Times of India -5th February, 2013 By Shailvee Sharda ALLAHABAD/LUCKNOW: Swami Chidanand Saraswati of the Parmarth Niketan Ashram has earned sanitary distinction for the campaign he is running during the ongoing Maha Kumbh to provide clean toilets in religious places. The seer from Rishikesh has recently entered into a memorandum…
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Times of India – 4th February, 2013 By Shailvee Sharda LUCKNOW: As a mark of their support to the save Ganga campaign, president of All India Imams Association, Respected Imam Umer Ahmed Iliasi, visited the Kumbha Mela here on Monday. He met Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati of the Parmarth Niketan…
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The Hindu – 28th January, 2013 By Omar Rashid Green Kumbh initiative must continue even after the mela, says Swami Chidanand Saraswati Even as lakhs of devotees took a holy dip at the Sangam on Paush Purnima on Sunday, Swami Chidanand Saraswati of Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, the force behind the…
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Times of India – 26th January, 2013 By Shailvee Sharda Close to a thousand pilgrims – from across India and around the world — will march together to celebrate Republic Day on the banks of the Ganga at the Kumbh Mela on Saturday, as part of an environmental parade to…
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News Track India – 25th January, 2013 (IANS) A divine Shakti festival was launched at the Ganga Action Parivar Global Sangam camp Friday to hold yoga, meditation and musical functions to celebrate the divine feminity. The festival began under the leadership of Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president of Parmarth Niketan Ashram,…
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DNA India – 22 January, 2013 Former army chief general (retired ) Vijay Kumar Singh on Tuesday took part in Ganga Sansad, a campaign to protect the Ganga from pollution and encroachments,as part of the ongoing kumbh mela in Allahabad. The campaign to raise awareness about the Ganges comes nearly…
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Star News – 22 January, 2013 Click here to watch Star News’ coverage of the huge clean up efforts led by Pujya Swamiji in the Kumbha Mela, as we took the group of students from Harvard University, headed by Dr. Diana Eck, on a Sangam Clean-up.
Asian Image – 22nd January, 2013 A project has been helping to spread a greener message at one of the world’s largest religious gatherings. The Bhumi Project and Alliance of Religions and Conservation, in collaboration with the Ganga Action Parivar, held a meeting at the Kumbh Mela to promote greener…
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CNN-IBN Live – 20 January, 2013 Click here to watch the CNN video on the Kumbha, including our Ganga/Sangam cleanup program. (Note: This is a full half-hour special. They cover the cleanup program followed by Pujya Swamiji’s interview at around 15:30.) “Millions reach the holy city of Allahabad to take…
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