Shantivanam ashram is an ashram it is vision is to be a meeting point of different tradition and cultures specially the vision of our founders The place which the east and west meet. So Ashram is always engaged with dialogues between Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Jain and many other religions to promote peace and harmony in world every year we have 2 meetings one on sep 21 on world peace day and another on January. Pope franciss stressed "true openness means remaining firm in ones deepest convictions, and therefore being open to understanding others. We also have dialogue Ecumenical Dialogues with different churches.