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    Dr. G. B. Jani
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Gita Pariksha Vibhag
Address
GITA EXAMS DEPARTMENT
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,
Kulapati Munshi Marg,
Mumbai - 400 007
Maharashtra
email : bvbsktexam@gmail.com
Phone : 022-23634462/3/4, Extn.230


Next Gita Examinations will be held on Saturday-Sunday, 16-17 December, 2023. Those, who are interested in appearing in these examinations at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Head Office, Mumbai; may contact and submit their application-forms before 21-11-2023, at the address mentioned above.

The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gita Vidyalaya (Academy for the study of Indian culture with special reference to the Bhagavad Gita) was established in 1945. It conducted several discourses and lectures on the Gita by eminent scholars till 1958. From 1958, the Bhavan's Gita Examinations are conducted, twice a year (in May and December), at various Gita examination centres in India and abroad.
The details of the four Gita Examinations are as under:-

  1. Gita Prarambha [One Question Paper]
  2. Gita Pravesha [Two Question Papers]
  3. Gita Parichaya [Three Question Papers]
  4. Gita Kovida [Four Question Papers]

Following text-books (in Hindi) are published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for its Gita Examinations:-


  1. Gita Pathavali Part-1
    Text-book for Gita Prarambha Exam.
    (One question-paper)
    This text-book contains the word-to-word translation of 1-3 Adhyayas of the Gita, along with Sanskrit text.
  2. Gita Pathavali Part-2
    Text-book for Gita Pravesha Exam.
    (First question-paper)
    This text-book contains the word-to-word translation of 4-7 Adhyayas of the Gita, along with Sanskrit text.
  3. Mahabharata ki Katha evam Patra-parichaya
    Text-book for Gita Pravesha Exam.
    (Second question-paper)
    This text-book contains the brief story contained in each of the eighteen books (Parvan-s) of the Mahabharata, as well as the short sketches of leading characters of the epic.
  4. Gita Pathavali Part-3
    Text-book for Gita Parichaya Exam.
    (First question-paper)
    This text-book contains the word-to-word translation of 8-10 Adhyayas of the Gita, along with Sanskrit text.
  5. Gita Pathavali Part-4
    Text-book for Gita Parichaya Exam.
    (Second question-paper)
    This text-book contains the word-to-word translation of 11-12 Adhyayas of the Gita, along with Sanskrit text.
  6. Gita Nibandhavali Part-1
    Text-book for Gita Parichaya Exam.
    (Third question-paper)
    This text-book contains six essays on the message of the Gita, based on the writings of Lokamanya Tilak, Maharshi Aurobindo Ghosh, Mahatma Gandhi, Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, and Kulapati Dr. K. M. Munshi.
  7. Gita Pathavali Part-5
    Text-book for Gita Kovida Exam.
    (First question-paper)
    This text-book contains the word-to-word translation of 13-14 Adhyayas of the Gita, along with Sanskrit text.
  8. Gita Pathavali Part-6
    Text-book for Gita Kovida Exam.
    (Second question-paper)
    This text-book contains the word-to-word translation of 15-17 Adhyayas of the Gita, along with Sanskrit text.
  9. Gita Pathavali Part-7
    Text-book for Gita Kovida Exam.
    (Third question-paper)
    This text-book contains the word-to-word translation of the last 18th Adhyaya of the Gita, along with Sanskrit text.
  10. Gita Nibandhavali Part-1
    Text-book for Gita Kovida Exam.
    (Fourth question-paper)
    This text-book contains essays on the life and works of Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, Swami Vivekanand, Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, and Shri Ramana Maharshi.

Those who are interested in obtaining these text-books either for Gita Examinations or for selfstudy of the Gita, may please contact:

Book Sales Division,
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,
505, Sane Guruji Marg,
Gora Gandhi Compound,
Tardeo, Mumbai-400 034, Maharastra.
Phone: 022/23530916/ 23514466/ 23519808/ 23520385
email:pvsankarankutty@gmail.com, pvsankarankutty@bhavans.info
Opening A New Centre

The permission for opening a new centre for conducting Bhavan's Saral Sanskrit Examinations is given to schools, educational institutes, and Sanskrit scholars who have the facility of teaching the courses of these examinations. Those who are interested in opening a new examination centre, may send their letter/email [with full postal address (with PIN code), mobile nos., etc.] [for obtaining the application-form for opening the new examination centre, and all other details (like exam. fees etc.)] to :

Examination Secretary
Gita Exams. Department
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Kulapati Munshi Marg, Chowpatty,
Mumbai-400 007, Maharashtra.
Tel. 022-23634462/3/4, Extn. No. 230,
Email : bvbsktexam@gmail.com
Timings: From 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. (Monday to Saturday)
(except on Sundays, 2nd & 4th Saturdays and Public holidays


Last updated on:12, July, 2022