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Ganga Maa

Non-duality · Silent Presence

Indian satsang teacher at Sri Jnana Ganga Mandiram in Tiruvannamalai, holding daily silent-presence satsang in the spirit of Arunachala and Sri Ramana Maharshi while explicitly declining the traditional guru role.

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Ganga Maa

Ganga Maa lives and teaches in Tiruvannamalai, in the tradition associated with Arunachala and Sri Ramana Maharshi's non-dual (advaita) teaching. She explicitly declines the guru-disciple framework, describing herself as not a guru, and those who attend not as disciples but as fellow followers of Arunachala and Ramana, pointing to what she calls the Supreme Self present in everyone and everything as the real teacher. She is the author of Jnana Ganga, a free collection of 101 teachings published in multiple languages, and Silent Presence, Vol. 1, an edited collection of satsang transcripts and devotee accounts.

She holds daily satsang at Sri Jnana Ganga Mandiram: mornings Monday to Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30am (gates open 8:45am), plus Tuesday and Friday evenings from 5:30 to 6:30pm (gates open 4:45pm). Beyond the daily gatherings, her website publishes subtitled video and audio excerpts, satsang summaries and a WhatsApp update channel; there is no separate events calendar beyond this recurring schedule.

“Freedom is the foundation of the satsang.”
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Ganga Maa ~ The Truth is in the Heart

Ganga Maa is a contemporary Advaita teacher based in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India. Her teaching is rooted in the non-dual Self-enquiry tradition of Sri Ramana Maharshi and the sacred presence of Arunachala. Amma does not regard herself as a guru, nor those who attend her satsangs as her disciples; instead, she points to Arunachala, Ramana Maharshi and the one Supreme Self as the true teacher. Her teachings emphasise direct Self-knowledge, surrender and the recognition of the Self as the ever-present reality. Her teachings have been collected in books including Silent Presence and Jnana Ganga (edited by David Godman).

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