15 SEPTEMBER 2019, RISHIKESH: A three day Ganga Gandhi Samanvay Retreat took place at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, on the holy banks of Mother Ganga, in the lap of the Himalayas, in celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Ba (Kasturba Gandhiji) and Bapu (Mahatma Gandhiji). This was the very first…
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Glad to meet with Acharya Pundrik Goswamiji at Parmarth Niketan recently and discuss ways that spiritual leaders and kathakars must come together to engineer a more sustainable, clean and green world for all. I hope that our discussions for another special Aarti on the banks of the sacred Yamuna River…
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What started in Rishikesh, winding its way through Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh with stops in Haridwar, Saharanpur, Muzzafarnagar, Deoband and Shamli and planting over 6,000 trees along the way, made its way into Gujarat and Ahmedabad for the second wave of an event that Interfaith Leaders believe will encourage their…
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The Historic First Phase of Aman Ekta Hariyali Yatra The Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind (JUH) and the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) join hands and hearts for a Historic Three-Day Peace & Unity Journey From Rishikesh, Haridwar, Saharanpur, Muzzafarnagar, Deoband to Shamli were covered in the First Phase of this Yatra. Gujarat…
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An important and vital interfaith panel brought together HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan, Co-Founder/Chair of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) and Founder of the Ganga Action Parivar (GAP), and Core GIWA Faith Leaders Maulana Mahmood Madaniji, Secretary General, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and Sardar Paramjit Chandhokji, Chairman…
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Of all the myriad causes of pollution and waste that currently plague the world, one of the most significant is ignorance to the problem and awareness of the behaviors and perceptions that contribute to that ignorance. HH Pujya Swamiji recognizes these facts, and works tirelessly as the founder of the…
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This morning the team visited Kendriya Vidyalaya IDPL, Rishikesh, a central government school with over 1,000 students. We met the Principal Ms Sudha Gupta, who happily received us for a tree plantation. During the visit, we planted 12 fruit trees with a group of 7th class students, around their beautiful…
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As the flow of Kanwad Yatris (Pilgrims) is beginning down, today Param Pujya Swami Ji led a Swachta Abhiyan (clean up program) in the Baghkhala area of Rishikesh, on July 31st, from 8 to 10 am. The swachta abhiyan team included the Rishikumars, our volunteers, as well as the puppets….
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Pujya Swamiji Awarded with the 4th Dr Kalam Memorial Honour for His Tireless Services to Creating a Liveable Planet for all Beings DELHI: On 27 July 2015, the 11th President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam – an aerospace scientist, who spent 40 years as a scientist and science administrator,…
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Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President and Spiritual Leader of Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh and Founder of Ganga Action Parivar, met with Honble Speaker of Lok Sabha Shri, Om Birlaji, this morning in Delhi. High on the agenda was a discussion of the various technologies available to help clean up the…
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