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Ashram Culture

The following information is given for your convenience. We hope that you do not look at them as rules, but welcome them as suggestions to facilitate your stay and discipline your mind.

At a Glance>>

Meeting Pujyashri Gurudev
Accommodation
Dining
Library And Sales
Healthcare Centre
Lost Property
General Instructions

Pujyashri Gurudev with devotees

MEETING PUJYASHRI GURUDEV

One may directly meet Pujyashri Gurudev between 9:30 to 10:00 in the morning during non-shibir days.
For long appointments: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. (With prior appointment - contact Atmarpit Amit Gala.)

ACCOMMODATION

Please pay the accommodation charges and collect your shibir passes before your meals on the first day from the designated sevaks in the lobby of the Sadhak Nivas.
Accommodation will be allotted as per the availability in the Ashram.
The accommodation charges are as follows :

Accommodation Charges

	COMPLEX	CHARGES PER DAY
A	Devchandra Nivas (2nd and 3rd Floor)	Rs. 150
B	Devchandra Nivas (Ground Floor, 1st Floor) and Sadhak Nivas	Rs. 130
C	Cells, Yajnasthal, Tents	Rs. 110
D	All Terraces	Rs. 100

Please pay the accommodation charges and collect your shibir passes. Shibir charges can be known from the office.
There are special subsidised charges for the benefit of those who wish to stay at the Ashram for extended periods of time.
No charges need to be paid for children below five years of age.
Please wear these passes at all times in the Ashram.
Kindly note that the passes are non-refundable and non-transferable.
You are requested to stay only at the place allotted to you.
For queries related to allotment during shibirs, please contact Atmarpit Shivani Mehta for fifteen minutes after pravachans near the stage at the Yajnasthal. On non-shibir days, please contact the Cash Desk in the Administrative Block between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

A room in Sadhak Nivas

The Prasadgruh

DINING

Before every meal, you are needed to show the pass to the sevak at the entrance of the Dining Hall.
Kindly observe complete silence in the Dining Hall.
Please refrain from eating after sunset in the Ashram.
Pantry facilities are available where milk and water for young children and elderly people can be heated. Kindly contact the Dining Hall for more details regarding this facility.
Participants doing ayambil are requested to inform the same at the Dining Hall, at breakfast time.
Please do not bring your own food in the Dining Hall. If you need to do so because of an illness, please eat your meal in the separate, designated area.

LIBRARY AND SALES

Books, Cassettes, Audio and Video CDs may be borrowed from the library, located in the Administrative Block.
Books, Audio and Video CDs, Chitrapats etc. may be purchased from The Divine Shop located in the Administrative Block. Mosquito nets, Odomos and locks are also available.
Timings: Winter : 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Summer : 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The Divine Shop

Medical Services at the
Healthcare Centre

HEALTHCARE CENTRE

Medical and Healthcare facilities are available at the Healthcare Centre in the Administrative Block.
Timings: 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Kindly contact Atmarpit Dr. Rashmi Ajmera or Atmarpit Dr. Heeral Shah in case of an emergency. You may also avail the medical services at the Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital.

Lost Property

Kindly note that the Management will not be responsible for anything that has been forgotten or lost in the Ashram.
Please note that the lost property items should be collected in the following shibir, after which they will be disposed.
To collect the lost property items, please contact the reception in the Administrative Block.
Timings: 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The Ashram

General Instructions

Please lock your belongings in the drawer or cabinet provided in the room.
Please use the wash lines to dry wet towels and clothes. Please do not dry them on the mattress or the furniture.
Please switch off the lights and fans in the room, when not in use.
Please observe silence as far as possible in the room, and switch off the main light of the room by 10:30 p.m., so as not to disturb others.
Please note that it is mandatory to wear white clothes during shibirs and sadhana bhattis.
Please observe celibacy in the Ashram.
Kindly keep your mobile phones on the silent mode throughout your stay in the Ashram and switched off during pravachans.
Fitness centre, cafeteria, laundry and phone booth facilities are available in the Ashram.
Please do not give any of the Ashram employees personal errands to run.
Kindly contact the reception in the Administrative Block, if you wish to donate money or clothes etc. to Ashram employees.

This is your Ashram. You are most welcome to offer
your creative ideas and suggestions for its development and betterment.