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Feb 17 2019

Discussing a Clean River Ganga and the Water Parliament

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Hon’ble Sri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister & Hon’ble Sri Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat are welcomed by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji to the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela Discussing a Clean River Ganga and the Water Parliament at the Kumbh Mela with Hon’ble Sri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister Close and intricate link between protecting our rivers and the Girl Child shares the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat Sri Vijay Rupani during visit to Parmarth Niketan Kumbh Camp Prayagraj: Hon’ble Sri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shipping and...

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Aug 05 2018

Law and Love Must Work Together to Protect the River Ganga

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Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji​ and Hon'ble Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Law and Justice, met in Delhi to discuss protecting the National River Ganga by strong legislative and policy framework. During their discussion, Pujya Swamiji shared several suggestions on encouraged the implementation of laws that have already been passed to protect our natural environment. He said by raising awareness, engaging and educating people about these laws they could be better implemented and enforced. He also shared that a comprehensive National Ganga Rights Act*, which would be the first Act...

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May 25 2018

Ganga Dussehra Celebrations at Parmarth Niketan

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Divine Ganga Dussehra celebrations on the holy banks of Mother Ganga at Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh) took place in the presence of Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji​, Pujya Sant Murlidharji Mahraj, Pujya Swami Vedvigyanandji Maharaj, Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati​ji and many respected Jain monks who had traveled by foot for many days and had arrived to meet Pujya Swamiji. Ganga Dussehra is a celebration of the time that Divine Goddess Maa Ganga came down to Earth in the form of the flowing sacred River Ganga. The day began with the chanting of ved...

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Dec 15 2017

Historic Proposal Floated to Declare River Ganga as UNESCO World Heritage Site

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In a private meeting today with HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji in Delhi, a historic proposal was put forward to Hon’ble Union Cultural Minister, Shri Mahesh Sharma, to declare the River Ganga a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Recently, the Kumbha Mela, which takes place in two locations on the Ganga, was formally recognized on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Recognizing the Ganga itself for its cultural heritage would be an important next step towards preserving the riverine system, which supports some 500 million human lives. Said HH Pujya...

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Aug 10 2017

Namami Ganga Yatra Flagged Off by CM UP Yogiji & Pujya Swamiji

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Pujya Swamiji flagged off the Namami Gange: Ganga Jagriti Yatra with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mahant Yogi Adityananthji, just outside his residence in the state’s capital, Lucknow, with Shri Suresh Khannaji, Parliamentary Affairs & Urban Development Minister of GoUP, Shri Anil Rajbharji, Minister Sainik Kalyan, Food Processing, Home Guard and PRD, GoUP, Shri Surya Kumarji, DG. The yatra was organised and planned by the Uttar Pradesh Home Guards. The yatra consists of 100 Home Guards who will help inspire industries, local organisations, youth, pilgrims and concerned civil...

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May 08 2017

Faith Leaders come together for Ganga Grams & Green Pilgrimages

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Pujya MM Swami Gurusharananandji Maharaji, Karshnipeethadeshwar, Ramanreti, Mathura and Jagadguru Ramandacharya Pujya Swami Hansdevacharyaji, Haridwar joined HH Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji at the Parmarth Organic Farm in Veerpur for a special tree plantation. During their visit, they learned about the wonderful green activities being undertaken by the Ganga Action Parivar and Global Interfaith WASH Alliance for building toilets, promoting #sanitation and #hygiene programmes and making the village #opendefecationfree. Pujya Swamiji and Sadhviji shared that a number of toilets had already been built and plans were being made to make...

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Jan 23 2017

Uttarkashi Ganga Aarti & Makar Sakranti Mela

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Pujya Swamiji recently visited Uttarkashi on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sakranti and inspired thousands of people, assembled for the special festival, to protect and preserve their sacred rivers from pollution and open defecation. He also inspired a pledge for clean water, sanitation and hygiene as well making Uttarkashi open defecation free. He interacted with locals and led everyone in an extraordinary Ganga Aarti on the banks of the River Ganga. [fbalbum url="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154953666157698.1073742244.86246862697&type=1&l=c6cbe6f21b"]...

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Dec 15 2016

Signing MOU for Robotic Technology to help maintain a Clean Ganga

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An MOU was signed between Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance(GIWA) and the Ganga Action Parivar(GAP) in which a joint agreement was signed and agreed upon to work together in training and empowering volunteers and stewards along the 2,150 km stretch of the River Ganga with the technology that they need to effectively protect the River Ganga. The MOU was signed by CMU’s Rachel Burcin and GIWA’s Secretary General Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji with the blessings of Pujya Swamiji and in the presence of Mr. Nirankar Saxenaji from FICCI,...

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Nov 23 2016

FICCI, FCC, GIWA come together for Swachh Bharat & Clean Ganga

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Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji – Muniji spoke at the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia (FCC) in New Delhi recently at a special event organised by FCC and FICCI on the theme of #CleanGanga, #ClimateAction and #SwachhBharat. Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Secretary-General GIWA and some of the GIWA’s faith leaders, Bhai Mohinder Singhji, Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muniiji, Bhai Sahib Satpal Singhji, Paramjit Singh Chandhokji, President FCC S. Venkat Narayanji, Senior Director FICCI Nirankar Saxenaji came together with Pujya Swamiji to share about GIWA’s recent interfaith events in Varanasi, Rishikesh and Bombay dedicated...

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drops of nectar

  • Don't worry so much about giving your children cars. Worry about giving them Sanskaras!

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • We must not only light the oil lamp in our temples, but also light the lamp in our own hearts.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Do not wait for miracles. You ARE the miracle! Never forget the miracle of yourself!

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Come to nature, be with nature, and change your nature.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Be happy, be peaceful. Embrace all, include all, exclude none.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Always cultivate an attitude of gratitude.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Accept whatever comes as Prasad from God. Whatever He gives us, a hut or a castle, is His divine gift.

    - Pujya Swamiji

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