Chinmaya Mission Pittsburgh (CMP) was started in 1978 with the inspiration and blessings of Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda, after his very first Gita jnana yajna in Pittsburgh. Gurudev loved the city’s green, rolling hills and said the merging of the three rivers – Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio – reminded him of Prayag. In all, Gurudev conducted two spiritual camps and three Gita jnana yajnas in Pittsburgh.

In 2008, CMP setup its first location at 3817 Northern Pike, Monroeville. Pujya Swami Tejomayanandaji of Chinmaya Mission International advised us to install Hanumanji’s Murthy at this center and named the center Chinmaya Sanjeevani. The center was formally opened on August 3, 2008 by Pujya Swami Tejomayanandaji.

On October 25, 2016, Chinmaya Mission Pittsburgh purchased a beautiful 9-acre lot in Mars, PA located 25 miles north of downtown Pittsburgh. On May 2, 2021, with blessings of Bhagwan Shiva and Pujya Gurudev, CM Pittsburgh conducted the sacred ceremony of Bhumi Puja, asking Mother Earth for her permission to build Chinmaya Amarnath on that site. So rarified an opportunity was that puja that it brought tears to many. On Aug 17-20, 2022, Pujya Swami Swapoorananda and Pujya Swami Shantananda
inaugurated CMP’s second location Chinmaya Amarnath welcomed Bhagwaan Amareswara, Devi Lalitha Tripura Sundari and Shri Kshipra Prasada Ganapati On May 2, 2021, with blessings of Bhagwan Shiva and Pujya Gurudev, CM Pittsburgh conducted the sacred ceremony of Bhumi Puja, asking Mother Earth for her permission to build Chinmaya Amarnath on that site. So rarified an opportunity was that puja that it brought tears to many. On Aug 17-20, 2022, Pujya Swami Swapoorananda and Pujya Swami Shantananda inaugurated CMP’s second location Chinmaya Amarnath welcoming Bhagwaan Amareswara, Devi Lalitha Tripura Sundari and Shri Kshipra Prasada Ganapati to our divine city. 

Swami Shantananda of CM Tri-State (NY, NJ, PA) conducts talks for CMP devotees at least twice a year. Over the years, he has spoken on a variety of interesting topics and texts, including Rama Gita and Vibhishana Gita. Other CM acharyas who have conducted jnana yajnas at CMP in the past include Pujya Swami Purushottamananda, Swamini Pavitrananda, Swami Dheerananda, Brahmachari Krishna Moorthy, Gaurang Nanavaty-ji, Swami Sharanananda, and Pujya Swamini Saradapriyananda.