Shanti Ashram
| Shanti Ashram শান্তি আশ্রম | |
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Shanti Ashram, on the banks of the river Brahamaputra, Kokilamukh (Jorhat), Assam, | |
  Shanti Ashram শান্তি আশ্রম Location in Jorhat | |
| Name | |
| Other names | Saraswata Matha or Assam Bongiya Saraswata Matha |
| Proper name | Shanti Ashram |
| Devanagari | शांति आश्रम |
| Tamil | சண்டி ஆஷ்ரம் |
| Oriya | ଶାନ୍ତି ଆଶରମ୍ |
| Bengali | শান্তি আশ্রম |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 26°49′50″N 94°10′44″E / 26.830650°N 94.178800°ECoordinates: 26°49′50″N 94°10′44″E / 26.830650°N 94.178800°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Shivsagar |
| Location | Kokilamukh, Jorhat, Assam |
| Culture | |
| Primary deity | Nigamananda |
| Important festivals | Barshika Utshova, Sammilani & Akshaya Tritiya |
| Architecture | |
| Number of temples | Three |
| History and governance | |
| Date built | 1912 |
| Creator | Nigamananda |
| Website | absmath.org |
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Shanti Ashram (Bengali: শান্তি আশ্রম) (Hindi: शांति आश्रम), now known as "Saraswata Matha" or "Assam Bongiya Saraswata Matha" founded by Swami Nigamananda in the suspicious occasion of Akshay Tritiya at Kokilamukh on 5th Baisakh 1919 B.S.[1][2][3] The main objective of "Shanti Ashram" (शांति आश्रम) to fulfill his three missions, to propagate Sanatana Dharma (spreading eternal religion), spreading true education and serve everybody as god incarnate.
History
Shanti Ashram was founded for the first time by Swami Nigamananda on Akshay Tritiya at Kumilla Durgapur in 1314 B.S. Then Shanti Ashram was shifted to Gendaria in Dhaka in 1318 B.S. Sri Gouranga Anath Niketan was founded there on 26th Agrahayana 1318 B.S. The noble purpose behind it is to serve the distressed, the grieved, the sick and the poor. There was a disciple of named "Saruram Kalita" purchased a plot of 80 bighas at "Kumarveti Chapri village" of "Kokilamukh", Jorhat in Sibsagar district after taking money from Nigamananda. The Math was instituted on the land. Nigamananda himself founded the "asan"(seat) of Guru Brahama at "Kokilamukh" near Jorhat in the propitious occasion of Akshay Tritiya on 7th Baisakh 1319 B.S. and gave the name to it as Shanti Ashram. First seven self-denying disciples (Swami Chidananda, Swami Premananda, Swami Swarupananda, Swami Yogananda, Swami Suddhananda, Swami Bodhananda and Swami Saradananda) were initiated asceticism by Nigamananda and he gave name to this Ashram as "Saraswat Math".[4] Then it has been given a name to Assam Bangiya Saraswat Math since 1325 B.S. Being an ascetic relating to the title of "Saraswati" (tradition name) under the Sringeri Math Nigamananda gives the name to his Math as "Saraswata Matha".
Location
Shanti Ashram or Saraswat Math was sheltered in the lap of a formidable, meadow situated within six miles of Jorhat . On one side of Math, there was a tribal village and the three sides were covered with jungle growth. Mariyani-Jorhat, light rail-ways, passed through the tribal village up to "Kokilamukh". The Himalaya mountain ranges are situated on the north of this place, "Udayagiri" (name of mountain) on the East and Naga hills on the South.[5]
Glory
It is believed that the divine forces of Guru which turned the Ashram a center of spiritual activities and counted as and preligrimage place of India now.[6][7] This Math completed its hundredth anniversary on Akshaya Tritiya Baishakh, 2011 (1418 BS), i.e. on 6 May 2011.[8] Nigamananda said, this matha is very dear to my heart, I can sacrifice my life hundred times for the sake of this matha.[9] Works of Saraswata Granthavali(सारस्वत ग्रंथावली) (These are Brahmacharya Sadhan (ब्रह्मचर्य साधन), Yogiguru (योगिगुरु), Tantrikguru (तांत्रिकगुरु), Jnaniguru (ज्ञानीगुरु), and Premikguru (प्रेमिकगुरु)) edited by Nigamananda were published in "Saraswata Math" press. A religious monthly called "Aryadarpan"(आर्य दर्पण) continued to print here. Nigamananda's ashram at Halisahar,[10][11][12] Saraswata Matha (previously Shanti Ashram) in Jorhat and Sundarbans are places of pilgrimage.[6][7][13]
See also
External links
- Official Website of Shanti Ashram or Assam Bangia Saraswata Matha
- 26°49′50″N 94°10′44″E / 26.830650°N 94.178800°E
References
- ↑ Library of Congress Office, New Delhi (1981). Accessions List, South Asia. Assam Bangiya Saraswata Matha. E.G. Smith for the U.S. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi. p. 674. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ Sadguru Swami Nigamananda. Shanti Ashram or Saraswawta Matha. Nilachal Saraswat Sangha, Puri:, Bhubaneswar. 2001. p. 173. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ Sadguru Swami Nigamananda. Shanti Ashram. Nilachal Saraswat Sangha, Puri:, Bhubaneswar. 2001. p. 173. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ Moni Bagchee (1987). Sadguru Nigamananda: A Spiritual Biography. First seven disciples of Swami Nigamananda. Assam Bangiya Saraswat Math. p. 185. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ Shree Shree Thakur Nigamananda-Oriya Jeevani, See Chapter-"SARASWATA MATHA" Writer: Durgacharan Mohanty, Banmali Das, Nilanchala Saraswata Sangha, Puri
- 1 2 Translated by Swami Swahananda (1997). Mahapurush Maharaj As We Knew Him (Swami Nigamananda's Sundarbans Ashram ). Vedanta Press. pp. 207–. ISBN 978-0-87481-053-0. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- 1 2 M. C. Behera (1 January 1998). Pilgrim centre Parashuram Kund: articulation of Indian society, culture, and economic dimension. Saraswata Math (Shanti Ashram) is a pilgrim sacred centre in India. Commonwealth Publishers. p. 18. ISBN 978-81-7169-503-4. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ↑ 100 Year celebration of ABS Math (Assam Bangiya Saraswata Math)
- ↑ Swami Nigamananda's Quote on his "Saraswata Matha"
- ↑ Assam Bangiya Saraswat Math and Cemetery of Swami Nigamananda
- ↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Metro | Next weekend you can be at ... Halisahar". Telegraphindia.com. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ↑ His ashram at Halisahar is a place of pilgrimage Banglapedia
- ↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Metro | HALISAHAR- A Place of pilgrimage - There is a Shiva temple near the Kali temple. Nigamananda’s ashram is worth a visit". Telegraphindia.com. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-29.