In the service of God and humanity
On World Toilet Day, Pujya Swamiji congratulates the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modiji, for guiding India towards achieving the monumental milestone of an Open Defecation Free society. Likewise, He lauded the Union Government’s efforts to prioritize the issue of sanitation. ...
Under the direction and with the blessings of Pujya Swamiji we welcomed a group of some the most disadvantaged and impoverished families of Swargashram, Rishikesh for an offering of love and light - plus, some essentials to help make their holiday brighter during the pandemic! With the support of the Mukul Madhav Foundation and Finolex Pipes in partnership with Parmarth Niketan and the Divine Shakti Foundation and it's President Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawatiji, this first round of holiday offerings - distributed with all health and safety guidelines of masking and social distancing...
Online Event Gathers Corporate, Government and Interfaith Leaders with Youth and Civil Society Organisations for Fighting Air Pollution Deaths from Toxic Air Claim 1.7 Lakh Lives Each Year; Air Pollution 5th Biggest Cause of Death in the Nation. 10 November 2020, Webinar: As news programs continue to offer constant coverage of the ongoing degradation of India’s air – Bharat ranks as the second most-polluted country behind Bangladesh – the Integrated Health & Wellbeing (IHW) Council in collaboration with the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance and Parmarth Niketan brought together some of the Nation’s...
Join us from the Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh for our sacred Sunday morning for our World Peace Yagna as we pray for the health and well being of the world free from the Corona Virus. We also offer prayers to all of our Corona Warriors and frontline workers working tirelessly around the world. Led HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, joined by Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawatiji with Vedic chanting by Pujya Sadhvi Abha Saraswatiji and our Parmarth Rishikumar....
Water is life. Without water, there is no life and peace. Pujya Swamiji shares with us the importance of water. He shares,” We need to put ourselves into action and come together with a solution. We must improve our way of agriculture & irrigation so it is less water-intensive and more sustainable.” Statistics tells us by the year 2030, 40% of Indians will have no access to drinking water. We all know how alarming this is number is. Let us pledge to work together to save & conserve water and use it wisely....
Pujya Swamiji presented the Encyclopedia of Hinduism to NSA Shri Ajit Dovalji on his recent visit to Parmarth Niketan Ashram. It took almost 25 years and the tireless efforts of over 1000 scholars to compile and publish this colossal 11-volume work. It is truly a compendium of thousands of years of history, science, art, architecture, polity, religion, philosophy and culture. Shri Ajit Dovalji expressed gratitude to Pujya Swamiji for his visionary leadership and expressed his eagerness to begin to go through the rest of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism, having gone through a...
Soak in devotion with this beautiful video of Pujya Swamiji and our Parmarth Rishikumars, where He joins them in picking flowers that had shed from the sacred Parijat tree at the heart of the Ashram. Ensuring that no flower was plucked but all those offered by God would be used to make beautiful mala’s for sringar for Maa Lakshmi – a simple act of devoted service that is at the core of His divine teachings. As Pujya Swamiji so beautifully shares often, “ Seva is about giving attention to someone or...
INTERFAITH LEADERS AND GLOBAL INFLUENCERS UNITE FOR GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY WEBINAR! Collaborative Effort by Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA), the Water Supply Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) joined by WHO, UNICEF India, UNFPA India, United Nations Volunteers and heads of five major faith traditions in India – Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Sikh - come together for an incredible and inspiring panel. 15 OCTOBER 2020, RISHIKESH/NEW DELHI/GENEVA/NEW YORK: Forty percent of the world’s population does not have access to a basic hand-washing facilities. It has been seen, now more than ever during this Covi-19...
Glad to share this beautiful coverage of our ashram from yesterday on Gandhi Jayanti when NDTV & Dettol India showcased our partnership towards a Covid Secure Gurukul. As we move towards a New Normal, the ashram is instituting measures of greater sanitation, hygiene and health to ensure that we prevent and curb the spread of Covid-19 as well as boost our immunity and promote a greater sense of wellness. In addition to infrastructure we are also committed to capacity building and behaviour change, so you can see our Rishikumars in...
In His address to the Leave No One Behind Webinar organised recently by the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance in partnership with the WSSCC, and in association with the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, United Nations India and Niti Aayog, HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji shared in His powerful and inspiring address, "Our ancient scriptures teach us, 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', the world is one family. When we are one then there is no one to leave behind!” He added, “When we work to reach the last one in line first...