Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas

Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas is a spiritually focused non-political, scientific, cultural, educational, humanitarian, non-profit making charitable trust, which persistently strives to provide untiring selfless service for spiritual enhancement and to create an infinite source of happiness and bliss through God realization in daily life.

The Ashram was established by Sage and Philosopher Swami Omkarananda who is an embodiment of highest spirituality, with the prime objective to love, serve and help all equally.

The Ashram aims to create a sanctum where spirituality encompasses every action, where truth attains a personality, divine love becomes an all-pervading reality and peace becomes an eternal constant companion.

The Ashram has personally volunteered various service projects and activities to serve and uplift the various communities through its 2 registered trusts -

Swami Omkarananda was initiated into sannyas by the world-renowned Sage Sri Swami Sivananda who recognized in him an embodiment of the high spirit of renunciation, profound divine wisdom, touching purity of heart, made him known as Bala Yogi, Bala Jnani, titled him as Adhyatma Kavita-Bhaskara and crowned him with Sannyasa-Diksha in the year 1947 at the tender age of 17; later he received his Sri Vidya Mantra Diksha from the omnipresent Divine Mother Meenakshi of Madurai Temple and secrets of higher Tantric and Vedic Yagnas from Siddha Purushas.

The Lineage

The lineage of Omkarananda Sannyasis, their Guruparamapara runs in this order: Lord Narayana, Brahma, Dakshinamurti, Shankaracharya, Shivananda, Omkarananda. Their roots are in Vedas and Upanishads. Their heart is Srividya, the soul of their being is Sri Yantra. Their Ishta Devata is Parabrahmasvaroopini Sri Mahatripurasundari. They are at the same time Shiva Bhaktas and Vishnu Bhaktas, because they believe that Shiva and Vishnu are two of the many faces of Parameshwari Tripurasundari