SACRED VEDIC ARTS
MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA
Sacred Vedic Arts is a Bhakti yoga temple, ashram, and cultural center in Miami, Florida, founded by Srimati Syamarani Dasi.
It is one of the only centers in the United States maintaining a complete daily temple program, active women’s and men’s ashrams, and a working Museum of Bhakti Art, all under the guidance of a living guru in the lineage of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
Help Us Build a Home
that Will Never Diminsh
ABOUT SACRED VEDIC ARTS
Sacred Vedic Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is committed to preserving, promoting, and propagating the rich cultural heritage of the Vedic tradition, providing a platform for spiritual enrichment, artistic expression, community engagement, and sustainable living. Rooted in the spiritual lineage of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga – the yoga of devotion. SVA’s mission is to inspire the public to join in on a journey of introspection and discovery through the power of art and spirituality.
Project Vision:
Our vision is to secure a permanent home for Sacred Vedic Arts on a devotional campus that will house a Bhakti-yoga temple, one of the world’s only museums dedicated to Bhakti Art, women’s and men’s ashrams, a community kitchen serving free prasadam daily, and Vedic arts education facilities.
This campus will serve as a lasting cultural and spiritual institution for devotees, seekers, and the broader community for generations to come.
THE PERMANENT CAMPUS WILL INCLUDE
Bhakti Yoga Temple
Full daily worship program, open to everyone. Daily worship as practiced in an unbroken lineage for millennia.
Museum of Bhakti Art
One of the largest museums in the world dedicated entirely to devotional art in the Bhakti tradition. At the centerpiece are hundreds of original paintings by Srimati Syamarani Dasi (Jadurani Dasi), preserved, displayed, and made accessible to all through immersive 3D projection mapping, a comprehensive digital archive, and cutting-edge museum technology. This promises an iconic cultural destination for Miami and the world.
Women’s, Men’s, and Family Ashrams
Permanent devotional community housing for monastic residents and families
Commercial Kitchen
Free prasadam served daily for residents, guests, and all who come. Commercial-grade operations for catering and community service.
Vedic Arts Classrooms
Education in the five sacred Vedic arts: literary, visual, performing, culinary, and ceremonial
Festival Hall
For kirtan, cultural celebrations, and community programs open to all
Building Forever
Goal: $8 Million USD
This is Phase One, securing the land and activating the campus.
- Property Acquisition: $5.1M – $6.1M
- Initial Improvements: $480K – $960K
- Development Planning: $400K – $800K
- Contingency Reserve: ~$320K
All figures are concept-stage estimates. Final costs to be validated during the planning and design phase.
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Heartfelt gratitude for your generous contributions!
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THE LIVING MISSION IS ALREADY ACTIVE EVERY DAY
Sacred Vedic Arts is not a future project.
It is already alive.
Every single day at SVA includes:
- A working Museum of Bhakti Art displaying original works from Syamarani Dasi’s collection
- Mangala arati before dawn, followed by full morning and evening programs
- Three daily meals offered as prasadam to residents, guests, and all who come
- Daily classes in Vedic philosophy, Bhakti-yoga, and the sacred arts
- Women’s and men’s ashrams housing 15-plus full-time, monastic residents in devotional community
- Residents distributing 25,000+ books and 12,000+ art prints annually
- Weekly prasadam distribution to college students and unhoused neighbors
- College programming established at Florida International University and Miami Dade College
- Shelter outreach
- Harinam sankirtan multiple times per week
- SVA welcomes 250+ unique visitors monthly and hosts regular festivals, kirtan nights, and community programs open to all.
Her Grace Srimati Syamarani Dasi (Jadurani Dasi),
Spiritual Director, Sacred Vedic Arts
Nrisimha deva, 1975
BIOGRAPHY
HG Srimati Syamarani Dasi, known affectionately as “Didi,” meaning elder sister, is one of the most senior living disciples of both Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
She is one of the few living, initiating female gurus in the Gaudiya Vaishnava lineage, and one of the foremost devotional artists in the history of the Bhakti tradition in the West.
In 1966, as a 19-year-old art student in New York City, she became one of Srila Prabhupada’s very first disciples. He discovered she studied art, and asked her to paint for Krishna, giving her the name Jadurani dasi.
Under his direct guidance — he sometimes sat beside her, describing exactly what he saw in his mind’s eye — she painted the illustrations that would fill his translations of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, and other Vedic literatures. Her artworks in those books have been distributed in over 550 million copies, in more than 80 languages, across every continent.
Her paintings are among the most recognized images in the world of Bhakti-yoga, reproduced in temples, homes, on music album covers, and in publications across India and the world.
After Srila Prabhupada’s departure in 1977, she continued under his spiritual successor Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, or Srila Gurudeva, who gave her the nickname Syamarani. Under his guidance she painted additional seminal works, including Seva-Kunja, now installed at a pilgrimage site in Vrindavan, India. Srila Gurudeva departed in 2010.
Syamarani Didi has since settled permanently in Miami, where she continues to restore her paintings by hand, write, teach daily, and guide students on the path of Bhakti. She could be in India, where countless people worship her, but she chose instead to return to the United States, to transmit this culture of love to those most in need of it.
Her works have been presented at Harvard University’s Program for the Evolution of Spirituality. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former President Ram Nath Kovind have both received and praised her work. But only in late 2025, after nearly 60 years of unbroken service, did she hold her first solo artistic exhibition.
The permanent campus of Sacred Vedic Arts is her offering to her spiritual masters, and her invitation to all who have been touched by this tradition to help build something that will last.
Cycle of life and Death ca 1980
Seva Kunja, 1993