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WOW!!! We are so impressed by the ashram! Its very inspiring. So wonderful to see local kids partake the beauty that has unfolded as a result of your hard work.Sufi Saddiq and Surapsari

Infinite Gratitude for the pleasure, the honor to experience the Grace and Love of this ashram.Lila, Costa Rica

It is my honor to be one of the first people to use this ashram. At this time in my life i am moving into my power as a spreader of joy and understanding. I can clearly see that all is one Without this beautiful space, this beauty we are creating would not be possible. It feels like home here, teaching and learning with these brothers and sisters. Thank you.Leif Gaston, Hawaii (USA)

My dreams danced awake into Anand Krishnas ashram. Pure Bliss. An incredible space filled with love. Thanking my angels for guiding me here. Clearly seeing the magic in every moment. What a gift to be welcomed here! I am filled with gratitude, gushing with joy, and breathing pure Love.Aya Love, Canada

Thank you for sharing this beautiful space easeless, peaceful, soul gazing connections created through joyous play and pray. Colorful and nourishing meals, blessed and blissed, were shared in abundance. Dance and song sessions magically filled my heart. Thank you for offering this container for us to co-create in the Divine Playground. With Love and Gratitude.Tracy Santa, Oakland (USA)

Eternal gratitude for sharing this home in ubud. May many travelers feel welcome and rested, bringing their stories from around the world here, as we have been able to. I will share the beauty of this place as i continue on my adventure.Stirling Freeman, http://www.circuscentric.org

I felt right at home here, grounded, nourished, and welcomed. A true family without judgement. Accepted and honored. I will keep very fond memories of the place and especially the people warm, caring, loving and kind. They will be greatly missed. I am ever grateful for the time we shared. Love, light, and blessings to all.Emily Baxter, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)

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I have found paradise at Anand Ashram. Very affordable, brand new clean rooms with pool amongst a delightful garden. A place to re-connect spiritually - free from distractions of tv. It's a byo vegetarian food only ! which you can purchase from ubud village and no alcohol or drugs allowed !!!! a great place to meet like-minded travellers. during your stay in this community you are expected to help in the up-keep of the ashram. love it - came for two days, ended up staying six weeks, on and off.Cindy Parisienne, Australia

Our staying in the Ashram was lovely, we met very nice people. Thanks for your hospitality and warmth. We are leaving this place full of serenity. we hope to come back and spend more time here.Julie & Alexis, French

Beautiful Ashram in the middle of a rice paddies. I enjoyed the serenity of this place, lovely people and ambiance. I enjoyed the daily meditations and nightly group programs were interactive and enlightening. Thanks for making Ubud more magical for me.Tania, Canada

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HISAR A Hisar court Aug. 29 acquitted self-styled godman Rampal in connection with two criminal cases registered against him, citing lack of evidence.

Hisar Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Kumar pronounced the verdict, acquitting Rampal, who heads the Satlok Ashram in Barwala, and his followers.

On Aug. 24, the judge deferred the hearing date to Aug. 29 after police cited tension in the wake of the Dera Sacha Sauda case.

"The court has acquitted Rampal in both the cases," said Rampal's counsel A.P. Singh while talking to reporters in Hisar Aug. 29.

A case was registered against Rampal and his followers Nov. 17, 2014, under sections 186, obstructing a public servant in discharge of public function; 332, voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty; and 353, assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty, of the Indian Penal Code.

Another case was registered against Rampal, his followers Purshotam Dass, Raj Kumar, Mohinder Singh, Rajender Singh, Rahul and between 30 to 40 others Nov. 18, 2014 on a complaint from Sukhdev Singh of Ratia, Fatehabad, for rioting, unlawful assembly, disobedience to an order lawfully promulgated by a public servant and wrongfully confining a person.

Rampal was arrested after a tense standoff between his supporters and police after close to 15,000 of his followers were evacuated from the sprawling ashram premises in 2014.

The standoff turned violent, resulting in five deaths.

Rampal had further resisted arrest, which had been ordered by the Punjab and Haryana court. He refused to appear in the High Court to reply to charges, including contempt of court, and was holed up inside his ashram in Barwala, Hisar.

