It is situated between the villages of Ganeshpuri and Vajreshwari in the state of Maharashtra, 70 miles (110 km) north-east of Mumbai.
[1] The ashram's origins date back to the guru known as Bhagawan Nityananda, who had been in the nearby village of Ganeshpuri since 1936.
"[5] In addition to spiritual practice, the ashram established significant charitable services for the benefit of the adivasis (tribal people) of the area.
[7] The Project also organized several eye-camps in which those who were blind from cataracts received free corrective surgery that restored their eyesight.
[8] Gurudev Siddha Peeth has been linked by multiple commentators with the ashram in Elizabeth Gilbert's 2006 memoir Eat, Pray, Love, since, among other clues, it has a multilingual female guru who was a swami's translator, succeeded him, and resides in the United States, attributes of Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, and where a 90-minute Guru Gita is sung every morning.