8. Meeting with Global Leaders
# Meeting with Global Leaders

With the former Indian President, Dr. Abdul Kalam handing over a copy of a Tamil publication

With Dr. Michael Bernard Bedwith of Agape International Spiritual Center

Sri T.N. Chaturvedi, then governor of Karnataka, visiting the Bengaluru ashram

With Sri Sri Ravishankar at the Tiruvannamalai ashram

Invited to perform the kumbh¢bhi¾eka (energizing ceremony) for a Shirdi Sai Baba temple

Felicitated by chief minister of Karnataka, Dr. B.S. Yeddyurappa

Honored by Sri Pramukh Swami Maharaj, pontiff of Swaminarayan Ashram, Gujarat, India

With Sri Dayanand Swamiji, Arsha Vidya Pitham, Rishikesh

With Sri La.Sri Nachiappa Swamigal of the Koviloor Mutt, Karaikudi

At the Mysore Peace Rally with eminent politicians

With Sri Narayani Amma of Sri Narayani Siddhar Peetam, Malaikudi, Vellore

On invitation, visiting the Maharaja of Trivandrum, in his Palace

Meeting Nobel Laureate Dr. Charles Townes

Proclaimation from Governor's office, Columbus, Ohio

Receiving proclamation from Member of Parliament, Jim Karygiannis, Toronto
Nithyananda meets various political and spiritual heads to spread the message of peace & bliss
Ashrams
INDIA

Headquarters of Nithyananda Mission Bengaluru, India

¹r¤ ¡nandesÁvara Temple 21 ft Healing ¡nanda Li¬ga in the Vaidya Sarovar

New R¢ja Sabh¢ - Meditation Hall for 1,300 people

Ashram at Tiruvannamalai, India (temple-town of Aru´¢cala)

1008 ¡nanda Li¬ga Regular Vedic rituals performed at the ashram

Daily Annad¢n (Free Food) to hundreds of people going to more than 50,000 on full moon nights

Salem ashram, India Growing from 8 families to 100 families...

Rajapalyam, India

Pattanam, India One of the most successful rural communities - 150 ashramites in a village of 5,000 people. They run various services, including free clinic and medical camps every week.

Hyderabad, India 7 ashrams coming up in Andhra Pradesh. Services include running a Veda Pathashala (school for Vedic learning), teaching village students, providing disaster relief, performing p¦j¢s and homas, conducting regular meditation classes for all from villiages to corporates, etc.

Namakkal, India

Varanasi, India

Hosur, India

Orissa, India
The Nithyananda ashram is a sacred space that seeks to uplift humankind, one seeker at a time, dedicated to the goal of establishing an enlightened society.
Nithyananda ashrams in India serve as hubs for meditation, yoga, healing, devotion and service.
Meditation and yoga classes and regular satsa¬gs are conducted to teach the spiritual truths and reinforce the life solutions.
The ashrams serve the local communities by providing free food, medical facilities, holistic education, women empowerment, youth awakening, disaster relief operations, supporting traditional arts and culture,...

Puducherry, India 100 families live together sharing a common kitchen. They feed hundreds of people everyday. They reach out to slums, teach meditation programs, and give counseling. The resulting drastic reduction in crime rate has also been recognized by government of Puducherry