Official Name: | Ashrama |
Pushpin Map: | USA California#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Santa Clara |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Coordinates: | 37.3072°N -121.4697°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1657956 |
Shanti Ashrama is a spiritual retreat located in the Upper San Antonio Valley in unincorporated Santa Clara County, California, United States as a branch of the Ramakrishna Mission. It is approximately 40miles east of downtown San Jose.
The retreat resides on of oak-studded chaparral scrubland near Upper San Antonio Valley Road, about 18miles southeast of Mount Hamilton. The land was gifted to the Vedanta Society at the turn of the 20th century, as a place for meditation and contemplation.[1] A meditation cabin there serves as the site for annual retreats.[2] [3]