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Rasik Ananda poses against the OM SWEET OM board at the Kaliya Mardana Krishna Ashram at the Surfers' retreat in Mulki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. ..Krishna devotees in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, they are known collectively as the "surfing swamis." The "surfing ashram" is growing in popularity and surfing here is a form of meditation, a spiritual practice leading to heightened states of awareness.