A beautiful and massive saint Bhandara was organized by the Parmarth Niketan Ashram camp at Simhastha MahaKumbh, Ujjain as thousands of saints including Pujya Swami Satyamitranandaji, Pujya MM Swami Asanganandaji and Parmarth Niketan's President Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji participated and pledged to make the Earth, Green and Clean together....
In remembrance of the tragic #floods that ravaged #Uttarakhand in 2013, three years ago, a special prayer took place in Parmarth Niketan. The prayer ceremony also marked the completion of the three day, on-going #GangaDussehra celebrations, in which HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), consistently emphasized the critical importance of protecting and preserving our #environment and our sacred #rivers. During the ceremony, a beautiful lamp was lit and #tree saplings were bestowed to all participants, who held them in loving memory of the lives taken by the...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati (called Pujya Swamiji or Pujya Muniji by disciples), is the President and spiritual head of the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India, one of India's largest spiritual institutions. He is also the founder and spiritual head of the Hindu Jain Temple in Pittsburgh. Swami Chidanand Saraswati is credited with conceiving the idea of and laying the foundation for the 11-volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism beginning in the year 1987. His biography is called By God's Grace: The Life and Teachings of Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati and was published by...
Interview of Chidananda Swami President and Spiritual head of the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh...
Millions of people congregate for two months in the fifty-eight square kilometre area on the bed of the Ganga at Allahabad to celebrate in the Kumbh Mela. In the chaos, many get lost and most are reunited with their families every day. Hundreds of religious and spiritual leaders pontificate to the gathered multitudes, as naga babas very often steal the show. This is the story of the Kumbh. But as Chimamanda Adichie says, the single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue but...
“Yoga: Harmony with Nature” is a compelling and beautiful new filmby National Film Award winner Raja Choudhury and the External Publicity & Public Diplomacy Division of the Ministry of External Affairs of India celebrating Yoga, one of India’;s most important gifts to the World. The film explores Yoga’s origins, history, benefits, science, spread and embrace around the World. It features Pujya Swamiji, Sadhvi Bhagawatiji and Parmarth Niketan’s Yoga Activities, including our world-renowned, once annual International Yoga Festival. The film was produced to celebrate the UN’s International Day of Yoga on June...
