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...
The eighth day of the green Shri Ram Katha at Parmarth Niketan by Pujya Sant Shri Morari Bapu was joined by Pujya Swamiji, Pujya Dr. Pranav Pandyaji, Vice-Chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Vishwa Vidyala, Haridwar and Acharya Balkrishanji, Vice-Chancellor of Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, President of Divine Shakti Foundation. The symbolic inauguration of reconstruction project of a sacred Buddha temple in an Earthquake devastated Nepal village was gracefully carried out, just after the Katha, by blessed hands of our respected saints. The rehabilitation project has been inspired, led and...
“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...
Rishikesh: Parmarth Niketan, one of Rishikesh’s oldest ashram is a centre of ashtanga Yoga. Founded by Swami Chidanand Saraswati, Parmarth Niketan ashram organises International Yoga festival every Year drawing avid practitioners of yoga from across the world....
Watch a beautiful story by Shreya Dhoundial on CNN about Parmarth Niketan, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati for International Yoga Day. Watch the full episode for divine darshan of Ganga, the sacred Himalayas, our divine Rishikumars, sacred Ganga Aarti and beautiful interviews. [no_button size="" style="" text="Click here to watch online!" icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" icon_position="right" icon_color="" icon_background_color="" icon_background_hover_color="" link="http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/full/india/world-bows-to-yoga-in-conversation-with-swami-chidanand-saraswati-founder-of-parmarth-niketan-1007995.html" target="_blank" color="#ffffff" hover_color="#ffffff" background_color="#89743b" hover_background_color="#89743b" border_color="" hover_border_color="" border_width="" font_size="" font_style="normal" font_weight="" margin="" padding="10px" border_radius=""]...
Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati talk about variants of yoga and the importance of a guru....
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Today on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), Inspiration behind Project Hope, Founder of Ganga Action Parivar and Co-founder/Chairman of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, inspired an earthquake affected village of Lamas, nestled in the mountains of Nepal, to come together and rebuild their ancient and beautiful Buddha Temple. Like many of the houses in the Saanga Village, their sacred shrine remains shattered with the ancient and beautiful idol of Lord Buddha, other deities, ancient scriptures and texts lying tattered and scattered...