This week we assembled for a tree planting at the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) Bharat Bhoomi retreat camp, a subsidiary body of the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board in Nataraj Chowk, Rishikesh. We received Pujya Swamiji’s blessings from America, as well as from the officials present at the event, including…
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Today our GIWA volunteers visited the GIC school in Laxman Jhula, a Swarovski Water School with over 300 students from classes 6 to 12. During the visit we planted over 60 trees together, including Mulberry, Camel’s Foot and various other fruit trees. The students were enthusiastic about the planting, and…
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Students from the Government Public School in Lakshman Jhula, Rishikesh, enjoyed planting some trees at the conclusion of a lesson during GIWA’s Swarovski WaterSchool programme on the importance of trees and their crucial impact in the conservation of water, prevention of soil erosion and rejuvenation of our planets fresh water…
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A gorgeous and beautiful Yamuna Aarti took place recently at the Dussehra Ghat, Agra in the presence of the Hon’ble Governor of Uttarakhand Smt Baby Rani Mauryaji and HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President, Parmarth Niketan. The Aarti included a mass pledge and commitment to work together to make our…
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Inauguration of the First Portable & Potable Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Plant in India at Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawatji, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Hon’ble Minister of Urban Development of Uttarakhand Shri Madan Kaushikji, Hon’ble Minister of Women and Child Welfare of Uttarakhand Smt….
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Hundreds of young water champions gathered on the banks of the River Ganga today to celebrate a World Water Day of pageantry and joy. The program, held at Parmarth Niketan Rishikesh, in partnership with the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, Swarovski and Ganga Action Parivar, gathered young water champions to share…
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“Meditation and Sanitation come together in yoga capital of the world with message of India First then Toilet Must!” says HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan, Founder of Ganga Action Parivar, and Co-Founder of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance BHEL Executives, FICCI Representatives and GAP and GIWA Volunteers…
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Today at the Parmarth Niketan-Ganga Action Parivar camp in Kumbh Mela, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji led a historic event during which Saints and the sanitation workers who have performed the most noxious tasks at the Kumbh joined hands and hearts in a ceremony that honored the sweepers. Then the saints,…
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19 FEBRUARY 2019, SANGAM: On the auspicious day of Maghi Poornima, a special full moon Snan was further illuminated by the presence of the Honorable Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel, who joined H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, President of Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh)…
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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…
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