Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale establishing Sanatan’s Ashrams, which are replicas of the Ram Rajya

Sanatan’s Ashrams are vast sources of Chaitanya

Sanatan’s Ashrams are vast sources of Chaitanya (Divine consciousness), created from Gurudev’s spiritual vision. They serve as energy centres that inspire seekers who strive for God-realisation, as well as those engaged in the mission of protecting the Nation and creating awareness about Dharma in society. Self-discipline, systematic organisation, promptness in satseva, humility, love amongst seekers, and sattvikata in the Ashrams make them true replicas of Ram Rajya (‘Hindu Rashtra’) of the future.

Gurudev’s objective in establishing the Ashrams

Gurudev established the Ashrams so that seekers have an environment conducive for full-time spiritual practice. At present, about 800 seekers in Sanatan’s Ashrams at Ramnathi (Ponda, Goa), Devad (Panvel, Maharashtra) & Miraj (Sangli, Maharashtra) are pursuing spiritual practice.

Seekers living like one family

One of the most striking features of these Ashrams is that seekers from different age groups and castes live together joyfully and harmoniously. Despite the unprecedented rise of caste-based discrimination in today’s India, the caste-neutrality observed in Sanatan’s Ashrams is remarkable. The Ashrams thus function as a single family of hundreds of members. Through the Ashrams, Gurudev has practically demonstrated that with the goal of God-realisation, a unified society can be created, and the spiritual experience of Ram Rajya can be obtained.

Activities of protecting the Nation and bringing about awakening on Dharma in Sanatan’s Ashrams

Sanatan Ashram, Ramnathi, Ponda, Goa : This Ashram is the result of the blessings of Dr Jayant Athavale’s Guru Saint Bhaktaraj Maharaj in 1993.

Today, the Ramnathi Ashram is the headquarter of Sanatan Sanstha. Ancient Sages guide Sanatan through the medium of Nadipatti Readings. As per the guidance through these Nadipattis, Idols of Deities and Dharmik symbols have been established in the Ashram. Further, due to the Holy presence of Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale – who, as glorified by the Sages, is an Incarnation of Shri Vishnu – Sanatan’s Ramnathi Ashram has become a pilgrimage centre.

– Sanatan’s Saint, Pujya Sandeep Alshi (Compiler of Sanatan’s Texts)

A. Sanatan Prabhat Media Group : The central office of this Group and its Goa and Sindhudurg Daily Edition is in this Ashram. The editors, correspondents, layout designers, advertisement teams, printing seva teams, those who manage collections of dues – all are seekers.

B. Digital seva (Social media, websites, Apps) : Young seekers, highly qualified in the field of information and technology (IT) having given up lucrative jobs, manage Sanatan’s official website (Sanatan.org) and mobile Apps which spread Hindu Dharma.

C. Compilation of Texts : Texts are compiled by Sachchidananda Parabrahman (Dr) Athavale here in English, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and Kannada. Typing, compilation, proofreading, and computer designing are done by seekers (from youth to the elderly).

D. Art seva : About 20 seeker-artists create covers of Texts, sattvik pictures and Idols of Deities, subtle knowledge illustrations, sattvik rangolis, sattvik mehndi designs, and sattvik Devanagari calligraphy – all with the perspective of ‘Art for God-realisation’ and not merely ‘Art for the sake of art’.

E. Audio-video production : The Ashram has 2 state-of-the-art studios, and many editing rooms. Religious programmes, interviews with Saints, and documentaries are filmed and edited here.

F. Spiritual research : The Ashram is also the site of experiments conducted with the help of scientific instruments to prove the superiority of Hindu culture and the importance of Spirituality.

G. Exhibition of unique spiritual items : The Ashram houses an exhibition of items that provide an introduction to the subtle dimension with spiritual significance.

H. Sanatan Purohit Pathshala : The Ashram has a ‘Sanatan Purohit Pathshala (Priest school)’ and a ‘Yajnashala (Demarcated place for performing Yajnas – Fire sacrifices)’. Here, the student-priests are trained in the knowledge required for performing priestly duties and are taught how to perform these as spiritual practice. These priests conduct religious rituals and Yajnas in the Yajnashala for the protection of Dharma.

(To learn more about the activities in Ramnathi Ashram, visit the YouTube channel : @SanatanSanstha)