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IYF Opens with Shivratri Puja and Prayers
Today the participants for the 15th annual world famous International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan ashram arrived in time to participate in a special Mahashivratri program. Since 1999, Parmarth Niketan has been hosting this world renowned event which has grown to international acclaim and which grows in size year after year. Yogacharyas, teachers, students and…
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Make Ganga Your Green Valentine
As people around the world celebrate Valentine’s Day this week with gifts of chocolate and roses, as symbols of their love and devotion, it is the perfect time to renew our commitment to our Mother Ganga and Mother Nature. Children all over the world will make Valentine’s Day cards for their mothers. On the banks…
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Macklemore and Founder of Hard Rock Cafe Perform Water Blessings
Famed American music artist, Macklemore, his beloved fiancée, Tricia, and dignitaries including Isaac Tigrett, Founder of the Hard Rock Café and House of Blues, joined Pujya Swamiji for a Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) Water Blessing Ceremony, with prayers for improved and accessible water, sanitation and hygiene for all. The majority of child deaths worldwide…
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Pujya Swamiji awarded Surya Ratna Lifetime Achievement Award
Pujya Swamiji was the recipient of the prestigious ‘Surya Ratna’ lifetime achievement award conferred upon Him by His Excellency Dr. Aziz Qureshi, Governor of Uttarakhand, Padma Vibhushan Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow & President, Global Research Alliance and Prof. Dr. Sanjay B. Chordiya, Founder and President of Suryadatta Group of Institutes, at Suryadatta’s…
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Happy New Year: Happy New You!
Parmarth Rishikumar’s preformed an enthralling and beautiful New Year’s dance and prayer dedicated to Lord Ganesha. As Sadhvi Bhagawatiji later shared and elaborated on the message of the special performance, she explained that Lord Ganesha is also worshiped during the New Year’s as He is ‘remover of all obstacles.’ She explained the New Year’s is…
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International Green Vision Conference
A Workshop on the Green Rehabilitation, Rejuvenation and Resilience of Uttarakhand Eminent environmentalists, scientists, revered spiritual-religious leaders, dedicated members of the civil society and affected members of local population and esteemed members of administration came together in a conference organized by Ganga Action Parivar, Parmarth Niketan, GIWA-India and Navdanya, to share their experience, expertise and vision…
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Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla come to Parmarth
Today, Their Royal Highnesses, Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, paid an official visit to Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh as the first destination of their nine-day visit to India. Arriving just before sunset, Their Royal Highnesses took part in the sacred evening Aarti Ceremony (ritual of lights), which is an internationally-renowned highlight…
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Beautiful Diwali Celebrations at Parmarth
A very special Diwali celebration took place this year at the Parmarth Niketan bringing together people from all over India and the world. An interfaith and green message of love and renewal went out from Rishikesh as the day started with a big clean-up of the ashram followed by discussions with Dr. Anil Joshiji, Founder…
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Parodi Temple Project
With Pujya Swamiji’s blessings, the divine efforts of the villagers of Parodi and the team brought the first light of hope to the village just before the auspicious festival of Diwali. The first entry level activity of the village, the owner driven, green restoration of the community temple say its completion just before Diwali and…
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Media Social Responsibility Workshop Held at Parmarth
A National Symposium of Media’s Role in making the Ganga clean was organized by the Indian Federation of Working Journalists at Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh). The three-day workshop was inaugurated by Pujya Swamiji, Shri Vijay Bahugunaji, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Harak Singh Rawatji, Hon’ble State Minister of Agriculture, and Shri K Vikram Raoji,…
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Hollywood to the Himalayas is the enlightening memoir of Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds her true self and lifelong calling when she travels to India.
