Saccidananda Ashram (Tamil: சச்சிதானந்தா ஆசிரமம்; also called Shantivanam (சாந்திவனம்) is a Camaldolese Benedictine monastery in Tannirpalli, India founded in 1950.
Located in the village of Tannirpalli in the Karur District of Tamil Nadu, on the Kaveri River (10°55′39″N 78°26′27″E / 10.927413°N 78.440890°E / 10.927413; 78.440890), Saccidananda Ashram was founded in 1950 by two French priests, Jules Monchanin, who later adopted the name Parma Arupi Anananda ("the supreme joy of the Spirit"), and Henri le Saux, who later adopted the name Abhishiktananda ("bliss of Christ").
[8] Trappist monk Francis Mahieu joined them in 1953, and later went on to found Kurisumala Ashram with Bede Griffiths in 1958.
[10] The monastery's name of Saccidananda refers to the Trinity of Christianity: God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
It was not Monchanin's wish to identify Hinduism's concept of the Absolute (advaita) with the Trinity of Christianity, although he did believe reconciliation of the two mystical traditions could, with much effort, be made.