Primary education and schooling are the foundations upon which an edifice of education is built and Dharmasthala has consistently laid emphasis on providing a solid basic education. Siddhavana, the modern re-creation of the gurukul, provides students with an education that prepares them for the life ahead. The students are not only taught Indian culture, yoga and Sanskrit but also jointly work on and manage a farm to inculcate a work ethos in them. Ratnamanasa too, supplements a regular syllabus with practical preparations for the future.


The Kshetra runs regular schools where education is provided to the local children in the vernacular. Recognising the importance of English in the modern world, Shri Heggade has established English-medium schools that offer children the benefit of quality education.

SDM Mangala Jyothi Integrated School located Vamanjoor is another school that has come under the Kshethra’s management. This unique institution which believes in ‘integrated schooling’ offers children with disabilities a chance to study alongside normal children so that their disability does not mark them out scar their mind. The school utilizes technologically advanced equipment and teaching methods to help the disadvantaged students. It maintains a ratio of one disabled child for every two normal ones. More than the education the affectionate and warm relationship between the tutor and the taught is a sight that is rarely witnessed in such institutions.