Pujya Swamiji discusses the issue of caste in India and how to break free from it. He inspires all Brahmins to come forward to bring the whole nation together, breaking free from the hierarchical level of the caste system made by citizens and not the scriptures, and give birth to a new, more inclusive and united society....
GIWA Co-Founder, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Secretary General, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati met South Africa’s President, His Excellency, Mr. Jacob Zuma, at a private meeting yesterday, at the Johannesburg home of Shri Ajay Guptaji. During the meeting, they discussed the mission of GIWA and the importance of WASH for everyone, everywhere. The meeting ended on a warm note, with the President’s pledge to arrange for meetings with his Cabinet ministers upon their return to South Africa. ...
Pujya Swamiji talks about how He would like to hold a tree plantation programme in schools this monsoon. If every child plants one tree in his school, there will be enough trees for us to enjoy and enough fruits for the monkeys to enjoy....
Pujya Swamiji emphasizes on the role of media in today's society. He says like corporate social responsibility, there should be media social responsibility. If work needs to be done , then print about it daily until the concerned respond. This is the responsibility of all editors....
The Global FICCI-Sankalp Summit and Innovation Expo brought together over 1,000 innovators, social entrepreneurs, investors, development finance institutions, service providers and donors from India, Africa, Europe and the US to discuss and debate issues, trends and solutions that aid business-led development. Esteemed speakers at the summit included: Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon. Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Government of India Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon. Minister of Science & Technology, Government of India Shri Manoj Sinha, Hon. Minister of State for Railways, Government of India Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Hon. Minister of State,...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati met with Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti Iraniji in Delhi. Together they discussed a number of projects, including the inauguration of the Brightland International School in Chandrapuri, Rudraprayag, a school that had been washed away completely in the floods and rebuilt by Divine Shakti Foundation and Ganga Action Parivar, with the generous sponsorship of Mahavir Seva Sansthan, Kolkata, as well as with the on-ground partnership with SEEDS, in a new location for 200 schoolchildren, as well as 11 other school projects...
Pujya Swamiji welcomed the Indian Railway Minister, Shri Suresh Prabhuji, to Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh) for divine Ganga Aarti. During the beautiful lighting ceremony, Pujya Swamiji led the Hon’ble Minister in a symbolic bhoomi poojan and shila poojan ceremony, sacred worship and honouring the earth and the bricks, for the planned Rishikesh Bio-Toilet structure. The Hon’ble Minister commended and lauded Pujya Swamiji’s tireless efforts to bring interfaith leaders together to support the Swachh Bharat mission through GIWA’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene initiative. Within the coming days they planned to join and serve...
Pujya Swamiji brought Bhagawan Mahavir and Shri Hanumanji together in His inspirational message on the auspicious occasion of Hanuman Jayanti by sharing, "We can learn from both Lord Mahavir and Shri Hanumanji by taking just two of their many divine qualities into our lives: one being, as Sadhviji shared, their single-minded devotion for the Divine. Through their devotion they exemplified the spirit of not ‘What for me?’ but rather ‘What through me?’ We also can learn their crucial and fundamental message of living a life of non-violence, a life free...
Pujya Swamiji recently graced a huge Shreemad Bhagawad Katha by Pujya Rameshbhai Ozaji (Bhaishriji) in the Gandhi Maidan, which is situated at the very heart and centre of Bihar’s capital, Patna. During the event, Pujya Swamiji emphasized how the true completion of the katha only happens when we leave the nearby premises clean and green. He inspired thousands of participants and especially called upon the organizers of the event to carry out a thorough clean-up, ensuring that there was not a single piece of trash left from the event. Pujya...
Pujya Swamiji met with Hon’ble Shri Giriraj Singhji, the Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, formally a minister in the Government of Bihar, in Delhi today. Pujya Swamiji spoke to him about His recent visit to Bihar and the great potential and responsibility that the states through which the National Ganga River passes through have in preserving and conserving their sacred and finite water resources. He also spoke to him about His vision and plans of developing Green Corridors, along both sides of...
