Apr
26
2016
Interview with Pujya Swamiji
Interview of Chidananda Swami President and Spiritual head of the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh...
In the service of God and humanity
In the service of God and humanity
Interview of Chidananda Swami President and Spiritual head of the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh...
First Day of the Ujjain Kumbha Mela with Pledge to Protect Mother Earth and our Sacred Rivers HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Co-Founder of The Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, together with Head of Juna Akhara HH Pujya Acharya Mahamandeleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj encouraged and inspired renowned classical music singer Pandit Jasrajji, Mela Adhikari of the #Ujjain #KumbhaMela Adhikari Shri Avinash Lavania , lAS, and Ministry of Culture, Government of India Director SCZCC Dr. Piush Kumar as well as many others to take part in...
Devprayag echoes with the collective resolution to build toilets in every household. Renowned folk singer, Shri Narendra Singh Negiji sings for the preservation of Mother Ganga on the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi, the beautiful harvest festival of India, which was celebrated with great enthusiasm. #Devprayag, the beautiful and sacred confluence where the River #Bhagirathi and River #Alakananda merge together to form #Ganga, reverberated with the collective resolution to preserve Mother Nature, as thousands gathered and pledged their part in a Swachhta Kranti (Clean Revolution), inspired and initiated by Parmarth Niketan’s President and...
Hon’ble Shivraj Chauhanji gifts a sacred Peepal sapling to Pujya Swamiji District Judges & Advocates also pledge to fill the court premises with greenery “Inauguration of the ‘Green Simhastha’ on the banks of Holy Kshipra with wide-scale tree-plantation drive” – Pujya Swami Chidananda Saraswatiji Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji’s recent visit to the holy land of the upcoming Kumbha Mela in Ujjain was marked by His meeting with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, the state in which the gathering will take place, Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhanji as the latter gifted him a...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji ‘s recent visit to the holy land of the upcoming Kumbha Mela in Ujjain was marked by His meeting with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhanji as the latter gifted him a sacred Peepal sapling. He urged Pujya Swamiji to provide his support and enhance public awareness for the ongoing wide and abundant tree plantation program along the banks of Kshipra River. Juna Akharda Head, Pujya Swami Avdeshanand Giriji Maharaj, Pujya Swamiji and the Hon’ble Chief Minister participated in a grand...
Improve both internal and external environment for a better world. Ujjain Kumbh Mela – A Guide for State, Society and Saints The Head of the Juna Akhada, Pujya Mahamandleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giriji Maharaj, Founder of Art of Living Pujya Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji and President of Parmarth Niketan and Co-Founder of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji (Pujya Swamiji) met to discuss various pertinent social, national and international issues. Pujya Swamiji also invited both the saints to come together with many other revered Interfaith Leaders during the Simhastha Kumbh Mela...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram (Rishikesh), Founder of Ganga Action Parivar, and eminent kathakar Pujya Acharya Mridul Krishan Shastriji, from Vrindavan, united on the banks of Mother Ganga. The inspired a mass pledge to protect Mother Nature and all water bodies, especially the endangered River Ganga and the River Yamuna. Their time together was infused with beautiful chants of Radhe-Radhe, ecstatic singing and divine Ganga Aarti. They also had detailed discussions on working together as the Yamuna Action Parivar to restore and protect the sacred Yamuna as...
Pujya Swamiji shares, "Liberation does not come in another life but can happen now. What are we truly seeking to be free from? It cannot be that somehow we are stuck here in this physical birth and now have to be free from it. These artificial borders and boundaries amongst us and God that we have created are made by us, not by God. God has given the veto power to all of us. So what gets stuck? The senses get stuck because of mind. The mind also gets stuck...
More than 1200 participants from more than 85 countries participated in this year’s International Yoga Festival. Classes were held from 4:00 am until 9:30 pm with more than 70 revered saints, yogacharyas, presenters and experts from nearly 20 countries around the world. Ashtanga Yoga, Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Bharat Yoga, Deep Yoga, Shintoh Yoga and Somatics Yoga are just a few of the more than 150 different offerings throughout the week....
On the occasion of #WorldWaterDay we took a beautiful yatra up to Dev Prayag, the confluence of the Alakananda river from Badrinath, Mandakini from Kedarnath and Bhagirathi from Gangotri/Gaumukh into the divine sacred river of Ganga. Dev Prayag is where Ganga is actually formed even though Gaumukh, the source of the Bhagirathi is worshipped as Ganga’s source. We began the evening with a sacred yagna and aarti ceremony and then Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati led us in prayers and pledges to protect and preserve our water,...