Travel Gujrat: Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram Agas, A spiritual place
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Shrimad Rajchandra, Guru of Mahatma Gandhi
(This hub is published on 8 May 2009)
Shrimad Rajchandra was a spiritual Guru who lived in this earth for only 33 years between 1868 and 1901. He was an enlightened person and contemporary to Swami Vivekanand.
Mahatma Gandhi accepted him as his spiritual Guru. Mahatma Gandhi followed path of Ahimsa (Non-violence) and Satya (Truth) throughout his life inspired by Shrimad Rajchandra.
Shrimad Rajchandra, being enlightened, taught people eternal peace and love, as way to salvation. He declined to obey mere rituals in the name of religion and spirituality. He did not believe in role of cast and creed in spirituality. He told that spiritual path is open for all who wants to join the same. He was true follower of Jainism as preached by the Arihant Parameshthi. Many non Jain people also followed his path especially Patels of that region .
He did not become a Jain Monk and lived as layman. However, his spiritual level was much higher than many of the so called Monks and Nuns. Some of the Jain Monks of his era understood the fact about his spiritual level and started following him.
Shree Laghuraj Swami alias Lallu shree ji was one of them. He was a great devotee of Shrimad Rajchandra.
Entering Agas Ashram
Inner Gate of the Ashram
Residential area
The temple
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Laghuraj Swami established Agas Ashram
Once Shrimad Rajchandra visited Agas and told his followers that the land of Agas is very sacred and has ability to be converted into a spiritual place. Shree Laghuraj Swami (Lallu shree ji) remembered his words even after his death and established a shrine (Ashram) Later on. He did it in Agas under a Public trust.
Agas is situated near Anand, famous as Amul city. Anand is very near to Baroda (Vadodara) in Gujrat, India. There are direct train routes from Mumbai and Delhi to Baroda and Anand. One can reach Anand from Ahmadabad, capital of Gujrat. There are bus routes from different other cities including Jaipur in Rajasthan.
Shree Laghuraj Swami made rules and regulations including daily routine of prayer for the Ashram. Devotees still follow the same routine. Nothing in routine prayer is changed during last sixty or seventy years. Prayer starts early in the morning and continues till nine o'clock in the night. There are short breaks for breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. Eating in the night is not allowed inside the Ashram and one has to finish his or her dinner before sun set.
Ashram authorities do not allow Radio, Television, News Papers etc inside the Ashram to maintain strict discipline and peaceful spiritual environment. It is a holy place and even mobile phones are not allowed in the inner parts of the Ashram campus.
The Ashram administration provides facilities of comfortable stay and marvelous food (Lunch, dinner and tea) at highly subsidized rate. One has to spend almost nothing for food and lodging.
Devotees of Shrimad Rajchandra pays huge amount as charity to maintain these expenses.
Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram, Agas
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Natural environment inside the campus
The ashram is built in a huge campus with green belt. There are thousands of Banyan, Margosa, Ashoka, Gulmohar, Mango and other varieties trees in the campus. This provides Agas ashram with peaceful, healthy and natural environment.
Some
devotee families live their permanently. Hundreds of thousands devotees come
there round the year and live for some time. They follow rules, regulation and
routine religiously.
There are Shwetambar and Digambar Jain temples, Shrimad Rajchandra Guru Mandir, Laghuraj Swami Samadhi Mandir and huge prayer halls in the Ashram campus. The ashram administration also runs a library and a publication center that prints and distributes Jain holy books at subsidized rate.
Agas is situated near Anand (Amul fame) in Gujrat. India. It is well connected with train, bus and other moods of transportation. Ahmedabad and Baroda are nearest airports.
I had been there recently and taken some photographs of the Asram. Please view the picture gallery.
Beautiful carvings
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my wife want to study the literature of pujay Shrimad Rajchandra . can she stay there for studies ?
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my wife want to study the literature of pujay Shrimad Rajchandra . can she stay there for studies ?
jay prabhu i like very much this place................
shadguru pram krupalu deve ko three kal namaskar ho unke charano me coti coti vandan ho
agas is the most i liked place for geting the bhakti of pram krupalu dev
Please tell me where is it located.
SHkrupaludevji na ASHIRVAD varmvaar thao,TEMNI agna amara par thao.TEO na charnoma varmvaar am ne bolavo tevi vinantio PRABHUJI ne kari ATMVANDAN.
SHRI KRUPALUDEV NA CHARNO MA KOTI KOTI ATMA VANDAN.TEO NA ASHIRVAAD NI KRUPA THO,ANE JIVAN LAHER MAY TEONA CHARNO MA THAY TEVI PRARTHANA
vandan .
This is the first time I am learning about Shrmad Rajchandra. The Ashram, from the pics and video looks very serene and peaceful. It will be nice if you could include in your hub details like where Agas is located and how to reach there, for the benefit of the uninitiated.
C.V.
I AM ALWAYS GO TO AGAS AASHRAM IN PARYUSHAN,DIPAWALI & ANY OTHER CEREMONY.I LIKE IT.
IT'S A AMAZING PLACE.
THANKS.
