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, 21-22, December, 2024. Those who are interested in appearing for these examinations at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Head Office, Mumbai; may contact and submit their application- forms (with prescribed fees) before 06-12-2024, at the above-mentioned office.

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.

Last updated on:03, April, 2024