RISHIKESH
The Fount of Arsha Samskriti 

SIVANANDA ASRAM

It is founded by Swami Sivananda, a great spiritual leader of modem times, whose propagation of Hindu Dharma has few equals in India and abroad. It is built on the top of a hillock, beside the Trunk Road, on the right bank of Ganga. It contains the Samadhi of His Holiness, and down below on the bank, there are several offices functioning for the benefit of public and comfort of pilgrims. A hospital run by it, gives free medicines and extends all help to the sick. It has a big printing press and is releasing an unending series of religious books in English, Hindi and Sanskrit, and sells them at cheap rates in several of its branches spread all over India. Its missionary activities won world wide appreciation. Many aged persons opting for quiet life and total detachment live here in cottages maintained by the institution. Religious discourses are given in the Prayer Hall every day, and they are largely attended by both Indians and foreigners.

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