Natraj Mandir/Yogaville/Yogaville Satchidananda Ashram Virginia,America

Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville, located in Virginia, is a peaceful environment for residents, guests and program participants who wish to study, practice and share the Integral Yoga teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda. It also serves as the international headquarters for the Integral Yoga Institutes and Centers worldwide.

Situated on 750 acres of land, its facilities include a teaching academy, meeting and events hall, dining hall, library, office building, maintenance center, monastery, guest accommodations, and sacred sites for prayer and meditation. At the heart of Yogaville is the Light Of Truth Universal Shrine (LOTUS), dedicated to world peace and interfaith harmony. Adjacent to the Ashram is the Yogaville community, where many like-minded householders have purchased land and built their homes.

Yogaville, or Satchidananda Ashram, is the Buckingham County, Virginia headquarters of Satchidananda Saraswati’s organization.

The ashram was founded in 1980 by Satchidananda Saraswati, whose western notability stems from his opening of the Woodstock festival. The ashram is the international organizational headquarters of Swami Satchidananda’s documented teachings. It is located in Buckingham County, Virginia. The primary goal of guru Yogiraj Sri Swami Satchidananda (1914-2002) was interfaith understanding as a vehicle to world peace. To this end, the LOTUS (Light Of Truth Universal Shrine) was constructed and inaugurated in 1986. Swami Satchidananda had been living in Yogaville, though he was visiting Madras, in South India at the time of his death.