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From the South-East (e.g. North Frankfurt)
Take the Autobahn A45 till the Herborn-West exit. Drive on the Bundesstraße 255 towards Hachenburg/Altenkirchen. Approximately 10 km prior to Hachenburg you arrive at Kirburg. At Kirburg take the second exit on the right towards Betzdorf/Elkenroth. Then drive straight (please do not turn at the crossing towards Betzdorf !). Drive further straight through Mörlen und Nauroth. Then take the turn to the left towards Gebhardshain/Rosenheim and drive till Rosenheim. At Rosenheim follow the signs towards Gebhardshain until you drive around and past the Rosenheimer Kirche. After a few meters turn right towards Elben/Steinebach. Continue on the "Priority Road" (Vorfahtrsstraße) and through the town. After a meadow and small stretch of woods, you will arrive at Vedanta Haus which is the first building on the right-hand side.From the South (e.g. Frankfurt Airport)
Take the Autobahn A3 till you reach the exit Ransbach-Baumbach-Exit No. 38. Follow the direction to Hachenburg. The road is well marked with sign boards and it goes straight upto Hachenburg. In Hachenburg you will come to a roundabout where you need to turn left (taking the third exit). After turning left, you need to take the next street to the right (direction: Nister). [From A3 one can take other Exits like, 40 or 37. In that case please follow the map above to get guidance. Exit 40 takes one by No. B255 and via Langenhahn on to No. B414 to Nister.] Drive by Nister, further through Luckenbach and then to Malberg. At Malberg do not take the turn towards Rosenheim, but take the next angular right towards Steinebach. It goes from this place till you hit a crossing, where you will find a sign board pointing towards Bindweide. Follow the direction till you reach a T-Crossing. Turn right on the Rosenheimer Str. and proceed a few yards — the last house on the left is the Vedanta-House.From the West (e.g. from Köln or Bonn)
Take the Autobahn 560 towards Hennef and drive through till the Autobahn becomes a Bundesstraße B8. Drive in the direction of Altenkirchen/Herborn. Take a right shortly after Birnbach (before Altenkirchen) in the direction of Herborn first on to the No. B256 then on the Bundesstraße B414. [The Traffic signboard here says: Herborn (Hachenburg)/ Bad Marienberg/ Gummersbach]. Follow the road till the road turns left towards Kroppach (prior to a railway crossing). [The traffic signboard here says: Gebhardshain/ Limbach/ Mörsbach/ Heimbach.] Follow the road to Kroppach and continue for approximately 10 Kms through a few villages till you get to see signboards indicating Bindweide. Follow the signs till you hit a T-Crossing in Bindweide. Turn right here on the Rosenheimer Strasse. The last house on the left is the Vedanta-House.From the North (e.g. from Dortmund)
Take the Autobahn 45 (Sauerlandlinie) till the Freudenberg exit. From there drive in the direction of Freudenberg/Betzdorf and drive past Kirchen towards Betzdorf. At Betzdorf drive till you find the signboard indicating the end of Betzdorf and the road splits right towards Hachenburg. Take the road and at the next town Steineroth you will find a white board indicating „Schaubergwerk Grube Bindweide“. Take the turn and drive through Elben towards Steinebach. After a few side roads, follow the signboard (Besucherbergwerk) and also Bindweide. Then drive through past the town and into the next township. The last house on the left is the Vedanta-Haus.Using Public Tansport
You may take a train to Betzdorf (Sieg). If possible, you will be picked up at the station (at 10 Euro), or, take a taxi to Bindweide (costs approx. 17 Euro). Link to Railway booking: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/ Just outside the small station there is the bus stop. There are few buses to Bindweide. But one can take a bus to Steinebach. Please see the map and you know Steinebach bus stop is just one kilometer to the North from our Ashrama. Please click here for the bus-schedule.
