It was a different ride this time !
Located on the 100 acres of land on
the Western Ghats, at the junction of ‘Anaikatti’, 30 Kms from Coimbatore and
Palaghat is Arsha Vidya Gurukulam.
Founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswathi, ‘Arsha Vidya’, the teachings
transmitted by the ‘Rishis’ is the main essence here. I attended the last 5 concluding sessions on
Vedanta for a graduate class of 35 students who spent 3 plus years there. All
of them were gradates and beyond from the regular courses. The classes
were very stimulating. The place is quite and just birds all over.
My 2 days stay was delightful with the
classes and seminars. The trust also
runs a hospital and tribal school for the children.
13 October was Ayuda Pooja and was done
at the Ashram
Few pictures are at:
The Ride:
I left on Saturday 05th Oct
by 6 Pm and was in the ashram by 2.30 pm. About 395 Kms each way and was back Monday
evening.
Route: Bangalore > Salem >
Bhavani > Avinashi > Coimbatore > Anaikatti.
Bangalore Salem = 200 Kms non-stop,
about 3 hours 20 minutes. Salem to
Anaikatti, stopped to get directions at Coimbatore and one breakfast stop for
40 minutes.
Partly cloudy / Sunny weather, was
nice.
44 Km per litre. Odo 803 Km
