Aug
25
2017
In the service of God and humanity
In the service of God and humanity
Special Raksha Bandhan celebrations were led by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji during a special visit to UNESCO Heritage Site Bagan*, Myanmar recently with revered interfaith leaders including, Junapeethadishwar Pujya Acharya MM Swami Avdheshanand Giriji, Pujya Swami Parmatmanand Saraswatiji, Pujya Swami Madhavpriyadasji, Swaminarayan Gurukul Parivar, Syed Salman Chisthyji, Head of the Chishty Foundation and Dargah Ajmer Sharif, many revered Hindu and Buddhist saints from Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Japan, Myanmar, India and many other interfaith leaders from all over the world. The celebrations were symbolic of the leaders commitment to work...
HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji joined Junapeethadishwar Pujya Acharya MM Swami Avdheshanand Giriji, Pujya Swami Parmatmanand Saraswatiji, Pujya Swami Madhavpriyadasji, Swaminarayan Gurukul Parivar, Respected Syed Salman Chisthyji, Head of the Chishty Foundation and Dargah Ajmer Sharif, and many revered Hindu and Buddhist saints from Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Japan, Myanmar, India graced and blessed the Samvad II:Global Initiative on Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Consciousness that was taking place in Yangon, Myanmar, which was inaugurated by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Ram Naikji (5th August) and concluded by the Chief...
HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji joined Junapeethadishwar Pujya Acharya MM Swami Avdheshanand Giriji, Pujya Swami Parmatmanand Saraswatiji, Pujya Swami Madhavpriyadasji, Swaminarayan Gurukul Parivar, Respected Syed Salman Chisthyji, Head of the Chishty Foundation and Dargah Ajmer Sharif, and many revered Hindu and Buddhist saints from Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Japan, Myanmar, India graced and blessed the Samvad II:Global Initiative on Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Consciousness that was taking place in Yangon, Myanmar, which was inaugurated by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Ram Naikji (5th August) and concluded by the Chief...
Dear Divine Souls, I hope that – by God’s grace – this finds you and all your loved ones in the best of health and happiness at this holy time of Janmasthami. Krishna Janmasthami is the celebration of the day that Bhagwan Krishna incarnated in human form upon the Earth. It is celebrated at midnight on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadrapada (August-September). The day is celebrated by worshipping Bhagwan Krishna, fasting and chanting devotional kirtan and bhajans until past midnight. The Bhagavad Gita says that whenever there...
Pujya Swamiji flagged off the Namami Gange: Ganga Jagriti Yatra with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mahant Yogi Adityananthji, just outside his residence in the state’s capital, Lucknow, with Shri Suresh Khannaji, Parliamentary Affairs & Urban Development Minister of GoUP, Shri Anil Rajbharji, Minister Sainik Kalyan, Food Processing, Home Guard and PRD, GoUP, Shri Surya Kumarji, DG. The yatra was organised and planned by the Uttar Pradesh Home Guards. The yatra consists of 100 Home Guards who will help inspire industries, local organisations, youth, pilgrims and concerned civil...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji met with and gifted Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mahant Yogi Adityanath ji at his residence in Lucknow recently with an eleven volume set of the Encyclopaedia of Hinduism. During their meeting, Pujya Swamiji proposed making the upcoming Kumbha Mela in 2019 a clean and green Mela, a Mela with a message. They also discussed several other important issues such as cleaning/restoring Ganga and Yamuna Rivers, implementing green solutions to the pollution, massive tree plantation drives, improving WASH and reducing malnutrition in UP amongst many...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji visit to Jodhpur for Pujya Murlidharji Maharajji’s Green Shri Ram Katha included having darshan at the Junakhedapati Hanuman Mandir where the katha was taking place. Pujya Swamiji spent time with the members of the temple trust and lauded their initiatives to protect and provide for stray cows, keep the mandir premises clean and green and inspire devotees with the message of seva, selfless service of the creation being the greatest worship of the Creator. On the second day, there was a beautiful morning stroll and clean up...
As a follow up to the pledges taken during the month long Green Shri Ram Katha at Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), in Jodhpur there was a beautiful katha by Pujya Murlidharji Maharaj in which HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji was warmly welcomed to bless, inspire and encourage everyone with the same green message of enviornmental protection and to see how the seeds that He had planted in Rishikesh in the hearts and minds of so many had taken fruition in Rajasthan. Thousands of devotees eagerly anticipated His visit showering Him with flower...