Description
Manav Kendra (literally "Man-making Center") was the term coined by Sant Kirpal Singh, Lighthouse Center was the term used by Sant Thakar Singh for the Manav Kendras he set up in the West.
There are many of these centers in India, and one Manav Kender in Mexico. There are four Lighthouse Centers in the United States: a 330-acre (1.3 km2) parcel near Umpqua, Oregon; a much smaller center in Kinderhook, New York (also called ECC or East Coast Center), one in Florida, called "The Farm", and one in Poland, near German and Czech border (Pobiedna).
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