Rampal will remain in jail while he faces other charges, including sedition, the defense counsel said.

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Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram won an historic bronze medal in the all-around final at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships final, September 1, 2017..(photo credit:OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF ISRAEL)

Israels Linoy Ashram capped her remarkable summer with an historic medal at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Pesaro, Italy, on Friday, taking a bronze in the all-around final.

The 18-year-old became the first Israeli to scale the podium in the all-around competition at the Worlds after joining Neta Rivkin as the only Israelis to win a medal in an apparatus final a day earlier.

Ashram won a bronze in the ribbon final on Thursday, finishing with a score of 16.650. Rivkin, who retired following the Rio Olympics last summer, took a bronze in the hoop final at the Worlds in 2011.

Ashrams third-place finish in the all-around final, though, is far more significant, as Olympic medals are only handed out in the all-around competition.

Ashram finished behind identical Russian twins Dina and Arina Averina in Pesaro, registering an overall score of 70.025. The Israeli recorded 18.375 in the hoop, 17.400 in the ball, 17.150 in the clubs and 17.100 in the ribbon.

Dina Averina scored 74.700 overall and her sister Arina finished with 73.450.

Im really happy that I managed to prove to everyone how hard I work, said Ashram. It is far from a given that I managed to win a medal at the World Championships, especially my first World Championships. Im really excited and this hasnt really sunk in yet.

Ashrams success came on the back of a breakthrough summer.

The gymnast won two medals at the recent World Games, taking a silver in the clubs and a bronze in the hoop. She dominated the Maccabiahs rhythmic gymnastics competitions, sweeping all five gold medals.

Ashram also took two medals at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in May, finishing third in the hoop and clubs finals.

Ashram will be rewarded with a NIS 60,000 bonus from the Olympic Committee of Israel and the Ministry of Culture and Sport and will also begin receiving a monthly stipend of NIS 8,500 from the OCI.

This is so much fun and I want to thank everyone who has helped me, added Ashram. It is really fun to know that there are so many people supporting me and that only gives me more motivation to continue and work hard.

With the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships being an annual event, Ashram will have two more chances to add to her medal tally before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. However, all her hard work is ultimately focused on achieving success in Tokyo and making more history by winning an Olympic medal.

This is amazing, crazy, said Israel Gymnastics Association chairman Razi Peled. This is a huge achievement by a wonderful gymnast who manages to scale new heights time and again.

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Bhubaneswar:Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's Dera Sacha Sauda ashram in Puri is found to have encroached about 12 decimal of government land in Puri-Konark marine drive area, official sources said on Wednesday.

A five-member team of revenue department officials headed by the local tehsildar measured the ashram land and found the irregularities on Wednesday.

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The land measurement exercise was undertaken following an order of revenue minister Maheswar Mohanty based on the complaint of local people about the encroachment of government land by the ashram.

"A notice for eviction will is issued to the ashram by the local telsildar. We will get back the encroched land soon," Puri sub-collector Madhu Sudan Das told reporters.

Sources said Dera Sacha Sauda had purchased four acres from a woman in 2004 and constructed ashram over it.

Puri Sachetana Nagarika Mancha had on Friday staged an agitation before the ashram and raised slogans against the violence by the Dera supporters in Haryana following Gurmeet Singh's conviction.

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Ahmedabad: After serving as director of Sabarmati Ashram for five years and a month, Tridip Suhrud has submitted his resignation. This comes ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to the Ashram which is scheduled in mid-September.

The trustees of Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust (SAPMT) are yet to officially announce the acceptance of Suhrud's resignation.

"We are meeting Tridip on Wednesday morning before issuing a public statement," said a senior trustee of SAPMT. Suhrud has been handling dual responsibilities of the Ashram as director and chief editor of the archives department. During Suhrud's tenure, the Ashram has seen significant developments, including launch of the Sabarmati Fellowship.

Following the setting up of the new archives department, significant additions to digital content were made to the Gandhi heritage portal, apart from extensive documentation pertaining to Gandhi heritage sites. In fact, the existing Gandhi archives also expanded.

