Welcome to the Seat of the Siddhas
(The Illuminated Ones)
(an ancient ashram of Sri Anandamayi Ma)
The very first and holiest of all holy ashrams of Sri Anandamayi Ma, founded as early as 1926 at the seat of the Siddhas, the Siddheswari, in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, which was for long in a very poor condition, has been completely renovated.
Sri Anandamayi Ma proclaimed more than eight decades back that this place now known as Siddheshwari, was the seat of the siddhas, the illuminated and realised sages, even 5,000 years before.
This sanctified site, where many miraculous and unbelievable incidents happened in the divine presence of Anandamayi Ma, and where she was first named as “Ma Anandamayi” by the paragon of her original devotees, commonly known as ‘Bhaiji’, Sri Jyotish Chandra Roy, has now become a place of real pilgrimage for all devotees and admirers of Ma.
All those who are keen to visit the holy place, situated at 14 Siddheshwari Lane, Dhaka, very close to the renowned “Siddheshwari Kali Mandir”, may directly contact
Sri Jayanta Bhownik, the Ashram secretary
Telephone 0088- (0)98565 26557 or
E-mail jayanta@envoy-group.com
Click below to see some photographs of Siddeshwari
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Goddess Tripurasundari
Idol of the Goddess Tripurasundari
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Kasba Kali Bari Temple
It was here that Sri Ma’s grandmother prayed for a grandson, but by mistake prayed for a granddaughter
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Kasba Kali Bari Temple
Temple Sanctum
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Kheora, View
Distant view of the birthplace complex
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Kheora, View
Inside the quadrangle
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Kheora, birth spot
A view of the alter marking the spot where Ma is believed to have manifested herself
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Kheora, Temple
External view of the altar temple
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Kheora, Pukur
A view of the pukur (pond) adjoining the birthplace
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Kheora, Pukur
Another view of the pukur
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Chalna
Shiv temple sanctum
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Chalna
Outside view
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Chalna
Ancient tree next to the pukur in which Sri Ma saw Shiv sporting
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Vidyakut
Hut believed to stand at the site of the original hut where Sri Ma resided with Bholanath
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Vidyakut
Inside view of hut
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Vidyakut
Inside view showing utensils used by present occupants
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Vidyakut
Side elevation of hut
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Ashtagram
View from River Padma en route to Ashtagram
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Ashtagram
In front of Shiv temple close to where Sri Ma used to stay, attracted by the kirtan there
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Ashtagram
View of outhouses of Jeevan Babu’s bungalow, where Sri Ma and Bholanath may have stayed
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Ashtagram
Jeevan Babu’s bungalow
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Padma River
En route from Ashtagram to Kaliarchar boat station
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Bajitpur
Site where Bholanath’s hut is believed to have stood, where Sri Ma’s sadhana leela took place
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Sultanpur
Shiv temple spire where site where Didima’s parents resided
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Sultanpur
Closer view of the temple, unused and dilapidated
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Sultanpur
Inside the Shiv temple
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Sultanpur
Part of the original wall of the village post office referred to in Gurupriya Didi’s books
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Shahbag, Dhaka
Madhur Babu’s canteen in a part of which Sri Ma and Bholanath lived (1924-1928), it was the Nawab’s dancehall
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Shahbag, Dhaka
Gol Ghar (round building) near the canteen, probably originally used as a dressing room. It is believed many of Sri Ma’s bhava leelas took place here.
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Ramna, Dhaka
Temporary pandal erected on part of the original Kali temple/Ramna ashram site
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Ramna, Dhaka
Banner outside the pandal
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Ramna, Dhaka
Ramna Pukur (pond)
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Ramna, Dhaka
Interior of pandal
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Siddheshwari, Dhaka
Altar of goddess Siddheshwari, in Siddheshwari Temple near which an ashram was built in 1926
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Siddheshwari, Dhaka
Siddheshwari Temple – closer view of alter and idol
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Siddheshwari, Dhaka
Still closer view of idol
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Siddheshwari, Dhaka
Ancient tree that Sri Ma had a vision of in Bajitpur
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Siddheshwari, Dhaka
Picture of Sri Ma with Bholanath at the Shivling in Siddheshwari Ashram
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Siddheshwari, Dhaka
Puja being performed at the Shivling installed at the spot where Sri Ma’s hand went into the earth, followed by a jet of reddish fluid
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Siddheshwari, Dhaka
Another view of the lingam
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Shahbag, Dhaka
Mazaar of the fakir in Sri Ma’s vision
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Agarpara Ashram, Kolkata
Small japa kutir built by Sri Ma’s kheyal on the spot where Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabu halted on his journey from Nadiya