Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Sept 19: A free week-long Yog Dhyaan Saadhna Shivir is currently running at Mahatma Rasila Ram Vedic Vanprasth Ashram at village Mongarli on Jib-Thathi Road in district Udhampur.
Started on September 15 under the patronage of the renowned Vedic exponent Chaitanya Swami, emphatic discourses of Mata Satyapriya Acharya Sukama Vedika from Punjab, sweet melodies of Akhilesh Bharti and Yoga expositions and classes by Ram Bhikshu (Patanjali) are adding charm to the program.
Participants from various corners of the country have housed in the Ashram for attending the Shivir and are benefitting spiritually and health wise. There are no charges for attending the Shivir, however the participants are required to maintain order and discipline and follow full routines of the Shivir that start at 4 AM and culminate by 9 PM.
Mahatma Rasila Ram Vedic Vanprasth Ashram and Gurukul Ananddham Garhi has been extending social and religious reform services to the society through Vanprasth Ashram where the Vanprasthis can put up for their scholarly pursuits as well as for sustaining in a pollution free environment at Village Mongarli.
A large Goushala, a dispensary and a children’s home are also run by the Ashram. The Ashram has been established via a registered Trust on 50 kanal land Donated by The Family of Late Sh. Mahatma Rasila Ram, who had spent his life as a social reformer, working all his life without being noticed and selflessly.
The calendar of events at the Ashram includes various moral upliftment camps, social reform practices and Vedic preachings as followed by the Arya Samaj. The biannual Vedic Yog Sadhna Shivirs are however the chief attractions when the Vedic luminaries hold a week-long Saadhna Shivir in the months of April and September and the rigorous routines of Yoga Sadhna are imparted.
The Management of the Shivir include Bharat Bhushan Gupta (Advocate of Kathua), Vijay Bhagotra (Jammu), Ram Pyari Gupta and Arun Choudhary (Rehari, Jammu).