The Vedic Mohan Ashram situated just a mile off the ‘Har ki Pauri’ in Haridwar is an exemplary illustration of the long standing legacy of social reform initiated by Swami Dayanand Saraswati himself when in 1866 he had hoisted the Pakhand Khandani Pataka, a symbolic flag that represented a concerted war on social evils like deceit and trickery in the name of religion, blind ritualism and regressive practices in the name of faith.
To commemorate his ideology and in honour of his selfless devotion towards the betterment of the society in general, the Vedic Mohan Ashram was founded in 1908 and put under a governing trust in 1912 on the behest of Mahatama Hansraj. Many noted and renowned Arya Samajis became members of the trust. The Ashram became a centre for meditation and free exchange of ideas on religion and spirituality. Frequented by the likes of Mahatma Hansraj himself, Mahatma Anand Swami and Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, it eventually became a nodal centre for those desiring to steep themselves in the principles of the Arya Samaj. The scholars and thinkers residing there were known as Arya Sanyasis and customarily performed hawans, yagnas and organized satsangs which were participated in also by non-inmates of the ashram. The Vedic Mohan Ashram still remains a major source of both preservation and propagation of the Vedic form of life and a purveyor of ancient Vedic wisdom and values.
The Vedic Mohan Ashram was where Mahatma Hansraj spent long years during the later stage of his life. Here he would meditate, indulge in long philosophical discussions with other learned individuals and would intensely contemplate upon the ways and means of further strengthening and fortifying the DAV Movement for the betterment of the nation as a whole.
It was here that Swami Dayanand Saraswati established a Havan Kund in 1866. And even today Havans are performed to the chanting of Vedic hymns. The ashram also organises Vedic Shivirs{Camps} from time to time to preserve, propagate and enhance Vedic values and knowledge amongst the present populace.
ॐ इन्द्रं वर्धन्तो अप्तुरः कृण्वन्तो विश्वमार्यम् । अपघ्नन्तो अराव्णः ॐ ।।
ॐ इन्द्रं वर्धन्तो अप्तुरः कृण्वन्तो विश्वमार्यम् । अपघ्नन्तो अराव्णः ॐ ।।
ॐ इन्द्रं वर्धन्तो अप्तुरः कृण्वन्तो विश्वमार्यम् । अपघ्नन्तो अराव्णः ॐ ।।
ॐ इन्द्रं वर्धन्तो अप्तुरः कृण्वन्तो विश्वमार्यम् । अपघ्नन्तो अराव्णः ॐ ।।
ॐ इन्द्रं वर्धन्तो अप्तुरः कृण्वन्तो विश्वमार्यम् । अपघ्नन्तो अराव्णः ॐ ।।
ॐ इन्द्रं वर्धन्तो अप्तुरः कृण्वन्तो विश्वमार्यम् । अपघ्नन्तो अराव्णः ॐ ।।