India, the land of spirituality, has produced spiritual giants like Daaji, Vivekananda, Chariji, Buddha, Aurobindo, Babuji, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Lalaji. Many people from all parts of the world, including great achievers like Steve Jobs, have visited India and meditated.
Here are famous meditation centers in India.
Kanha Shanti Vanam
Located around 50 kilometers from Hyderabad, about 11 kilometers from the Hyderabad-Bangalore national highway, this serene meditation center houses the largest meditation hall in the world. It can accommodate more than 100,000 people at a time.
Magnificent in its conception and design, tranquil in its atmosphere, Kanha blends the beauty of nature with sprawling facilities being built to cater to the future of the Heartfulness movement.
Kanha Shanti Vanam offers various techniques that facilitate evolution of your consciousness.
These techniques are endorsed by President Ram Nath Kovind, ace shuttler PV Sindhu and more than four million practitioners in 160 countries.
All seekers of spirituality from around the world are welcome to come and meditate here, in the purity and sanctity of the atmosphere at Kanha Shanti Vanam.
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This is a heavenly and peaceful place with all the modern facilities, yet surrounded by lush green environment. The atmosphere is so sublime and subtle; it is perfect for meditating and going inwards to discover your real self and the bliss within. Heaven on Earth.
— Jogeswari V S PillaiBabuji Memorial Ashram, Chennai
Inspiring architecture and beauty of nature complement each other at Babuji Memorial Ashram, which is the world headquarters of Shri Ram Chandra Mission.
A special spiritual atmosphere permeates the ashram making it ideal to learn meditation.
The dormitories are situated below the meditation hall. Mattresses, mosquito nets, sheets, and pillows are available for rent at the bedding counter, located near the dormitories. Lockers are available for a small fee.
Heartfulness meditation teachers are available for one-on-one sessions. There is no fee to learn meditation here. Daaji is the Global Heartfulness Guide.
Babuji Memorial Ashram, Chennai
Meditation is a process to create a meditative state
within us that manifests our heart’s intrinsic goodness. This expression of goodness makes peace dynamic and life-affirming, and in its wake, brings unity and harmony to this world.
— DaajiBMA Ashram Visit Registration Form
Shri Ram Chandra Mission, Kolkata
This organization is dedicated to help human beings integrate spirituality into material life, using various techniques, including meditation.
Best place for meditation.
— Rakesh SinghMatrimandir, Pondicherry
Located at the centre of Auroville, Matrimandir (Temple of the Mother) is an edifice of spiritual significance for those who practice Integral yoga. It is a place for acquiring peace and meditation where people from all around the world come to lead a life without any caste, religion, colour, socio-economic status to realise human unity.
Matrimandir Architecture
Matrimandir is a combination of modern western and traditional Indian architecture. The spacious Inner Chamber in the upper hemisphere of the Matrimandir is completely white, with white marble walls and deep, white carpeting.
Matrimandir
Yogashram
Located in R K Puram, New Delhi, this wonderful ashram offers you various techniques to expand your consciousness and evolve.
Good people, Very nice place to learn meditation. Practice is well designed to be adoptable in today's lifestyle. Very profound results. And all is free of cost. Must visit place.
— Rohit SrivastavSri Ramana Ashram, Tiruvannamalai
Also known as Sri Ramanasramam, this ashram which was home to sage and philosopher Ramana Maharshi from 1922 to 1950, when he left his mortal body. Here you can learn Self-Inquiry Meditation Technique.
What is essential in any sadhana [spiritual practice] is to try to bring back the running mind and fix it on one thing only. Why then should it not be brought back and fixed in Self-attention (To this feeling of ‘I’)? That alone is Self-enquiry (atma-vichara). That is all that is to be done!
— Ramana MaharshiVipassana Meditation Center, Igatpuri
Located around 135 kilometers from Mumbai, this meditation center was set up by Burmese-Indian meditation teacher S.N. Goenka. Its pagoda has over 400 cells for individual meditation. The center offers various meditation courses.
Vipassana, roughly translated as ''Insight'' meditation, is known to be the oldest of Buddhist meditation practice.
Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore
This meditation center was founded under the aegis of Isha Foundation, which is dedicated to create an inclusive culture that promotes global harmony and progress. The center, which houses a 64,000 sq. ft. meditation hall, offers guided meditation and various yoga programs for inner transformation.
There are direct buses between Coimbatore and the Isha Yoga Center. Taxis can be booked from the airport as well as the railway station.
Trivia
Steve Jobs is said to have got the vision for creating Apple after he visited the Kainchi Dham ashram.
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