Shanti Ashram was founded by Swami Nigamananda on the auspicious occasion of Akshay Tritiya at Kokilamukh on the 5th of Baisakh 1919 Bikram Sambath. This ashram is also known as Saraswata Matha or Assam Bongiya Saraswata Matha. This ashram was founded by the main objective of fulfilling the three missions, i.e. to propagate Sanatana Dharma or spreading eternal religion, spreading true education and serve everybody as god incarnate. Today it is located on the outskirts of Guwahati city in the state of Assam. It runs about 8 schools for the poor kids living in and around the city of Guwahati. These schools mostly caters to the needs of students living in the close by villages. Today this ashram is known as Assam Bangiya Saraswat Math and it has about 50 branches in all over India and abroad.