Jagat
Guru Ashram is located in the sacred city of Kankhal Haridwar road, Gandhi
Marg, India. This is the most famous Siddha Peetha which was established by
Jagat Guru Shriprakashanand ji maharaj in 1958. He also established temples
of Goddess Rajradheshwari, Laxmi Narayan, Radha Govind and Goddess Kali
within the ashram.
Many festivals are also celebrated in the ashram and the main festivals
celebrated are Gur purnima, Sharad Purnima, Baisakh Purnima, and Maghi
Purnima. The idyllic ambience at the ashram is the beautiful temples,
separate area for meditation, beautiful gardens, library, ancient Rudraksha
tree, floating stones from Ramayana Era, hospital for medication, Byre for
bhandara, and opportunities to learn the intricacies of yogic sciences.
This ashram is built in order to preserve and secure sacred eternal duties
towards god and humanity. In the beginning this holy place only contained
Shiv Lingam of Siddheshwar Mahadev from Mahabharat Era, Swami ji's parn kuti
and an archaic Peepal Trees.
The ashram also take many initiatives like - helping girls from poor
families to get proper education and marriage in good families, providing
houses and education to the poor and needy people, preservation of world
peace and harmony by organizing various events world wide and many more.