The Agama Patasala or school of Agamic study is the traditional context for the preservation of the Vedic culture and recitation. In modern India the Agama Patasala system is rapidly disappearing as fewer young people pursue these studies and also traditional sources of funding diminished.
The focus of their curriculum is on mastery of the entire Agama, memorizing of verses, understanding their meaning and application, reciting them in complex cyclical patterns, reciting them in impeccable pronunciation, inflection and resonance and create a strong custodians of these powerful mantras and the traditions. In addition, teach how to conduct yajnas and rituals to invoke blessings.
Few of them offer addition courses in English and Computer literacy programs.
Refreshments courses, vocational courses on Veda Agama Sastra are also offered by the various State Religious department and private organizations.
To compete with the modern day science and technological development, and to keep learning the vast resource of knowledge of our traditional Veda Agama subjects, Agama Academy shall ensure that the world’s oldest living religious practices are made available to everyone in this world through our website www.agamam.org, www.agamaacademy.org & www.agamaacademy.com
To view the profile of few Agama Patasalas, click the following links:
Sivapuram Veda Sivagama Patasalai, Myladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Vedha Sivagama Patasalai, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Srimath Srikanta Sivacharya Veda Sivagama Vidya Peetam, Karaikkal, Tamil Nadu, India
Sree Sivasakthi Vedha Sivagama Samskrutha Vidhyalaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Tirupati, India