Pulhashram

at Muktinath, Mustang

Where Nilkanth Varni stood — four months on one leg.
The deepest tapasya of his van vicharan.
The maha tirtha named in the Satsangi Jeevan.

तप · प्रबोधिनीHis tapasya, in scripture

The most fierce tapasya of his van vicharan happened here.

Thirty-six shlokas of Satsangi Jeevan — Prakran 1, Chapter 44 — describe what passed on the banks of the Kali Gandaki, between Nilkanth Varni and Suryanarayan.

तप मुद्रा

One leg. Both arms raised. Eyes fixed on the tip of the nose.

The posture by which Nilkanth Varni is depicted in every Swaminarayan mandir. Through monsoon. Into snow.

Source · Satsangi Jeevan, Prakran 1, Chapter 44

पुल्हाश्रम · The Convergence

Of every ground he had walked — why this one.

Three claims of the canon converge at Pulhashram. They converge nowhere else in Hindu memory.

शालग्राम प्रकट्य · कृष्ण गण्डकी

The one river that bears Shaligram.

Vishnu's aniconic, self-manifest form — Shaligram Prakatya in the Krishna Gandaki. Kept in Vaishnava households across the world. They come from this one valley.

Our Mission

Our work is to bring this maha tirtha back into the living memory of satsangis and Hindus alike.

We pursue it through yatra, gyan, and katha: three paths to the same ground.

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Pulhashram

The most fierce tapasya of his van vicharan happened here.

One leg. Both arms raised. Eyes fixed on the tip of the nose.

Bathing thrice in the Kali Gandaki. Fruits and leaves.

Formal daily puja at Muktinath.

And then — Suryanarayan himself appeared.

Of every ground he had walked — why this one.

The one river that bears Shaligram.

Where Bharat, son of Rishabhadeva, performed his tapasya.

One of eight kshetras where Vishnu is held to be self-manifest.

Our work is to bring this maha tirtha back into the living memory of satsangis and Hindus alike.

Through Gyan.

Through Katha.

Through the Yatra.