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May 04 2021

World Interfaith Prayers Meet

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In a very special Interfaith Prayer Meet organized by Dr Anthony Raju, the International Human Rights Advisory Council and the All India Council of Human Rights Liberties and Social Justice and held today for the Healing, Good Health and Happiness of Covid-19 patients everywhere, Parmarth Niketan President and Spiritual Leader HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji expressed concerns that - because Covid has created so much panic in people's lives - "there are many patients who are not even getting medicine and food. They are alone and frightened. In such a...

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Apr 30 2021

Bringing Oxygen During COVID Second Wave

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Recognizing the unprecedented need for medical supplies and services to combat the gut-wrenching and devastating effects of the surge in Covid-19 cases across the Nation, HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji today launched a new initiative, the aim of which is to provide free oxygen cylinders for patients on home care in Rishikesh and adjoining village and remote mountain locations. "The biggest need of the hour," declared Pujya Swamiji, "is to bring these cylinders directly to the patients' homes because their recovery is in the early stages and may be accelerated...

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Apr 27 2021

Mahavir Jayanti & World Malaria Day!

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With most of India locked-down yesterday on the last Sunday of April, it was the perfect day for introspection, as HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji has been such a passionate advocate for - especially during the past 13 months of the Covid-19 pandemic. And, on Sunday, there was much upon which to reflect. For yesterday was the Birth Anniversary of Lord Mahavir Swamiji, the 24th and last Tirthankara of Jainism, who abandoned all worldly possessions and left home at the age of 30 in pursuit of a spiritual awakening. After practicing...

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Apr 23 2021

World Earth Day 2021

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On World Earth Day yesterday, HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President and Spiritual Leader of Parmarth Niketan – after planting a Rudraksha sapling in the Ashram courtyard – shared that the Earth is our Mother, a beautiful and comfortable home for all of us, containing water and greenery and an abundance of living beings. “We must,” He said, “be sensitive to the Earth and its needs. Protecting the Earth means protecting us all, and we must begin to make a sincere effort to protect everyone!” “The Earth is being affected by...

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Apr 21 2021

Ram Navami 2021

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On the sacred and holy day of Ram Navami – the day that Lord Sri Rama incarnated on Earth as the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu – Parmarth Niketan's President and Spiritual Leader, HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji led a beautiful Navratri Havan for the Rishikumars and Acharyas of the Ashram in a simple and scaled-down celebration of the day that included the singing of Ram's praises with Goswami Tulsidas' “Sri Ramachandra Kripalu Bhaj Mana.” Pujya Swamiji also offered best wishes to all civil servants on National Civil Service Day by...

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Apr 18 2021

Conclusion of Prayas Apna Workshop

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The first phase of the 'Prayas Apna' workshop - a joint initiative of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) and UNFPA in partnership with PRAVAH at Parmarth Niketan designed to train and empower at-risk youth to dream and develop a strategy to reach that dream, and to share that strategy with their peers - concluded with a beautiful water-blessing ceremony led by GIWA Co-Founder and Chair, HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, in his beautiful jhopri at Parmarth. The ceremony signifies participants' commitment to doing all that they can to conserve, preserve...

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Apr 16 2021

Workshop for Peer Educators

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The Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA), in partnership with PRAVAH and UNFPA, hosted a workshop for Peer Educators of Rishikesh at Parmarth Niketan this week, beginning a process that will see the lives of so many young people in Uttarakhand transformed and uplifted. Peer Educators are active community leaders who make sincere efforts to motivate and inspire their peers. They are being trained using the PRAYASAPNA curriculum, which empowers youth to dream and develop a strategy to reach that dream. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Co-founder and Chair of GIWA, began these young...

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Apr 14 2021

Free Eye Therapy Camp During Navratri

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Blessing everyone on the occasion of the holy festival of Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, Nav Samvatsar 2078 and Navratri, a free Eye Therapy Camp was organized under the inspiration and with the blessing of HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji to offer no-cost eye therapy and examinations and spectacle and medicine distribution to contribute to a healthy, beautiful and divine world. Pujya Swamiji, President of Parmarth Niketan and Founder of the Divine Shakti Foundation, greeted the Camp organizers, doctors and team-members for the traditional lamp lighting, then inaugurated and blessed the Camp by...

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Apr 11 2021

Two-day ‘SHG-Capacity Enhancement Training’ Program at Parmarth Niketan

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EMPOWERED WOMEN MAKES A STRONG NATION Two-day 'SHG-Capacity Enhancement Training’ program held in Vocational Centers of Divine Shakti Foundation Effort resulted in the Formation of five Self Help Groups (SHGs) Rishikesh, 11th April 2021: A two-day training program each for the students of Parmarth Naari Sashakti Kendra (April 6th & 7th) and Women Vocational Centre Dehradun Road (April 8th & 10th) was organized under the aegis of Divine Shakti Foundation at Parmarth Niketan. In this training program, five Self Help Groups were formed and five more are in the process of completion....

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Mar 22 2021

World Water Day 2021

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Value of Water is Crucial Now: From the banks of Maa Ganga Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji lead pledge with students, teachers and principals of WaterSchools Programmes to protect, preserve and serve water March 22, 2021: World Water Day is a special day to raise awareness on the global water crisis. This year’s theme is “Valuing Water.” The value of water is about much more than money--- water has a massive and multifaceted value for our homes, food, culture, health, education, economics and the integrity of our environment....

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