Sri Raman Ashram in Tiruvannamalai

Accommodation facilities at the ashram

• All the visitors wanting to stay at Sri Raman Ashram should write an email at least a month in advance or write a letter to the ashram approximately 6 weeks before their arrival.
• There are rooms suitable for individuals, couples as well as families
• The rooms are furnished and most of them have an attached bathroom
• Hot water in rooms are available in winters
• Only vegetarian meals are served in South Indian style         
• Filtered water is available for drinking
• Medical facilities are available on requirement.

Other structures situated within and around the ashram are

The New Hall

• The hall contains a life sized statue of Sri Raman and couch carved out from a single stone and polished like a black marble.

The Old Hall

• The Old Hall is the place where devotees used to meet Sri Maharishi. It is a favorite place for visitors and inmates alike to practice meditation.

Matrubhuteshwara Temple

• The sanctum sanctorum contains a sacred Shiva Lingum and Sri Chakra Meru which is sanctified by Raman Maharishi’s own touch. A special puja, called Sri Chakra Puja is conducted here on all Fridays, full moon days and first day of twelve solar months.  

Sri Maharishi’s Samadhi

• The shrine contains the tomb of Sri Maharishi. It is beautifully embellished with four large granite pillars which are polished to look like black marble.

The Dining Hall

• The Hall has a total capacity of nearly 800 and it has a large kitchen that can cook meals and serve on special occasions like the Jayanti, during which nearly two to three thousand people gather here.

Gosala

• This is ashram’s dairy and cattle farm which provide wholesome dairy products the ashram’s in-house needs.

Vedapatasala

• Also known as the Yajurveda School, where students are trained in Vedas and vocational training.

The Nirvana Room

• This is a small room which is located to the east of the New Hall and North of the office. This is the place where Sri Raman spent his last days. Hence it is viewed with a special reverence amongst the devotees.

Guest Rooms

• Guest Rooms are places for the guests to stay and experience the divine atmosphere of the ashram. All the guest rooms are properly furnished with simple beds, bathrooms, overhead fans as well as screened windows and doors.

Dispensary

• The Dispensary provide free medical aid to the visitors as well as ashram inmates.

Book Store

• The book store make available, literature related to Sri Raman, including his original works, commentaries and biographies and reminiscences in different languages. The book store also has photographs, CD’s, videos and the Journal The Mountain Path which is published by Raman Ashram.

Sri Raman Library

• The library has an extensive collection of books on spiritual matters which are available in different languages. Visitors are welcomed to borrow books after taking the requisite membership.

Skandasramam

• This is a hermitage situated on the hill which overlooks The Big Temple. This is the place where Sri Raman Maharishi lived from 1916 to 1922.

Virupaksha Cave

• The cave is shaped in the form of the sacred Om and contains the Samadhi of the sage Virupaksha. Sri Raman Maharishi lived here from 1899 to 1916. The sites are preserved for the benefit of visitors to come and be a part of the divine ambience of the ashram.