Imagine stepping into a space where numbers seem to dance, shapes whirl with energy, and patterns greet you like old friends — a joyful way to celebrate National Mathematics Day on 22 December 2025.

For many of us, the subject didn’t start that way. It arrived with tests, formulas, and the pressure to get every answer right.

Math itself isn’t born frightening; it becomes so with drills and pressure. 

But what if we returned to its playful roots? What if equations lived in movement, colour and curiosity? And could be felt alive in games, sculptures, music and the world around us.

That’s exactly the magic of the Agastya Foundation’s Ramanujan Math Park, where the fear of math melts into wonder. 

Ramanujan Math Park is nestled within Agastya’s 172-acre ‘Campus Creativity Lab’ in Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, a sprawling rural campus dedicated to hands-on creative education. 

Named after the Bhāratiya genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, who continues to inspire countless young minds, at the park, his legacy becomes a living experience for children. 

Inaugurated on 22 December 2017, Ramanujan’s birthday, which is also celebrated across India as National Mathematics Day, the park was conceived with love, vision and deep commitment by mathematician-communicator V S S. Sastry, along with philanthropist-mathematician couple Sujatha Ramdorai and Srinivasan Ramdorai.

Ramanujan Math Park is not a conventional classroom with rows of desks and daunting blackboards; instead, it’s a vibrant world with outdoor installations, indoor labs,........

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