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DEHRADUN:The tourism department plans to set up a museum at the The Beatles ashram to commemorate 50 years of the iconic English rock band arrival in Rishikesh for spiritual initiation.

The dilapidated caves and other structures located in middle of thick forest cover is also set to get a major face lift.

As per the plan, the department will first focus on 15 acre land of the Chaurasi Kutia Ashram developed by Mahesh Yogi where the Beatles stayed for nearly two and half months to learn transcendental meditation in 1968. The plot is with the forest department.

The proposed Beatles Museum at the Chaurasi Kutia ashram will house their memoires, especially photographs about the activities taken up by them during two months spiritual initiation from February to April in 1968. Sources in the department said efforts will be made to collect other memoirs of Beatles from their hometown Liverpool in England and other parts of the world. The English band arrived in Rishikesh when its musical activities were at its peak in 1960s.

Efforts are on to create a Beatles museum at the Chaurasi Kutia, but that land has to be taken from the forest department. If that happens, we can attract more foreign tourists to Rishikesh, which is also known as a yoga centre, tourism secretary Meenakshi Sundaram said.

As per the plan, renovation will be carried out at 130 double storey meditation centre buildings and 84 other lodging facilities located inside the ashram. A meeting of tourism and forest officials is scheduled on September 6 to discuss the method of leasing out the ashram land for renovation of existing structures and setting up the museum there.

Chaurasi Kutia is one of the most popular spots for foreign tourists even today, mainly for its history linked with the Beatles. Its an appropriate occasion to commission a museum and revive the site to attract more foreign tourists by commemorating 50 years of spiritual initiation of the Beatles group, tourism minister Satpal Maharaj said.

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KOLKATA: Almost six months ago, a plan for constructing an ashram and a residential unit at Bokshi Jhor was revalidated by the Darjeeling Municipality .If the construction work is completed, this would be the first Dera ashram of Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in Bengal. However, after he was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Monday for the rape of two women followers, his Darjeeling property has come under scanner. A company had bought four acres at Bokshi Jhor, which is 3 km from Darjeeling town, in September 2011. According to locals, this property has close ties with Singh. They claim that Dera Sacha Sauda followers had arrived in Darjeeling and started constructing a two-storied structure that was to serve as an ashram. When TOI got in touch with a representative of the firm, he said, "I used to have a cosmetics manufacturing unit there. I used to be in Darjeeling during 2012. But the property has been sold off and we have no connection with Dera people." However, Prashant Rai, an engineer with the Darjeeling Municipality , said only six months ago the plan to construct the ashram was revalidated. "The plan was sanctioned earlier. Since the construction couldn't be completed within the stipulated time of three ye ars, the plan had lapsed. Approximately six months ago, the company sent a signatory across to my office. The plan was revalidated and they got an extension of two years. Const ruction work is on and I know some Dera people are in the location now," Rai said. On being asked if this plan was for a cosmetics manufacturing unit, Rai replied in the negative. "It is a plan for a sort of an ashram and a residential unit. But now, we might revisit the permission. If problem arises, the matter will be taken up by the Board of Councillors," Rai added. Darjeeling MLA Amar Singh Rai is also aware of the construction. "In 2012, Singh used to visit Darjeeling. I was then the chairman of the Darjeeling Municipality . He had bought this whole hillock and barricaded it. The impression we had got was that he wanted to construct an ashram where he would do his social service. We never had an inkling of what his real intentions were," he said. Initially, Singh had created a good impression' of himself. In 2012, there was a fire in Darjeeling. A few hundred volunteers of Shah Satnam Ji Green `S' Welfare Force Wing were camping in Darjeeling. "Some of them had risked their lives to rescue the locals," he said.

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The fate of Dera Sacha Sauda ashram in Gurgaon is in the balance after the Punjab and Haryana high court sought details of all Dera assets from the Gurgaon administration and also other districts in the state.

Following large-scale violence by Dera followers after the conviction of Ram Rahim Singh in a 15-year-old rape case by a special CBI court on August 25 in Panchkula, in which public property was damaged and more than 30 were killed, the high court directed the state government to evaluate Deras assets to compensate the damages.

