Ghanshyam Singh Birla

Ghanshyam Singh Birla (1941-2024)
Ghanshyam Singh Birla spent his life studying, practicing and teaching the Vedic sciences. When he was a young boy in India, he was introduced to mantras by his grandfather, who was a renowned Vedic scholar and practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine.

In 1972 Ghanshyam founded the Birla Center in Montreal, Canada, devoted to teaching Vedic healing techniques—including yoga, pranayama, meditation and mantra. Feeling compelled to share his knowledge of the incredible healing power and consciousness-raising potential of mantra, Ghanshyam teamed up with musicians Peter Keogh and Serge Fiori to record a series of recordings to celebrate powerful Vedic Mantras – the first of which is The Gayatri Mantra remastered and re-released in 2025.

The Gayatri Mantra (remastered)

The Gayatri Mantra, a sacred Sanskrit verse, was a favorite of Ghanshyam’s and he had a silent wish that when the opportunity arose, he would like to share this mantra with everyone. The Gayatri Mantra is taken from the Rig Veda and has been chanted for thousands of years. Known as the “Mother of all Mantras” it is said to contain all the wisdom of the Cosmos.
The Gayatri Mantra instills a sense of gratitude for the transformation we realize by listening to or chanting the mantra. The Gayatri purifies our heart and opens us up to receive vibrations of love, wisdom, and bliss.

For more information about Ghanshyam’s recordings, books and lifework – please visit: www.palmistry.com