PM Modi visits Uttarakhand on two-day visit will stay at Advaita Ashram where once stayed Swami Vivekananda in 1901
PM Modi visits Uttarakhand on two-day visit will stay at Advaita Ashram where once stayed Swami Vivekananda in 1901
It was under the inspiration of
Swami Vivekananda in 1899 that the Advaita Ashram was founded. He visited the ashram in 1901 and stayed there for a fortnight
The Ashram is situated at Champawat located at a height of 6,400 feet and surrounded by lush green forests.
Advaita Ashram, predominantly known as Mayawati Ashram, was founded in 1899 under the inspiration of Swami Vivekananda for the practice and preaching of Advaita Vedanta. Swami Vivekananda visited here in 1901 and stayed here for a fortnight (January 3-January 18, 1901).
Officials reveal that PM Modi will go to Pithoragarh district for two days from October 11 and according to his tentative programme, he will reach Narayan Ashram near the China border on the first day in Pithoragarh district and stay overnight in the Ashram and the next day he will visit the Jolingkong area in Pithoragarh to have darshan (glimpse) of Mount Kailash. After Kailash darshan, he will address a public meeting in Pithoragarh town. After Pithoragarh, he will visit Mayawati Ashram in Champawat district and stay there for the night on October 12.
District magistrate Navneet Pande has visited Ashram twice with various departmental officers for the preparations for PM Modi’s visit.
Swami Shuddhidananda from Mayawati Ashram said, “Modi will stay in our main ashram during his visit. He is the first VVIP or VIP we will host in our main ashram building, where Swami Vivekananda stayed in 1901. He is the first PM to visit our ashram therefore he has been given this honour by the ashram management.”
Reportedly every arrangement and protocol will be maintained by the administration. Only night stay facility for PM Modi will be facilitated by the ashram. VIPs and people visit Mayawati ashram and ashram management provides them stay facilities in rooms constructed some metres away on the way to the ashram, but no one is provided a stay facility in the main ashram building, where swami Vivekananda stayed,” the swami added.
Local Congress MLA Khushal Singh Adhikari while expressing happiness regarding Modi’s visit, said, “It is our good luck that PM Modi is visiting our area. We will give him a warm welcome because he is the PM of the country. If Modi comes here, he will surely give us gifts regarding the development of our area”.
Deep Pathak, former district president BJP, Champawat said, “We are eager to welcome a political stalwart like PM Modi. Modi is the leader of the nation, and it is our fortune he is visiting here. We hope for some major announcements regarding developments in our area.”
Website reveals Advaita Ashram, a branch of the Ramakrishna Math founded on March 19, 1899 at the behest of Swami Vivekananda. Belur Math, established earlier, approved of its objects and principles and recognised Advaita Ashram as its branch. Swamiji paid the Ashrama a visit in January 1901 and stayed for a fortnight. The Ashram had a press of its own and the first editions of Swami Vivekananda’s work were published from Mayavati Ashram.
News Edit K.V.Raman
