Sri Ramanashram

This is the main entrance to Sri Ramanasramam, the biggest ashram in Tiruvannamalai. An ashram is a place where spiritual teachers and their devotees live. This ashram is dedicated to the life and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi. He ran away from home to go to the Holy Hill of Arunachala at age 16 in 1896, and never traveled more than a mile from the base of it for the rest of his life. Such was his devotion to it. He lived in various locations until settling at the site of this ashram in 1922. He died in 1950. It is beyond the scope of this eGuide to fully describe the life and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, who is one of the greatest sages of the 20th century. He is known world-wide as the grandfather of modern Advaita Vedanta, also called Non-dual Wisdom. He is the sage who is most closely associated with Arunachala. The ashram has a good bookstore and library with many works describing his life and teachings. There are many sacred places within the Ashram grounds. Take some time to visit.