History of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashramin Taos, New Mexico

History of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashramin Taos, New Mexico

The small room is crammed with worshipers, and many others who
cannot fit in stand at the low windows that open on three sides.
It is mid-morning, and the assembled devotees are halfway through a marathon 108
recitations of the Hanuman Chalisa, which they began at 4 am and will continue
until about 1 in the afternoon. Led by a succession of singers and accompanied
by harmonium, drums, and finger cymbals, the unison chanting uses a 
variety of melodies and is sometimes rapid, sometimes slow, but always fervent,
and more so as the morning proceeds.

416 Geronimo Lane
Taos, New Mexico 87571
575-751-4080 – Office & Puja Dukan
575-758-3025 – Kitchen

Taos Hanuman Temple is within the Sri Neem Karoli Baba Ashram in Taos, New Mexico USA. The Taos Hanuman Temple is operated by western devotees of Neem Karoli Baba. Of the many gathering places of Neem Karoli Baba satsang in America, Neem Karoli Baba Ashram in Taos is the home of Sri Taos Hanuman-ji, a most unique and loveable murti.

Maharaj-ji’s Taos Hanuman Temple is located at 7000-ft. elevation in the Sangre de Christo (Blood of Christ) Range of the Rocky Mountains. Taos is a small town noted as a “spiritual center”. Thousands of Hindus from all over the world make pilgrimages to have the darshan of Sri Taos Hanuman-ji.

The Hanuman Temple at this Ashram in Taos, New Mexico is the only public temple institution of Neem Karoli Baba western satsang and is most likely the most visited Hanuman Temple in America. Sri Hanuman is depicted in his “Ramachudamanidayaka” form as flying over the ocean carrying Sri Ram’s ring to Sita-ji in Lanka. there are many forms of Hanuman-ji in India, but Hanuman-ji in this form is very rare. He was designed in America, sculpted in Jaipur, Ragistan, India, and transported to His home in Taos. In September 1999, the Board of Director’s of Maharaj-ji’s Taos Ashram voted to build a new and appropriate mandir for Sri Taos Hanuman-ji.

Source: https://maharajji.love/taos-ashram/

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