Swami Satyananda and Swami Adaityananda have been performing strenuous Tapasya in the Himalayas for over five weeks now, and have made amazing progress.

Each morning they rise at about 3:30 am, they shower, they get assembled in their asana, and they chant various scriptures, including the Bhagavad Gita, the Chandi Path, and the Devi Gita.

Just five weeks ago, their asana was only three hours long. Under the guidance of Swami Satyananda, they systematically increased their asana to over ten hours in one sitting. This is an amazing feat in such a short period of time!

Swamiji says that if a sadhu sits for five hours in one asana, they will attain Asana Siddhi. Asana Siddhi means perfection in asana, and indicates that the sadhu has risen above body consciousness and can be in perfect relaxation during the time of asana.

Specifically, Swami Adaityananda has attained asana siddhi in the sacred city of Gangotri, located over 10,000 feet in altitude deep in the Himalayan Mountains. Wow!

To commemorate this accomplishment, Swami Satyananda would like the Devi Mandir family to join forces and contribute $3,000 to the sadhus of Gangotri who have supported Swami Adaityananda on his path.

It is Swamiji’s hope that our families will unite, and in the future more of us can come from the west to experience the purity and clarity of sadhana as it is supported by the Himalayan sadhus in an environment like this.