Tapovanam - Living Upanishadic life

[V Emani]

Dear all - 

Happy Sankara Jayanthi. 

I have lived in the west for over thirty years but fortunately, by the grace of the Lord, I have become interested in Advaita Vedanta about ten years back. I have since studied the Prasthana traya with Sankar Bhashya and realized. 

I have decided to move to Rajamahedravaram, on the banks of River Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, and have started constructing an Ashramam called Tapovanam, to live my retired life at 55. 

I am sharing the link of the Ashramam below here, as I have drawn inspiration from this list from time to time during my Sadhana. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aBgn2ZGE6I

Vedanta exhorts us to live a life of Yajna, Dana, Tapa, Swadhyaya and Pravachana - the five essential elements to fulfill the life and I intend to follow the footsteps of countless Vedantins ahead of me. 

Best wishes to all in your journey

Hariharananda. ( My post retirement name)