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Pramarth Niketan, Rishikesh's President and Global Interfaith WASH Alliance's Founder Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji celebrates One-ness with Tribes of India as thousands of participants from the Seven-sister states of North-East, renowned Bhajan Singer Shri Anup Jalotaji and Padma Bhushan Malini Awasthi came together took the divine Sankalp of Tree-plantation along the banks of river Kshipra....
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji's sacred pledge for environment conversation with Major General Shri Ajay Anandji as thousands pledge to plant trees and avoid Open Defecation by building and using Toilets....
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...
This article was published in The Speaking Tree, here. There is a beautiful saying which is used frequently by those who spend time in the forests and woods:“Take only memories and leave only foot-prints.”The Earth is here to sustain our life,not for us to extinguish her.Yet, through the way we are polluting the air, the water and the ground that is exactly what we are doing. Everything we use which is not biodegradable — each item,each piece of packaging,each container,each garment — will someday end up taking precious space in our...
The first World Humanitarian Summit on 23-24 May 2016 in Istanbul convened 9000 participants from 173 Member States, including 55 Heads of State and Government, hundreds of private sector representatives, and thousands of people from civil society and non- governmental organizations. The United Nations in its 70 years has never come together at this scale, with this many different stakeholders, to discuss the pressing challenges that are resulting in so much suffering today....
Part 3: A grand assembly of prominent religious leaders representing many faiths came together for a historic first time at the Ujjain KumbhaMela, to appeal for a Swachhta Kranti (CleanRevolution) for Mother India through a Sadbhavana Sankalp. In so doing, they implored the people of India to rise together so that India may shine as a global example of cleanliness. For this, they harmoniously said that we must do all we can to ensure that our lands and rivers are kept open-defecation free through the use of eco-friendly toilets....