Shree Meenananda Foundation
Visit the Ashram
Come to Gopikantapur to visit the Ashram. Please call first to confirm a suitable time and directions.
Visitors are welcome at Shree Meenananda Foundation’s Ashram in Gopikantapur, Kopai, Birbhum 731201, West Bengal. Guided by Sri Meenananda Tirthanath, it hosts puja, kirtan, education and seva. Please arrange your visit in advance.
Birbhum Ashram
Meenananda Foundation, Gopikantapur, Kopai, Birbhum 731201, West Bengal, India
Telephone: +91 9831117349 · +91 8240908608
Email: [email protected]
Kolkata contact
Pirtala, Garia, Kolkata 700152, West Bengal, India
Pirtala, Garia is the published Kolkata contact address. Write or telephone; then come to Gopikantapur by arrangement.
When to come
Please call before travelling so the Ashram can welcome you and confirm the day’s programme. Evening kirtan is part of the day’s rhythm. The old site mentioned morning yoga — ask when you telephone.
How to be here
- Dress modestly; the shrine is a working temple.
- Remove shoes where asked.
- Ask before photographing people, children, or the inner shrine.
- Keep puja and homa in their own time; a photograph can wait.
- Speak quietly. The path is also a place of sadhana.
Access and travel
Use the journey pages for rail and road planning from Kolkata, Howrah, Bolpur and Santiniketan. Confirm trains on IRCTC. Ask when you write; a human reply can guide the last stretch to Kopai.
Bolpur–Santiniketan · Kolkata to the Ashram · Gopikantapur and Kopai
Related reading: Tantra in Bengal · Sri Meenananda Tirthanath
The temple from the air. Roof paint in this still is restored from the drone photograph.
Photographs
Photographs of puja, seva, tirtha, and the people of the house.
Puja and ritual
Homa, naivedya, and the shrine of Maa Kali — living worship at the Ashram.
With the media
Guruji with the media — including Doordarshan. Stills from festival days; the spoken word lives on the official channel.
Seva in the village
Kitchen work, community meals, and clothing given with care.
Tirtha bhraman
Journeys of offering — Himalayan rivers, mountain paths, and sitting at the ghat.
Ashram photographs
The Ashram temple in Gopikantapur, night paths, festival days, and the people of the Ashram.
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