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  haridas (guest) wrote 5 years ago in a duplicate tag: - ABOUT TAPOVANI-MATA Tapovani Mata is a loving name given by her disciples in the Himalayas … her real name is Subhadra-Ma. Born in 1930 in Udupi, Karnataka, Subhadra-Ma left her home in her youth and came to the Himalayas on a compelling spiritual quest. After following spiritual disciplines for years, Subhadra-Ma settled in Gangotri for twelve years. She then moved up to Goumukh, where the holy river Ganga originates, and again, moved to Tapovan. Tapovan is a place where even expert mountaineers don't dare to go, a place surrounded by snow throughout the year. Sometimes in Tapovan, there are relentless howling snowstorms, and the sun is not seen for months. Here, in a cave, Mataji did yogic practices for nine years. Mata-ji acquired her name Tapovani-Mata while she was at Tapovan. She also became a legend for her love and knowledge. She was also the only woman among the handful of spiritual practitioners in the scattered caves braving the rigorous environment of the deep interiors of the Himalayas. She would not only pursue her own deep meditation, she would also lovingly serve visitors who ventured to Tapovan, with basic food. 'Mata,' which means 'mother,' was thus a meaningful and appropriate epithet by which followers addressed her. In 2000, Mataji returned from Tapovan to Uttarkashi and Dhareli (65 km from Uttarkashi on the way to Gangotri). In 2008, there are two centers out of which Mataji's work gets done. For the most of the year, Mataji stays in a hut at Dhareli (65 km from Uttarkashi), but visits the ashram in Uttarkashi. Mataji's mission now is to spread the message of love, peace, devotion and spirituality through service. She says, 'The prime duty of a saint is to spread the fruits and achievements of his/her saadhana among people around. And this is possible through unconditional 'seva,' or service.' It is not necessary to make an appointment to get Mataji's darshan. She is active and accessible, and in any one day, she could be guiding and blessing hundreds of followers, engaging with the service activities of the ashram, or envisioning and planning for the progress and evolution of the world around her. ASHRAM Established in 2003 on the banks of Ganga in Uttarkashi, the Tapovani-Mataji Ashram conducts various activities to spread Mataji's mission and message. Every activity is imbued with the feeling of loving and selfless service, of 'seva-bhava.' One of the Ashram's main objectives is to serve the rural and poor people, saints, true seekers and pilgrims. Many of the people who come to the Ashram are Shiva devotees ('Kanwariye') en route Gangotri - their accommodation, food and other needs are looked after without any charges. The Ashram has ten rooms on two floors, a kitchen and supportive facilities including a library and a reading room stocked with over a 1,000 books on literature, spiritualism, education, health and culture. The bank of the Ganges that nestles the Ashram is the spiritually charged meeting-place of two streams, the Bhagirathi and the assi Ganga, So the Ashram's ghat is called the 'assi sangam ghat,' (the 80 feet - union ghat). Pilgrims who stay at the Ashram take their daily ritual dips on the Ashram's ghat, and join in the daily Aarti service to the holy Ganges. Daily prayers, chanting of bhajans and 'satsang' are regular activities at the Ashram. Often, lectures are conducted on spiritual subjects … 'Gyan-Daan,' (The Giving of Knowledge). There are also special spiritual conferences and meditation camps and workshops from time to time conducted by invited experts, and information about these is posted on the 'Upcoming Events” section of the website.

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