Santhigiri Ashram, founded by Navajyothisree Karunakara Guru, has its simple beginning in a thatched hut in a small village, Pothencode, near Thiruvananthapuram. Guru has rediscovered the lost spirituality and envisaged a cardinal doctrine which paves the path for a renaissance to the present society and the societies to come. Guru's teaching starts where the rest of all end.

Today we preach about peace but at the same time prepare for war. For a society to be self-sustained, each and every individual must be aware of the moral values ordained for them. For that, a person must understand the spiritual, economic, political, material and scientific issues and view them in compartments and their relevance to human peace must set in. Man is viewed as biological being etc., rather than a soul. Peace-existence of a soul is not taken into consideration - it has proved to be inadequate. Spiritually-oriented knowledge of the soul goes beyond the capacity of the human brain. In this context, the relevance of a fully realized Guru becomes inevitable. The voice of the Parabrahma Guru who is ever abiding in the Cosmic Mind or God must be heard. The Will of God can only be perceived by such a Guru - who will in turn convey the same through a chain of Gurus to humanity.