Gurudev Siddha Peeth
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Gurudev Siddha Peeth is an Indian ashram belonging to the Siddha Yoga organization. It is situated between the villages of Ganeshpuri and Vajreshwari, seventy miles north-east of Mumbai. In Siddha Yoga it is known as the "mother ashram" because it is where Siddha Yoga really began.[1]
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[edit] History
The ashram's origins date back to the guru known as Bhagawan Nityananda, who had been in Ganeshpuri since 1936.[2] Before he died in 1961,[3] Nityananda is said to have told a devotee, Swami Muktananda, to build an ashram at Ganeshpuri on land that Nityananda gave him.[4]
Swami Muktananda established the ashram and called it Sri Gurudev Ashram,[5] in honour of Nityananda. In 1978, the name was changed to Gurudev Siddha Peeth. The ashram is the site of shrines to both Nityananda and Muktananda (who died in 1982).[6] It functions as a full-time spiritual retreat for people who want to pursue their Siddha Yoga practices.
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- ^ (Brooks 1997, p. 49)
- ^ (Brooks 1997, p. 8)
- ^ (Brooks 1997, p. 47)
- ^ (Brooks 1997, p. 48)
- ^ (Brooks 1997, p. 49)
- ^ (Brooks 1997, p. 42)
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- Brooks, Douglas Renfrew (1997), Meditation Revolution, Agama Press, ISBN 812081648X
- Muktananda, Swami (1996), Bhagawan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, SYDA Foundation, ISBN 0911307451
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