JAY PRABHU EVERYONE.
i really enjoyed this hub.you did a wonderful job.
HeJay Prabhu, everyone
Prabhu aaj Mane Ek Vardan aapi De,
Tu vase chhe jya mane tya Sthhan aapi De.
MY NAMEIS ROHIT RAJNIKANT AND SO BEAUTIFUL ASHRAM AND SHRIMAD MY GURU IS PRAMUKHSWAMIMAHARAJ THANKS JAY SWAMINARAYAN
Thanks for your comment.
jai prabhu
I went 2 agas ashram.bcs our family follower of Bhagvan shrimad rajchandra.i felt peace of mind when i were in d ashram.agas ashram is amazing place.
Enjoyed very much reading your article Jyoti! If I remember correctly I also saw a musical drama some years back on Shrimad Rajchandra. But I did not know about Agas Ashram.
Jay Prabhu. I'm from Coimbatore and used to go to aradhna bhavan and worship. But since i'm married and my in-laws do not visit temple regularly i was forced to stay at home. Finally, I live separate from family with my husband for the same reason and after 3 years i have again started going to temple regularly. I am very happy and the best thing is we have planned to visit Agas Ashram in early August. Tickets are booked and my luggage is also packed and now i am eagerly waiting for the day. I know whoever reads this must be feeling happy for me. All wish me goodluck.
Hi Jyoti,
Srimad Rajchandra was an enlightened Guru. It is nice to remember him and his preachings every time to obtain upper stages of spirituality.
Thanks for visiting the hub and commenting on it.
Jyoti Kothari
Its so beautiful to see ashram on my laptop.I and my family regularly go there,we have a house there.It brought so many memories back and made me nostalgic.I hope i'll go there soon.Thank u so much for the video and photos.Jai prabhu to all.
Hi Durgama,
It is nice to hear that you are able to come back to India, your desired place. Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram has extremely peaceful atmosphere and one can achieve spiritual enlightenment there with less efforts.
Thanks for visiting and commenting on this hub.
Jyoti Kothari
Thank you for these photos of such a beautiful ashram and temple. I am an American born woman. When I was four years old I begged my parents to take me home to India to my family. I finally made it to India when I was forty-four and returned seven months later. Reluctantly. Always when I see such pictures I want to go back again. http://durgama.com
I am an American born woman. At the age of four I was begging my parents to take me home to India to my family. I finally made to there when I was forty-four, and returned seven months later. Reluctantly. Thank you for these beautiful photos of such a beautiful ashram and temple. Always when I see these I want to go back again. http://durgama.com
Jay Prabhu, everyone.
He Prabhu aaj Mane Ek Vardan aapi De,
Tu vase chhe jya mane tya Sthhan aapi De.
Niraj Ji,
Jai Prabhu.
Thanks for your comments. Please spread the words among Bhakta Jan.
Jyoti Kothari
savne mara jay prabhu
Hi Dr. Pritesh Shah,
Thanks for comment and question.
You can get bus from Ahmedabad to Anand and from Anand to Ashram directly. You can also take a taxi to Agas from Ahmedabad.
There are train services to Agas also and that is very convenient.
Jyoti Kothari
how can one reach to ahsram from ahmedabad by road
Spiritual yet beautiful place. Thanksssss. Thumbs up!
Suraj
Spiritual yet beautiful place. Thanksssss. Thumbs up!
Suraj
Jai Prabhu
I had never visited Agash but my parents always talk about it when I go to India this year I'll definitely visit agash!!! since i know all the agash arti i think it be fun
one and half year. Thanks again. =)
i love agas ashram....im visiting on my birthday this year n bringing my friends along...i love krupaludev...
Thanks for posting all the photos and pictures.
Jay Prabhu.
jai prabhu to all the humanbeing
jai prabhu to all the humanbeing
Jay Prabhu
Thank you very much for putting beautiful Ashram on Net. My family is a regular visitor of Ashram.
i used to visit when i was india...thank you for posting these pictures..i have a house there..it bring backs the old memories..
Very good look at this spiritual place :) Shows the atmosphere well.
jay prabhu
thanks for visiting agas
Thanks to agas ashram and admin me and my family are visiting every year but due to some reason i cant make it but i will do it this year.jay prabhu
Thanks for sharing the pics. I will definitely visit Agas Ashram.
Thanks for sharing the pics. I will definitely visit Agas Ashram.
Nice post. Thanks for sharing the pics. I will definitely visit Agas Ashram.
Hi Countrywomen,
Thanks for your visit and comment. If you are not sure of visiting Agas Ashram, it is worth visit.
Jyoti Kothari
When we were kids my father took us to Gujarat and we travelled to Dwaraka, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Somnath, Anand (saw Amul factory) and in all these places attended countless temples/ashrams and I am not sure if I visited this one.
Jyoti,
I knew about Shrimad Rajchandra but not about Agas Ashram. I would like to go and stay there. Beautiful photographs. Can you post some photos of temples there?
Anjali
Good photo set. Enjoyed this one :)
Umed Mehta 3 months ago
i want to know whether syadvaad manjari by acharya mallisen is available.