Yoga Community Crossword Clue

Yoga community crossword clue. A two speed crossword puzzle question in Daily Telegraph Sydney on Thursday, 6 July 2017. 6 letters. Also appear in Herald Sun and The Courier-Mail newspaper.

Answer: ASHRAM

Traditionally, an ashram (sometimes also ashrama or ashramam) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions. An ashram would traditionally, but not necessarily in contemporary times, be located far from human habitation, in forests or mountainous regions, amidst refreshing natural surroundings conducive to spiritual instruction and meditation. The residents of an ashram regularly performed spiritual and physical exercises, such as the various forms of yoga. Other sacrifices and penances, such as yajnas were also performed. Many ashrams also served as gurukulas, residential schools for children under the guru-shishya tradition.