Shree Meenananda Foundation

Meenananda Foundation

The Foundation is not a second organisation beside the Ashram. It is the Ashram turned toward the village, the student, the hungry guest, and the years still to come.

Shree Meenananda Foundation is the name under which the Ashram meets society. The older homepage called it the brainchild of Guruji. A January 2023 talk on the official channel is titled “Guruji on Vision of Meenananda Foundation.” That vision, as the public materials allow us to state it, has three currents: spiritual education, a more humane daily life, and service to people who have less.

Continuing

The shrine and daily kirtan. Tithi observances. Gau seva as part of Ashram life. Clothing distribution on Guruma’s advent tithi, documented in 2024 and 2025. Community prasad. Public teaching and music.

Stated on the legacy site

The previous homepage listed donation of books and clothes, free medical camps for nearby villagers, and free education for underprivileged children. Until dated records are supplied, these are presented as Foundation commitments described there — not as counted impact.

Future

A fuller education and wellness offering; a more regular public calendar; dairy as a neighbourly provision rather than a shopfront; and whatever programmes the Foundation later documents. Nothing below is sold as already complete.

Education and knowledge

Tantra is taught here as philosophy and as practice, not as a secret for sale. Diksha is mentioned on the existing site as something Guruji gives to those who sincerely wish to learn. The website does not enrol disciples automatically and does not describe initiation as a guaranteed result.

Wellness and living

The existing site says yoga and pranayama are taught in the morning, with meditation for those who ask. That claim is kept, without a timetable, until the Ashram publishes hours. No medical advice is offered on this website.

Feeding and clothing

Community meals are part of Ashram hospitality. Clothing distribution is documented on Guruma’s tithi. Visitors who wish to give cloth or grain should write first, so that the gift arrives as help rather than as a pile to be managed.

Vision talk (12 January 2023)

Sri Meenananda Tirthanath and Guruma Minakshi Devyomba
Guruji and Guruma, who built the Ashram together.