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place to indulge in stress-busting meditation. Alternately, there are detractors who point
fingers at the ashram's blatant commercialisation and accuse it of marketing a warped ver-
sion of the mystic East to gullible Westerners.
The main centre for meditation and the nightly white-robed spiritual dance is the Osho
Auditorium (no coughing or sneezing, please). The Osho Samadhi, where the guru's ashes
are kept, is also open for meditation. The commune's 'Multiversity' runs a plethora of
courses in meditation and other esoteric techniques. If you wish to take part, or even just
meditate, you'll have to pay ?1150/1550 (Indian/foreigner), which covers registration, a
mandatory on-the-spot HIV test (sterile needles used), introductory sessions and your first
day's meditation pass. You'll also need two robes (one maroon and one white, from ?200
per robe). For subsequent days, a daily meditation pass costs ?300/700 (Indian/foreigner),
and you can come and go as you please. If you want further involvement, you can also
sign up for a 'work as meditation' program.
The curious can watch a video presentation at the visitor centre and take a 10-minute si-
lent tour of the facilities (?10; adults only, cameras and phones prohibited) at 9.15am and
2pm daily. Tickets have to be booked at least a day in advance (9.30am to 1pm and 2pm
to 4pm). It's also worth checking out the 5-hectare garden, Osho Teerth (admission free;
6-9am & 3-6pm) , behind the commune, and accessible all day for those with a meditation
pass.
Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute
( 25656134; www.bksiyengar.com ; Model Colony, 1107 B/1 Hare Krishna Mandir Rd) To attend classes at
this famous institute, 7km northwest of the train station, you need to have been practising
yoga for at least eight years.
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