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MEDITATION
CENTRE ,
SITAMARHI

1.3
APPROACH

The site is located

in Runni Saidpur,
Sitamarhi,at a
distance of 16 km
from the district
head-quarters
and 30 km from
Muzaffarpur.Runn
i Saidpur railway

station is 3 km
awayfrom the site
and the National
Highway is
100maway from
the proposed
site.Tribhuvan
Airport, Janakpur,
Nepal is

thenearest
airport, 54 km
away from
Sitamarhi.
FIGURE 7 BRIDGE
CONNECTING THE
SITE TONH.[sourcemadhav bhardwaj]

1.4 L

FIGURE 6 RUNNI
SAIDPUR MAP
[sourceSitamarhi.bih.nic.in]
FIGURE 8
SATELLITE IMAGE
OF SITE [sourcewikimapia, google]

FIGURE 9
OFFERING TO THE
SUN GOD
INCHHATH. [source madhav bhardwaj]

MEDITATION
CENTRE ,
SITAMARHI

AND USE

The site is located

on the bank of
riverBaghmati. It
is surrounded by
a green belt onthe
west and
agricultural land
on the east.
Thebreeze on the

site is worth
enjoying and
givesan eternal
pleasure to
instigate
meditation.Total
area of site is 5.7
hectaresPermissi
ble ground

coverage =33%
of
totalareaPermissi
ble height = 10
metersSetback

3 m from all sides

FIGURE 10 LAND
USE MAP

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CENTRE ,
SITAMARHI

1.5
SECTIONS

FIGURE 13
SECTION "AA"
FIGURE 14
SECTION "BB "

FIGURE 11
SECTION "AA"

FIGURE 12
SECTION "BB "

MEDITATION
CENTRE ,
SITAMARHI

1.6
CLIMATE

Sitamarhi has a
monsoon type of
climate.
TEMPERATURE
Throughout the
month of February
daytimetemperatur
es will generally
reach highs of
around26C

that's about 79F. At

night
the averageminimu
m temperature
drops down to
around 12C,that's
54F.In recent times
the highest
recorded
temperature

inFebruary has
been 39C that's
102F,
with thelowest recor
ded temperature
0C, about 41F.
RELATIVE
HUMIDITY
The average daily
relative humidity for

February isaround
65%.
PRECIPITATION
The average
monthly amount of
precipitation
hasbeen recorded
at around 16
mm, that's 1
inches.Throughout

the month you can

expect to see rain
ordrizzle falling on
3 days of the
month.
WIND
The average daily
wind speed in
February has
beenaround 4 kp

h, thats the
equivalent to about
2 mph,
or 2 knots. In
recent years the
maximum sustaine
d
wind speed has
reached 78 kph,
thats the

equivalent of
around 48 mph, or
42 knots.
FOG
On average the
month of February
is affected byfoggy
conditions on 5
days.

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CENTRE ,
SITAMARHI

CASE
STUDIES
1. OSHO COMM
UNE PUNE1.1
About OSHO1.2
Site location1.3
Zonal plan1.4
Osho commune

information1.5
Surroundings1.6
Design context1.7
Design
details2. AUROBI
NDO ASHRAM ,
NEW DELHI2.1
Introduction2.2
Location2.3 Site

Plan2.4 Site
context2.5
Planning2.6
Materials2.7
Design context2.8
Conclusions3. MA
TRI MANDIR, AU
ROVILLE3.1
introduction3.2

layout3.3
circulation and
planning3.4
conclusions

MEDITATION
CENTRE ,
SITAMARHI

OSHO
PUNE

FIGURE
15ACHARYA
RAJNEESH

BHAGWA
N
SHRIRAJ

NEESH(1
931-1990)
wasborn
Rajneesh
Chandra Mohan
in kuchwaraatown
in central india.

Various sources
state
that bhagwan
means either
the blassed
oneor
godand that
shree means
master .at the

end of his life,he

changed his
name to
OSHO.March
21, 1953:
Osho becomes
enlightened atthe
age 21,while
majoring in the

philosophy atD.N.
jain college at
Jabalpur.19531956:
Education1956:
Osho receives his
MA from the
universityof sagar
with first class

honors in
philosophy.

BELIEFS
ANDPRA
CTICES:
Osho developed
new forms of

activemeditation.
The best known
as
dynamicmeditatio
n which often
starts with
strenuousphysical
activity followed

by silence
andcelebration.
FIGURE 16OSHO
CENTRE