Agriculture
It has a vast agricultural land and most of the food grain and vegetables are grown for the consumption of its inhabitants and visitors. The ashram tries to be self-sufficient. The food grains like wheat, millet (bajra), gram (chana) and vegetables are grown here organically.
The ashram has its own cows. The yogurt prepared from this milk along with bread prepared from bajra is the favorites breakfast for most of the visitors.It is about 320 km from Delhi and 150 km from Jaipur by road . The ashram today has more than 100 rooms with all modern amenities.
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