Kids – Hindu Temple Stuttgart

Bal Vatika is our children’s garden. Here our next generation gets to know our stories, values, festivals and roots, at their own pace and with a lot of joy.

🌱 Bal Sanskar Vatika For our youngest children, the seeds. First steps into our stories, prayers, aartis and values. Shri Hanuman Chalisa & Aartis · Stories from Upanishads & Puranas · Hindu rituals and their reasons · Our value system See Bal Sanskar Vatika → 🌸 Bal Pushp Vatika The seeds growing into blossoming flowers. Deeper learning for older children. Hindi through Shri Ramcharitmanas · Hindu scriptures · Stotras & Neeti shlokas · Our rich history · Our teerths (4 Dhams, 12 Jyotirlingas, 51 Shaktipeeths, 8 Vinayakas…) See Bal Pushp Vatika posts →

Our Bal Vatika Logos

Both logos tell one story: sanskar is a seed that we plant, nurture together, and watch blossom into flowers whose fragrance spreads around the world.

बाल संस्कार वाटिका
The seeds are planted. Small, delicate flowers just beginning to bloom.

बाल पुष्प वाटिका
The seeds grow into blossoming flowers. Fuller, brighter and spreading further.

श्री गुरुवे नमःA salutation to the Guru. Every learning journey begins by bowing to the one who guides us.

The seed at the centreSeed, sprout and young plant. The seed is sanskar, the values we plant in our children, growing step by step with care and patience.

Children holding handsOur team and Mandir family. No child grows alone: teachers, parents and friends hold hands around the seed to protect and nurture it.

Flowers all aroundNurtured sanskar blossoms, and like flowers our children spread their fragrance of good values, knowledge and kindness wherever they go.

Pen and open bookLearning, knowledge and our scriptures: the foundation everything rests on.

The two handsThe hands of our beloved Shri Ram ji, holding and blessing the children, the team and the learning.

Bal Sanskar Vatika Training Programबाल संस्कार वाटिका · free of charge

For our youngest children, the seeds. Here they take their first steps into our language, prayers, stories and values, and get ready for Bal Pushp Vatika.

WhenOnce a week, before the Bal Pushp Vatika program

Next stepPrepares the kids for Bal Pushp Vatika, which needs Hindi alphabets & matraye

What the kids learn: Hindi alphabets & vowel matraye (मात्राएँ) · Shri Hanuman Chalisa & aartis · stories from Upanishads & Puranas · Hindu rituals and their reasons · our value system

Full program details on Mandir Activities →

Bal Pushp Vatika Training Programबाल पुष्प वाटिका · free of charge

Every participating child receives a basic learning kit and a personal copy of Shri Ramcharitmanas from the Mandir, free of charge.

WhoKids aged 6–15 years, max. 8 per group

WhenOnce a week, after the Bal Sanskar Vatika program

StartsOnce a year on Shri Ram Navami

Pre-requisiteFamiliarity with Hindi alphabets & vowel matraye (मात्राएँ)

FeesCommitment, regular participation and a cheerful, smiling face

CompletionOpen session where kids present what they learned, then a certificate of merit from the Mandir

What the kids learn: 20–25 Sanskrit shlokas · basic information about India · mythological stories · fundamentals of Hinduism · intro to religious scriptures · Hindi months & seasons · famous people · reading Hanuman Chalisa · structure, reading and singing of Shri Ramcharitmanas · structure and reading of Shrimadbhagwadgita · Shrimadbhagwadgita shlokas, their meaning and relevance for kids · activities and games

Full program details on Mandir Activities →

🌱🌸 In both programs Introduction to our scriptures · fundamental principles and philosophy · stories from Ramayan, Mahabharat and of great leaders and inspirational people · stories from Abrahamic and other religions, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Taoism and other Eastern religions