When you arrive at the Gurukulam, please come directly to the
office for your room assignment.
The registration office is located in the building named Kanchi, across
from the parking lot near the entrance driveway. The campus map can be seen at
www.yogirama.com/ArshaGround.pdf
Plan to arrive at the Gurukulam between 3 pm and 9 pm on Friday, September 6.
If you arrive earlier you may have to go
a motel for accommodation. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm followed by a Ňmeet
and greetÓ orientation at 8 pm. The daily timetable will be posted in the dining hall.
Suddhatmaji, the manager (suddhatma@gmail.com - cell phone 1-570-656-0189
or call 570.992.2339X1-234) is the contact person for arrival, departure, meal
requests, etc. For last minute emergencies or changes only, use the pick up cell phone 1-570-656-0198 or Gurukulam
emergency number 1-570-992-0241; do not use these numbers to inform the Gurukulam of your arrival,
which you have to do before August 7.
If you arrive between 9:00 pm and 10 pm, you can find your room assignment on a housing list with a campus map posted by
the office door and on the door of the dining hall.
Dinner will be left out in the dining hall for late
arrivals. Do let Suddhatmaji know if you anticipate a late arrival so that
someone may be on the lookout to help direct you.
If you arrive after 10 pm, please plan to spend the night at a nearby
motel. Please do not leave a message at Nila PatelŐs as she will not
be at her home. Ramanand PatelŐs cell phone, 1-415-665-8560 may not always work at the Gurukulam.
Arrival from New York Airport (JFK): Take Martz Trailways bus to Stroudsburg.
For more information on this bus line visit www.martztrailways.com. To
get to Gurukulam from there see Pick Up below.
Arrival from Newark, NJ Airport (EWR): Take Transbridge bus to Easton. For more
information on this bus line visit www.transbridgebus.com.
To get to Gurukulam from there see Pick Up below.
Arrival from other locations by bus: Take the bus to Stroudsburg or Easton. To
get to Gurukulam from there see Pick Up below.
Pick Up:
Gurukulam will help co-ordinate transportation from Allentown Airport (ABE), or
from the bus stations in Stroudsburg or Easton in Pennsylvania; for this you must e-mail Suddhatmaji your arrival
information before August 7. If flying into or out of Allentown, please provide the airline,
flight numbers, times and the number of people in your party for both arrival
and departure. If the Gurkulam
staff is able to pick you up they will check with the airport for arrivals
information before leaving to make the pickup. In any event, they can help
co-ordinate your travel with other fellow passengers if you inform them as early
as possible but no later than August 7.
Arrival by car: The Gurukulam web site at http://www.arshavidya.org/maps-directions.html provides the
driving directions. If you have difficulty with this, please contact
Suddhatmaji who can mail them to you.
Departure:
Plan to depart on Friday the 13th after lunch. You may depart earlier if airline
schedule necessitates this. Send this information to Suddhatmaji along with
your arrival info. For those needing to stay beyond workshop dates due to long
distance travel or difficult airline connections, limited accommodation is
available at $80 per night. This is payable to the Gurukulam upon arrival.
Rev. Jan. 3, 2013