Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG Ashram)

Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama — the name means "the village of spiritual seekers" (sadhaka = seeker, grama = village) — is a contemplative ashram set amid gardens on the quiet Virbhadra Road at Virpur Khurd, a few kilometres south of central Rishikesh where the Ganga has just left the Himalaya for the plains.

• It was established in 2002 by Swami Veda Bharati as the international headquarters of the Himalayan Yoga Meditation tradition of Swami Rama of the Himalayas (1925–1996), the yogi-scientist whose lineage is carried forward through Swami Veda Bharati and Swami Ritavan Bharati.
• The ashram is the global hub of AHYMSIN — the Association of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies International — a fellowship of centres and practitioners spread across dozens of countries, and it draws students who come specifically to learn and deepen meditation rather than to sightsee.
• Unlike the riverfront ashrams of the Triveni Ghat and Swarg Ashram belt, SRSG is deliberately withdrawn from the tourist bustle.
• The campus is landscaped with lawns, flowering trees and quiet walking paths, and its rhythm is shaped by silence: a meditation hall for group sittings, a fire-offering (havan/yajna) sanctum, a library of yoga and Sanskrit texts, and simple residential blocks for retreatants.
• The tradition emphasises a graded, breath-centred approach — diaphragmatic breathing, relaxation, mantra and the stilling of the mind — taught one-to-one and in structured programmes rather than as drop-in classes.
• Practitioners often observe periods of mauna (silence), and the atmosphere throughout the grounds is calm and interior.
• SRSG is a residential retreat institution, not a casual walk-in temple, so visits are organised around courses, personal instruction and stays booked in advance; the ashram welcomes seekers "alone or with family and friends" and tailors guidance to the length of stay.
• Casual sightseers should write ahead and respect the meditative quiet.
• Dress modestly, switch phones to silent, and keep voices low near the halls.
• For food, the ashram itself serves simple satvik vegetarian meals to its residents, in keeping with the yogic emphasis on light, pure, plant-based sattva food — no onion, garlic, meat, egg or alcohol, wholly aligned with holy, vegetarian, alcohol-free Rishikesh.
• Non-resident travellers will find pure-vegetarian dhabas and cafes along Virbhadra Road and, a short ride away, the celebrated vegetarian eateries of the Rishikesh riverfront.
• The ashram makes a meaningful contrast to Rishikesh's busier yoga scene — a place to understand meditation as a lifelong, disciplined inner practice rather than a photo opportunity.