Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, is a branch of the Ramakrishna Math, founded in 1899 at the behest of Swami Vivekananda by his disciples Captain Henry Sevier and Mrs Charlotte Sevier. It is located in the Champawat district of Uttarakhand, near the town of Lohaghat. Advaita Ashrama is a major publication centre of the Ramakrishna Order for books in English and Hindi, mainly through its branch in Kolkata, and also maintains a charitable hospital at Mayavati. Among its important publications are The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda in English and as well as a Hindi translation, The Life of Swami Vivekananda, and English translations of important Hindu scriptures.
Advaita Ashrama publishes many important books in English and Hindi, as well as the English journal Prabuddha Bharata. A list of its most well-known publications follows.
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
Other works of Swami Vivekananda, like:
Jnana Yoga
Bhakti Yoga
Karma Yoga
Raja Yoga
Letters of Swami Vivekananda
The Life of Swami Vivekananda by His Eastern and Western Disciples
Srimad Bhagavad Gita translated by Swami Swarupananda
The first three presidents of Advaita Ashrama were also editors of the Prabuddha Bharata. Thereafter, the president and editor were different persons. From 1959, the ashrama president was also called the editor of Prabuddha Bharata, and the actual editor called the “joint editor”. From September 1993, the ashrama president is known as the managing editor, and the editor is again known as the editor.
