Ashram
Ashram
!Ashram of sage [Kanva depicted on terracotta plaque, 2nd century BCE](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/ShakuntalaplaquefromBhita.jpg/250px-ShakuntalaplaquefromBhita.jpg)
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!Sevagram Ashram in Sabramati, 1936
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Sometimes, the goal of a pilgrimage to the ashram was not tranquility, but instruction in some art, especially warfare. In the Ramayana, the princes of ancient Ayodhya), Rama, and Lakshmana, go to Vishvamitra's ashram to protect his yajnas from being defiled by emissary-demons of Ravana. After they prove their mettle, the princes receive martial instruction from the sage, especially in the use of divine weapons. In the Mahabharata, Krishna, in his youth, goes to the ashram of Sandipani to gain knowledge of both intellectual and spiritual matters.
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