each, with breakfast and lunch between: Bhāratīya Gaṇita, Saṃskṛtam, Itihāsa–Purāṇa, the sky and Āyurveda, beside English, mathematics and science.
- Pārāyaṇa recitation togetherThirty minutes that train memory and attention.
- Yoga nidra deep restRest that settles what was learnt.
- Self-study, then playSwādhyāya and krīḍā: four hours off the screen.
- Guru poojaThe day closes in stillness.
Four one-hour live sessions. From 2:30 the rest of the day is off the screen. Level 1 runs a shorter, play-led day. [CONFIRM LEVEL 1 LIVE HOURS] At ages 3 to 5 there are two pathways, a morning batch and an evening pathway: see how to choose.
- Beginning
- Foundation
- Growing
- Preparation
See a full school day The four levels Attend a live class: [OPEN SESSION DATES]
Ways to learn
Ages 3 to 5 have two pathways, and learning can happen after school too
Choose the way that fits your child's day. The admission team helps you choose when they speak with you.
Bala morning batch
Ages 3 to 5. A live morning batch for the youngest children, with a class teacher who knows each child. [MORNING BATCH: TIMINGS, DAYS AND WHAT IT INCLUDES]
Bala evening pathway
Ages 3 to 5. The evening way to learn, for the same age. [EVENING PATHWAY: TIMINGS, DAYS AND WHAT IT INCLUDES]
Self-paced learning after school
For children who stay in their own school. Learn the Indian Knowledge Systems after school hours, at your child's own pace. [SELF-PACED AFTER-SCHOOL LEARNING: AGES, HOW IT WORKS AND THE FEE]
Five worries, answered
Too much screen?Four one-hour live sessions, then the rest of the day off the screen.
Each live session is one hour, with a meal or a break between. From 2:30 the day is self-study and play, away from the screen. Level 1 runs a shorter, play-led day. [CONFIRM LEVEL 1 LIVE HOURS]
Will my child make friends?The same 20 classmates every day, and a mentor circle of 10.
A house to belong to, festivals kept together, and camps at our gurukulams. See a gurukulam community, not just a class.
Do I have to teach?No. A class teacher teaches, and you get a five-minute update every week.
Live acharyas teach every session. The class teacher calls when something needs you.
Can my child go back to a regular school?Yes, with a learning record and a transfer letter.
A child who leaves takes a learning record, a portfolio of their work and a transfer letter, so the next school knows exactly where they stand.
Who teaches?Acharyas chosen, trained and assessed by Anaadi, and a class teacher for every child.
Chosen from the Anaadi Gurukulams and the wider Indian knowledge community, trained in the Anaadi way and observed before they take a batch. See how teachers are chosen.
Who is behind this
10+ years of Anaadi Foundation20 gurukulams across Bharat since 20211 lakh+ students introduced to Indian knowledge
The vision: 108 gurukulams across India in the next ten years.
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From Hyderabad to Harrisburg, Auckland to Berlin
Through the after-school pathway today; the full school day begins in 2027.
India: Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Pune, Delhi, Kolkata and more. Abroad: Abu Dhabi, Halifax, Auckland, Bangkok, Berlin and thirteen towns across the United States.
The gurukulam
Walk around the gurukulam
Every hut is a part of the school. Click one to go there.
From a call to the first class
- Create an account. Free, two minutes, with Google or an email.
- Register your child. The admission team calls you to talk it through.
- Enrol. The online formalities, then the book kit ships to your home.
- The first class. A login for your child, and today's timetable.
Classes for 2027 begin [START DATE]. Registrations close [INTAKE CLOSES].
Fees, and what they cover, are shared on the first call. [APPLICATION FEE: only if there is none]
Admissions for 2027
Give your child a school day worth waking up for.
Before any form, and before any talk of fees, the admission team speaks with you about your child.