The ashram, Naam Charcha Ghar in South City-2 in Sector 50 is wearing a deserted look for the last four days. The facility, spread over 1,155 sq yards, was alloted to Dera by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) in June 2006.

Huda also gave possession of the plot to Dera Sacha Sauda in 2008 and submitted the land details, with current market value, to Gurgaon district administration.

An official told Hindustan Times that the property is currently valued from Rs4 crore to Rs5 crore, roughly.

We cannot reveal the exact calculation done by the competent officials but roughly, as per current collector rate, it will definitely not cost less than Rs4.5 crore as a well-furnished three-storey building has also come up on the land. Since the high court is monitoring the issue, we cannot reveal details of the matter to the media, the official said.

A contingent of the Gurgaon police continues to monitor the area and the ashram, the main gate of which continues to remain locked.

The outer wall of the ashram still has a large hoarding of Ram Rahim Singhs latest movie Jattu Engineer, also produced and directed by him. The police have evacuated the ashram and have strictly prohibited the entry of public.

Residents of the area said that the hoarding has turned into a joke among the locals. Baba Ram Rahim looks so funny on the Enfield Bullet. He used to come here in luxury car with his cavalcade. The entire area used to turn high-profile with his presence but now, all is gone and the police have taken custody of the ashram, said Diler Singh of Jharsa.

Vinay Pratap Singh, deputy commissioner (DC) of Gurgaon, said, We have assessed Deras assets and sent the details to the Haryana government. We will not reveal any particulars in this regard.

Our duty magistrates and police have done a tremendous job in ensuring peace across the city, said Singh.

The CBI court on Monday sentenced Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years imprisonment.

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Dera Sacha Saudas (DSS) Ghaziabad ashram in Karhera wore a deserted look as followers of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh stayed away from the facility following his conviction on Friday.

The ashram came up around two years ago on the banks of river Hindon. Ram Rahim had also held an event to promote his movie Messenger of God at the Karhera ashram.

As per an estimate, there were nearly 40,000 followers of Singh in Ghaziabad district till the afternoon of August 25, prior to the CBI court holding him guilty in the rape case.

A Hindustan Times team visited the ashram on Monday afternoon when the CBI court sentenced Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years of imprisonment for raping two women 15 years ago. Besides the PCR vans, only a single caretaker was present at the ashram, which is spread over nearly five bighas. Apart from organising satsangs, the caretakers also grow vegetables in the remaining area.

None of the followers or the coordinators have come to the ashram since August 25. We generally hold Ram Charcha (a form of satsang) here and hundreds of people attend but the last assembly took place on August 19 and I dont know when it will be held again, said Bhoora, the caretaker, who is from Aligarh and earns Rs6,000 as monthly salary.

The Karhera ashram is under the scanner since the court held the self-styled godman guilty and large-scale violence broke out in Haryana and parts of NCR. In Loni, a UP Roadways bus was torched by unidentified men and two DTC buses were also set afire.

We found dozens of spades and grass cutters at the ashram. As a precautionary measure, the equipment was seized. Who knows if these could have been used as weapons, a police personnel deployed at the facility said.

The ashram has come up on the floodplains but has temporary structures, apart from the small, permanent structures of toilets.

During assemblies, DSS books and food items are sold to people. Followers who come to attend satsang purchase these items, which are costlier than the items available in the market. But our followers like to purchase these items, Bhoora said.

The ashram area was peaceful as police camped on the Karhera road and inside the facility since Monday morning. There has been a regular deployment of police since the violence on August 25. DSS coordinator for Ghaziabad, Jitendra Kasana, was not reachable as his mobile phone remained switched off.

The situation on Monday remained peaceful but we are taking extra precautions for the night. It is because of vandals who could use items such as petrol bombs to flare up violence. Petrol pump owners have been strictly told not to sell petrol in bottles or cans. A majority of DSS members or followers have been put under surveillance and they have been strictly told to abstain from any act that could escalate law and order in the district, said Akash Tomar, superintendent of police (city).

The Ghaziabad police have deployed all PCR vans for crucial night duty and have assigned areas to circle officers, who will be accompanied by provincial armed constabulary personnel.

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