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'''Sri Ramana Ashram''', also known as '''Sri Ramanasramam''', is the [[ashram]] which was home to modern sage and [[Advaita Vedanta]] master [[Ramana Maharshi]] from 1922 until his death in 1950. It is situated at the foot of the [[Arunachala]] hill, to the west of [[Tiruvannamalai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], where thousands of seekers flocked to be in his presence. His [[Samadhi (shrine)|samadhi]] shrine continues to attract devotees from all over the world.<ref>[http://tiruvannamalai.nic.in/mainramana.html Sri Ramana Ashram] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174720/http://tiruvannamalai.nic.in/mainramana.html |date=2011-07-21 }} [[Tiruvannamalai district]] website.</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Ramana Mahanirvana Place in Thiruvanamalai.jpg|thumb|left|Ramana Maharshi Mahanirvana place in Sri Ramana Ashram.]]<br />
[[File:Sri Ramana Maharshi - Lying - G. G Welling - 1948.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[Sri Ramana Maharshi]] reclining in the Old Hall where he lived from 1927 to 1950]]The ashram gradually grew in its present location after Ramana Maharshi settled near the Samadhi shrine of his mother Alagammal, who died on 19 May 1922. In the beginning, a single small hut was built there. By 1924 two huts were set up, one opposite the samadhi and the other to the north.<br />
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Amongst its early western visitors were British writer [[Paul Brunton]] in 1931, who is credited with introducing [[Ramana Maharshi]] to the West through his books "A Search in Secret India" (1934) and "The Secret Path". Writer [[W. Somerset Maugham]] visited the ashram in 1938, and later used Ramana Maharshi as the model for the holy man, Shri Ganesha in his novel, ''[[The Razor’s Edge]]'' (1944).<ref>[[#Za|Zaleski, p. 219]]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Eastern promise|url=http://www.livemint.com/2008/05/17000630/Hidden-camera.html?d=1 |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=17 May 2008}}</ref> Other visitors included [[Swami Sivananda]], [[Paramahansa Yogananda]],<ref>[[#Pa|Yogananda, p. 384]]</ref> [[Alfred Sorensen]] (Sunyata) and [[Wei Wu Wei]].<ref>[http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/ramanasramam.html Sri Ramanasramam history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310140544/http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/ramanasramam.html |date=2010-03-10 }}</ref> <br />
[[File:Sri-Ramana-Sramam-photo38.jpg|thumb|left|Some personal use objects of Ramana Maharishi.]]<br />
[[File:Sri-Ramana-Sramam-photo46.jpg|thumb|A shrine inside Ramana Ashram]]<br />
[[Arthur Osborne (writer)|Arthur Osborne]] stayed at the Ashram for twenty years, and edited the Ashram's journal, ''[[The Mountain Path]]'', besides writing several book on Ramana Maharshi and his teachings. [[Mouni Sadhu]] spent several months at the Ashram in 1949.<ref>Mouni Sadhu, 'In Days of Great Peace' 2nd. revised edition pub. 1957 by G Allen and Unwin</ref> [[David Godman]] came to the ashram in 1976, and has since written or edited fourteen books on topics related to Sri Ramana Maharshi. He continues to live near the ashram.<br />
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Niranjananda Swami, younger brother of Ramana Maharshi, who had moved to the ashram along with his mother in 1916, stayed at the ashram for the rest of his life and handling its management. His son and grandson have looked after the ashram in turn.<ref>[[#Os|Osborne, p. 119]]</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Ramanasaramam Compound.jpg|Ramanasaramam Compound.<br />
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File:Sri-Ramana-Sramam.jpg|The Entrance of Sri Ramanasramam.<br />
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File:Well in the campus of Ramanasramam.jpg|Well in the campus of Ramanasramam<br />
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File:Raman Maharishi main temple.jpg|Main temple decorated during Maharishi's birthday celebrations<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Ramana Maharshi]]<br />
* [[Arunachala]]<br />
* [[Tiruvannamalai]]<br />
* [[Ashram]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book |title=The Rough Guide to South India|last= Abram |first=David |year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=1-84353-103-8|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sEhJBfbhTAAC&q=Ramana+ashram&pg=PA67|ref=Ab }}<br />
* {{cite book |title=Ramana Maharshi: His Life|last=Ebert |first=Gabriele |year=2006|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=1-4116-7350-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYBze1z0yFkC&q=Ramana+ashram&pg=RA1-PA128 |ref=Eb }}<br />
*''Self-Realization: The Life and Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi'', by B.V. Narasimha Swami ({{ISBN|81-88225-74-6}})<br />
* {{cite book |title=Autobiography of a Yogi|last=Yogananda|first=Paramahansa|author-link= Yogananda |year=2008|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books|isbn=978-81-902562-0-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xsIi4ePN4hYC&q=Sri+Ramana+Ashram&pg=PA384 |ref=Pa }}<br />
* {{cite book |title=Prayer: A History|last=Zaleski|first=Philip|author2=Carol Zaleski |year=2006 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=0-618-77360-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDHsE_Efy0EC&q=Sri+Ramana+Ashram&pg=PA219 |ref=Za }}<br />
* {{cite book |title=Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self Knowledge |last= Osborne |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Osborne (writer) |chapter= 12. Sri Ramanasramam|year=2000 |publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=81-7224-211-5 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C8u-57bRQV8C&q=Ramana+ashram&pg=PA118 |ref=Os }} [http://bhagavan-ramana.org/ramana_maharshi/books/pos/toc.html online text]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* ''My life at Sri Ramanasramam'', by Suri Nagamma. Pub. Sri Ramanasramam, 1975.<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9MO8IIZK2s&t=332s A Day in the Life at Ramana Maharshi Ashram]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130828074451/http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/ Sri Ramanasramam, Official website]<br />
*[http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=12.223994&lon=79.056480&z=18&m=b Sri Ramana Ashram on the map]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZrDRjMAaFw Sri Rudram Namakam chamakam chanting Live Video from Sri Ramana Ashram]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qydYPOO-VHY Ramana Maharshi Upadesa Saram Chanting Live]<br />
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