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Mohanji Datta Tapovan
Ganeshpuri, India

What we’re building on the banks of the Tansa

Three interim spaces are going up now: a satsang hall, a café and store, and four cottages. And the long vision for a permanent ashram.

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Mohanji in meditation before the statue of Lord Dattatreya at the ashram

On the banks of the Tansa river, a spiritual centre is taking shape, season by season. Some of it is being built right now. The rest is Mohanji’s vision for the generations to come.

Being built now

Three interim spaces will support daily programmes and welcome visitors while the permanent master plan takes shape. About ₹45 lakh will see them complete.

The bamboo-and-steel satsang hall, with its thatched roof
Satsang Hall & Sunset Gazebo. A bamboo-and-steel hall before Lord Dattatreya, with a thatched roof and earthen floor, and a gazebo overlooking the Tansa.
Concept image of the vegan café and store
Vegan café and store (concept image). Wholesome food, books from Gurulight and meditation mats; any surplus supports the ashram.
Concept image of the rustic cottages near the Annakshetra
Rustic cottages (concept image). Simple rooms for volunteers and visitors, four in the first phase.

The long vision

Beyond the interim spaces, Mohanji’s vision is a permanent ashram in the idiom of traditional Kerala temple architecture: a temple complex, a great meditation hall and a welcome block, set in green. These are architectural concepts by Habitat Technology Group, and the details will evolve.

Architectural concept of the temple complex
The temple complex: architectural concept.
Indicative master plan along the Tansa river
The indicative master plan on Plot 360, along the Tansa.

The land itself is part of the vision too. The Nakshatra Vanam, a sacred grove with a tree for each nakshatra, has already begun.

The Vision — Mohanji Datta Tapovan
The interim spaces being built now, and Mohanji’s long vision for the permanent ashram.

Choose a project close to your heart: the hall, the café and store, or the cottages. Or let the ashram direct your gift where it’s needed most.

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The team at Mohanji Datta Tapovan, Ganeshpuri, sharing life at the ashram on the banks of the Tansa.

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