Ashram in India

Vrindavan is situated in North India about 151 km south of Delhi. It is the place where Lord Krishna spent his early childhood and with its 5000 temples it is one of India’s main pilgrim cities.

In 1995 Swami ji founded an Ashram in his hometown Vrindavan. On this land he built an underground cave which he entered in 1997 to spend the following three years and 108 days in meditation. Today the Ashram is home not only to him and his family but also to a number of students between the age of 12 and 20 who receive a spiritual education there. The students learn Yoga, Meditation and Sanskrit literature from experienced and qualified teachers. Their education and full board is free of charge. This means that their families are free of this financial pressure and the students learn and grow in a positive, loving and spiritual environment.
Next to the building of the cave you can find the Swami Balendu e.V. Kindergarten and Primary School which were opened to provide education to children of poor families of Vrindavan.
Any interested visitor to India is welcome to visit and stay at the Ashram.

The Ashram is very open, friendly and hospitable. The rooms are spacious, fully air conditioned and have bathroom and shower facilities. There is also a beautiful lawn and patio.
Yoga classes are available whenever a group is coming for Yoga holidays and when special courses are offered. Throughout the year there are several spiritual retreats, yoga and Ayurveda holidays and you are also welcome to bring your group and let the Ashram be your spiritual retreat center for your retreats and classes.
Visitors are free to spend their time as they please. You may wish to sit in the peace and tranquillity of the Ashram and enjoy the wonderful energy. You can also visit Swami ji’s cave, where he spent over three and half years in mantra meditation. Here you can experience very high loving vibration and absorb its healing qualities.
You may also like to visit some of Vrindavan’s many temples, other ashrams or markets.
Delicious meals are served and shared in a very loving way at the Ashram.
All visitors are welcome. However, this is an Ashram, not a hotel. We are happy to open our doors for people who feel a connection with the Ashram and who are interested in our projects and activities. We do not welcome people who are related with any sect and their manipulating activities.

The principle of our Ashram is to share our food, room, our feelings and our love. And we love to share! Many people are working here to keep the building and the garden as nice and clean as it is. Our children charity projects are growing and we would like to invite more and more people to come and see what we have already achieved. To be able to maintain this we would like to ask every guest to consider giving a charitable donation of an affordable amount.
An Ashram should always be a free place to stay for any visitor, rich or poor, but unfortunately many Ashrams have turned into guest houses and hotels with fixed room prices. We are not a hotel nor are we charging anything per room per night. Even to the poorest traveller we love to give the possibility to stay here. But we would like to see appreciation also from our guests who are financially in a better situation. Please respect our feeling that we don’t want to make a minimum or a maximum price. For everyone there is another appropriate amount.

Please feel free to come and visit our Ashram whenever you are in Vrindavan. If you wish to come when Swami Ji and Yashendu are there, you can check our schedule.

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