Sri Satya Sai
Prashanti Vidya Mandir
Secondary School · Gangtok, Sikkim · CBSE Affiliation No. 1820149
The end of education is character.
A value-based school in the heart of the Himalayas, where academic excellence and the forming of character are pursued as one.
सत्यं वद · धर्मं चरSpeak the truth · Walk in righteousness
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Welcome
A school that promotes Excellence
Prashanti Vidya Mandir came into being in the year 1984 at the express commandment of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
Nurtured by SPACE Sikkim since 1995, it has shaped generations of students who now carry its values across the country and beyond.
Thought for the day
“Love is God. Live in Love.”
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Everything that the School offers
Academics
A CBSE curriculum, taught in the idiom of human values by teachers who know every child by name.
Academics →Residential Experience
A nurturing home, nestled in the hills of Sikkim, safe and clean mountain air, a gentle daily rhythm of study, sport, music and prayer.
Boarding →The Cardinal Values
Sathya, Dharma, Shanti and Prema translated as truth, righteousness, peace and love.
Values →Music & arts
From the founder's school song to the school band: the sound of this school is children in tune with Music and Aesthetics.
Music →Life at the School
Assembly, meals, games, music and a year of festivals: A perfect delight for everyone here.
Life →What it is like to grow up here
Your child wakes before the mountains have found their light,
where mist embraces the valleys, and the dawn sings softly through the trees.
She lifts her voice with the morning prayer,
and blends it with the voices singing the pre-dawn Song of Awakening,
and in that quiet moment, learns that strength begins with gratitude.
The hills become her classroom.
The sky becomes her ceiling.
Nature becomes her first teacher.
She learns to wonder before she learns to answer,
to listen before she speaks,
to serve before she seeks.
Each sunrise awakens curiosity.
Each lesson shapes wisdom.
Each friendship nurtures compassion.
Each day reveals a little more of who she is meant to become.
When evening gathers the mountains in gold,
she returns home, not only with books in her hands,
but with kindness in her heart, confidence in her spirit,
peace in her mind, and joy in her soul.
For this is more than a school.
It is where childhood blossoms, character is nurtured,
and every child learns to become a light unto the world.
The heart of our school
Four cardinal values, lived every day
Sathya, Dharma, Shanti and Prema: truth, right conduct, peace and love. They are woven through every lesson and every school day, taught not as a subject but as a way of life.
Why families choose us
A different kind of school
Character before marks
Here the end of education is character. The Four Cardinal Values are not a subject on the timetable but the way the whole school lives.
Rooted since 1984
Founded at the command of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the school has shaped generations of children of these hills for four decades.
A home in the hills
Day scholars and boarders alike grow up in the clean mountain air of Gangtok, in a school that knows every child by name.
Music and the arts, daily
From the founder's own school song to the school band, music and aesthetics are woven through every day, not saved for a stage.
CBSE, taught in values
A full CBSE curriculum, Affiliation 1820149, taught in the idiom of human values by teachers who teach the child, not just the subject.
The Sai Educare way
Schooling for Excellence: academic, environmental and human excellence together, so a child leaves not only able, but whole.
Our founder
The gift of a school
In the year 1983, Bhagawan instructed Mrs. Phigu Tshering Tenzin to start a Values School in Sikkim while she was in Prashanti Nilayam to avail of Bhagawan’s Divine Darshan. Resultantly, the School was inaugurated on May 6, 1984 at her residence Prashanti Niketan in Gangtok.
Swami instructed her that the school must be an example of Schooling for Excellence as taught by Him. Following the inauguration she went to Prashanti Nilayam where Swami told her about the importance of discipline, the manner in which she should organise programs and conduct herself in a manner befitting the opportunity given by Him.
He even spelt out the theme for the logo of the School and asked her to let a good artist design it carefully. “The logo represents the vision and mission of the school,” Swami said to her. Thereafter each year, Mrs. Tenzin made her pilgrimage to Prashanti Nilayam where Bhagawan would ask her about the progress of the school and she would in all her devout humility submit the annual report to Beloved Bhagawan.
Given by Bhagawan, 1984
The Emblem
“The logo represents the vision and mission of the school,” Swami said — and asked that a good artist design it carefully. Every element carries a meaning.
The rising sun
The dawn of knowledge, rising over the school’s name — each day of learning a new sunrise.
The two elephants
Strength, patience and auspicious beginnings, standing guard on either side of learning.
The lotus
Purity of heart at the very centre — blooming above the water, untouched by it.
The unbroken ring
The wholeness of education: head, heart and hand held together in one golden circle.
Sung every morning since 1984
The School Song
Bless Thy School, O Lord we pray
Keep it safe by night and day
Bless these walls so firm and stout
Keep the false and evils out
Bless the classes, teachers all
Spread Thy wisdom over all
Bless these gates that they may prove
Ever open to Joy and Love
Bless these windows shining bright
Letting in God's Heavenly Light
Bless the hearts of all in tune
With grace ascending like the moon
Bless Thy children here within
Keep them pure and free from sin
Bless us all, O Lord we pray
That we may shine from day to day.
Adapted from “Bless This House” (1927)
Original lyrics: Helen Taylor · Original music: May H. Brahe
Adapted school lyrics and melody: Mrs. P. Tshering Tenzin, inspired by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Music & the arts
Where music teaches what it means to be human
Music and the aesthetic arts hold a special place at Prashanti Vidya Mandir, taught in the spirit of the guru and shishya tradition. Through group singing, classical music and the arts, children learn discipline, devotion and joy in a single practice.
This tradition is growing into Sai Abhyudaya, our initiative for a conservatory of music, art and life, so that the arts remain not an extra but a way of forming character.
A glimpse of school life
Postcards from the hills
Some children stay in this school only because someone they will never meet decided they should.
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A place where your child will be known
We would be glad to speak with any family considering Prashanti Vidya Mandir. Read our prospectus, or begin an admission enquiry today.