In celebration of the monsoon and the ongoing Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat initiative by the Government of India and India’s dynamic Railway Minister, Shri Suresh Prabhuji, students from several countries gathered together at the Rishikesh Railway Station to plant trees, clean up and visit the site. This project tarted with…
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“Let the River Ganga be not only a NationalHeritage but also a WorldHeritage. She not only brings life and livelihoods to the people living directly on Her banks but also brings great inspiration and liberation to those who come from all across India and all around the world to bathe, breathe and…
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With HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji’s inspiration and blessings a beautiful tree plantation, mid-day fruit distribution and clean up programme at the Kendriya Vidyalaya, IPDL Rishikesh took place today in which more than 30 students, coming from diverse backgrounds and different universities of the United Kingdom, studying in an International…
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Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Founder of Ganga Action Parivar and President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram (Rishikesh), and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, President of Divine Shakti Foundation, led a special spiritual retreat in Dorset, UK, just outside of London, with participants from across the UK, Europe and the United States. The retreat…
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A beautiful film of the critical state of the Goddess Ganga who came down to Earth as the sacred River Ganga on the day we celebrate as Ganga Dussehra to liberate the souls of King Sagar’s sons. The Goddess is beautifully portrayed calling out to her children to preserve and…
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Famous and beloved Bollywood Star Govinda – Actor showed his support to the SwachhtaSankalp to preserve and protect our sacred rivers, end the practice of opendefecation, build and use toilets and plant trees during the divine GangaAarti ceremony today. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji said, “It is so wonderful to see the…
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Pledge to Restore and Revive Our Sacred Rivers Deeply inspired by HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Respected Bhagwatkinkar Shri Anurag Krishna Shastri “Shri Kanhaiyaji” led a pledge during the divine GangaAarti at the end of his week-long katha at his Himalayanhome, in Parmarth Niketan Ashram, to join forces in ending the…
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Throughout the month-long Simhasth Kumbh Mahaparv – 2016: Ujjain KumbhaMela, HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati (Pujya Swamiji), President of Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), Co-Founder of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, Founder of Ganga Action Parivar and KshipraActionParivar, has been garnering support, raising awareness and catalyzing much needed action to rejuvenate and replenish…
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After gracing the seventh day of Pujya Morari Bapuji’s Katha, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati led the Kshipra Aarti at the DattGhat, opposite the RamGhat, inspiring thousands to pledge on both sides of the sacred river to work to end open defecation and keep our rivers free-flowing and unpolluted. Later in…
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On the occasion of WorldWaterDay we took a beautiful yatra up to Dev Prayag, the confluence of the Alakananda river from Badrinath, Mandakini from Kedarnath and Bhagirathi from Gangotri/Gaumukh into the divine sacred river of Ganga. Dev Prayag is where Ganga is actually formed even though Gaukukh, the source of…
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