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Welcome to CHiTra at University of Florida

The University of Florida (UF) has created the nation’s first Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) to encourage the research, teaching, and public understanding of Hindu culture and traditions. Housed in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, our center emphasizes interdisciplinary work and the study of Global Hindu traditions.

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A Book Launch and Discussion on Stories of Shiva’s Saints: Selections from Harihara’s Ragales By Gil Ben-Herut and R. V. S. Sundaram

A Book Launch and Discussion on Stories of Shiva’s Saints: Selections from Harihara’s Ragales By Gil Ben-Herut and R. V. S. Sundaram

Monday October 13, 2025
A book launch and a discussion of “Transformed by India”

A book launch and a discussion of “Transformed by India”

Friday September 5, 2025

A book launch and a discussion of “Transformed by India” by Dr. Stephen Huyler.
Virtual Book Launch – Krishna’s Mahabharata’s: Devotional Retellings Of An Epic Narrative

Virtual Book Launch – Krishna’s Mahabharata’s: Devotional Retellings Of An Epic Narrative

Saturday April 13, 2024

How does an Indian classical dance form that traces its origins to Bharata’s Treatise on Dance, (c. first century CE), become integrated into the American cultural fabric and become “mainstream,” with representatives in the National Council for the Arts?

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