Type Non-Profit Corporation Website www.mehermount.org | Location Ojai, California | |
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Founded 1946; 71 years ago (1946) Services Charity
Spiritual
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Meher Mount is a 172 acres (70 ha) universal spiritual center dedicated to Avatar Meher Baba in Ojai, California, United States. The site has a panoramic view of Sulphur Mountain, California. Located about 80-mile north (130 km) of Los Angeles at 2,600 feet (790 m) above the Pacific Ocean, it holds a 360-degree view, including the nearby peak of Topatopa Mountains, the Channel Islands, Los Padres National Forest, and the Ojai Valley. Meher Mount is a spiritual center open to all religions for inspiration, education, and work programs in agriculture, ecology, and humanitarian service.
Founding
Meher Mount was founded in 1946 by Meher Mount Corporation owned by Agnes Baron, and co-signers at the request of Avatar Meher Baba. Meher Baba visited Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. In 1958, he named the area Meher Mount and said it would become a place of world pilgrimage. There are opportunities for day visits, group events, and individual retreats as well as resident work programs. In 1989 Baron Trust, Meher Mount Corporation was established after it suffered fire destruction on October 15, 1985. Meher Mount is one of four main centers set up worldwide, the other being Meher Spiritual Center, Avatar's Abode in Australia, and the samadhi (tomb-shrine) in Meherabad, India.