LIVE ASHRAM’S LIFE
Avdhoot Ashram provides you accommodation and all amenities for a trouble-free, so that visitors can devote themselves to meditation, study and service and generally relax and enjoy the beauty and peace of their surroundings. One can sit by the Ganges or bathe in its refreshing waters and there is plenty of space to stroll around. Those who would like to balance their meditation with simple karma yoga may participate in light work (‘service’) which contributes to the running of the Ashram. Such activities include picking flowers in the morning for prayers.
We have 108 residential rooms that retain the simplicity of ashram living and yet are equipped with the necessary modern amenities. Mostly guest rooms have attached, Western-style bathrooms and have hot running water. The ashram provides a clean, pure and sacred atmosphere to thousands of pilgrims and devotees.
Rules and Regulations of the Ashram
Avdhoot Ashram welcomes all visitors and offers ample opportunity for meditation and service to sincere aspirants. As with most Ashrams and spiritual communities, however, there are certain rules which visitors and residents are asked to observe in order to keep the ashram running smoothly and harmoniously and to preserve a peaceful and spiritual environment.
Briefly, these are as follows :
- The following are strictly prohibited: smoking, drinking intoxicants, using drugs, eating egg or other non-vegetarian foods, playing cards, watching television, playing radios/cassette players loudly. We also recommend that you refrain from eating onions and garlic.
- Please do not oblige anyone by directly providing money, clothes or tips of any kind. This affects the discipline and management of the ashram as well as negatively influences the divine, devoted feeling amongst the individuals here. Whatever help you want to give, please donate it to the office, because it will be distributed where it is most needed
- All people are required to dress modestly and soberly, in a way that shows respect for the tradition of ashram life. We request that no shorts, sleeveless shirts, or other revealing clothing are worn.
- No strangers or persons who are not mentioned on the admission form are allowed to be invited or entertained in the ashram.
- If the person has to leave for one day, he or she will have to inform in the office and will have to leave the keys to the room in the ashram office. If he or she has to leave for more than one day, he or she will have to vacate the room. Locking the room without providing information to the management is prohibited. If necessary, the management will open the room by breaking the lock.
- It is the your’s responsibility to keep his/her room clean and tidy, do not affix the any kind of sticker or photo on the wall, even cooking and heater are not allowed in the room. Rooms should always remain in the same condition as when they were assigned.
- No pets are allowed
- Please insist on a receipt for your donation. Specify the cause to which you want to donate (e.g. food for the poor, school, gaushala, accommodation, yoga and meditation programs etc.)
- Timing of the main get of the Ashram: 4:30am to 10:00pm