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This is a '''list of largest [[ashram|Hindu ashram]]s''' in terms of area.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Name of the ashram
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Photo
! scope="col" | Area (m<sup>2</sup>)
! scope="col" | Place
! scope="col" | Country
!Notes
|-

|1
|[[The Art of Living International Center]]
| [[File:Vishalakshmi Mantap.jpg|140px|center]]
| 1,011,714
| [[Bangalore]]
|{{flag|India}}
|The Art of Living International Center is the headquarter of the [[Art of Living Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Art of Living Foundation|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/spirituality/ashrams/art-of-living.html|accessdate=8 February 2017}}</ref> The center is located 21 km southwest of [[Bangalore]] on Kanakapura road, at the top of the Panchagiri Hills.<ref>{{cite web|title=How Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Took Forward The Dream Of Martin Luther King|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/shonu-nangia/how-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-took-forward-the-dream-of-martin-luther/|publisher=Huffington Post India|accessdate=8 February 2017}}</ref> It is connected by Road via Nice Ring Road or Banshankari - Kanakpura Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fabhotels.com/blog/art-of-living-international-center-bangalore/|title=Art of Living International Center, Bangalore: A Place to Rejuvenate Your Body, Mind, and Soul |access-date=7 August 2020 |year=2020 |publisher=Fabhotels}}</ref>
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|2
|[[Adiyogi Shiva statue|Adiyogi Shiva]]
| [[File:Isha foundation.jpg|140px|center]]
| 607,020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urbanpro.com/yoga/isha-yoga-center-isha-foundation |title=Isha yoga center by Isha foundation |publisher=Urbanpro|accessdate=7 August 2020}}</ref>
| [[Velliangiri Mountains]]
|{{flag|India}}
|Isha Foundation's headquarters are located in an [[ashram]] built on the foothills of the [[Velliangiri Mountains]], adjacent to the [[Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve]],<ref>{{Citation |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-5264-1437-3 |last1=Hudson |first1=Simon |last2=Hudson |first2=Louise |title=Marketing for Tourism, Hospitality & Events: A Global & Digital Approach |location=London, etc. |date=2017}}</ref> some forty kilometres from the city of [[Coimbatore]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], South India.<ref name="Berghella 2018">{{cite book |last=Berghella |first=Vincenzo |title=Chennai and Coimbatore, India | publisher=Berghella |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-578-20085-9 |oclc=1032025559 |page=69}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[Mata Amritanandamayi Math]]
| [[File:Mata Amritanandamayi Math .jpg|140px|center]]
| 404,686
| [[Kollam]]
|{{flag|India}}
| The Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) is an international charitable organization aimed at the spiritual and material upliftment of humankind. It was founded by spiritual leader and humanitarian [[Mata Amritanandamayi]] in 1981,<ref>''Amma: Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, a Biography'', Amrita Books, 2011</ref> with its headquarters in Paryakadavu, [[Alappad|Alappad Panchayat]], [[Kollam district]], [[Kerala]].
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|4
|[[Rajneesh movement|Osho International Meditation Resort]]
| [[File:2008 12 Osho center, Pune, India.jpg|140px|center]]
|161,874<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/religion/story/20021216-osho-ashram-bhagwan-rajneesh-ashram-in-pune-acquires-new-face-after-rs-50-crore-revamp-794001-2002-12-16|title = Osho Ashram: Bhagwan Rajneesh Ashram in Pune acquires new face after Rs 50 crore revamp}}</ref>
| [[Pune]]
|{{flag|India}}
| In 1990, [[Rajneesh]] died and was buried at the ashram in Poona; which became the Osho International Meditation Resort.<ref name="SFC24804">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/29/ING9G8DKC31.DTL|title=Mystic's burial site at commune is reincarnated as posh resort|date=29 August 2004|work=Mike McPhate|accessdate=15 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214110119/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/29/ING9G8DKC31.DTL|archivedate=14 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="JMF41">{{Citation |last=Fox |first=Judith M. |title=Osho Rajneesh – Studies in Contemporary Religion Series, No. 4 |publisher=[[Signature Books]] |year=2002 |location=Salt Lake City |isbn=1-56085-156-2 }}</ref>
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|5
| [[Sri Aurobindo Ashram]]
| [[File:Aurobindo ashram, Pondicherry.jpg|140px|center]]
| 38,080
| [[Puducherry (city)|Pondicherry]]
|{{flag|India}}
| The Sri Aurobindo Ashram is a spiritual community ([[ashram]]) located in [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]], in the Indian territory of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. The ashram grew out of a small community of disciples who had gathered around [[Sri Aurobindo]] after he retired from politics and settled in Pondicherry in 1910. On 24 November 1926, after a major spiritual realization, Sri Aurobindo withdrew from public view in order to continue his spiritual work. At this time he handed over the full responsibility for the inner and outer lives of the ''sadhaks'' (spiritual aspirants) and the ashram to his spiritual collaborator, "the Mother", earlier known as [[Mirra Alfassa]]. This date is therefore generally known as the founding-day of the ashram, though, as Sri Aurobindo himself wrote, it had “less been created than grown around him as its centre.”<ref>Sri Aurobindo, ''Autobiographical Notes and Other Writings of Historical Interest'' (Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2006), p. 9.</ref>
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==See also==
* [[List of tallest Gopurams]]
* [[List of large temple tanks]]
* [[List of human stampedes in Hindu temples]]
* [[List of Hindu temples|Lists of Hindu temples by country]]
* [[List of largest Hindu temples]]

== References ==
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*{{Citation |last=Malcolm |first=Howard |title=Travels in south-eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam .., Volume 2|year=1839 |publisher=Google(digitised) |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pjUQAAAAYAAJ&q=seringham&pg=PA69|ref=Malcolm }}.

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