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Kumbha Mela – 4-12th February
Jai Gange! Here is the latest batch of Kumbha Mela pictures! These span the last week and include many divine yagnas, clean ups on the banks of the Sangam and sacred baths in the waters of the Sangam as well as visits to our camp by Bollywood stars Preity Zinta and Ekta Kapoor-Emraan Hashmi-Huma Qureshi…
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Samasti Bhandara
We had a huge samasti bhandara for thousands of saints, hosted by Mahamandaleshwar Swami Asanganandji and Pujya Swamiji. Pujya Swamiji, Pujya Prem Babaji and Pujya Swami Paramadvaitiji walked through the bhandara, ensuring that everything is taken care for all. Food was offered as yet another way that Mother Ganga offers Her bounty and nourishes everyone…
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Kumbh Mela – 25th January-3rd February
These pictures span the 25th January through 3rd February and include the Divine Shakti Festival with keynote speech by Dr. Vandana Shiva, the “Paryarvan Parade” on the 26th January (A Parade for Freedom from Pollution….) in which the parents of martyrs were also honored, main bathing day of the 27th January, the full moon, yoga…
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Kumbha Mela – 15-24th January
We are here in the sacred land of the sangam (confluence) of the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. Every day is a festival…. this batch includes functions with the Hon’ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh (in which more than 5000 school children from Allahabad came for a “Clean Prayag, Clean India” rally), the Hon’ble Govn of Uttarakhand,…
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Makar Sankranti – Kumbha Mela
Parmarth had a special divine celebration of Makar Sankranti, here at the Kumbha Mela in Allahabad (Prayag Raj) at the sangam of the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers. We began the day with a sacred puja and yagna, after which we traveled by boat into the water, into the actual confluence of the rivers. Prior to…
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Pujya Swamiji’s 60th Janam Utsav Celebration
Parmarth Niketan Ashram hosted a huge interfaith gathering in honor of Pujya Swamiji’s 60th Janam Utsav, with the top leaders of the world’s religions coming together in the name of Environmental Protection for World Peace. There were leaders of Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism and Bahai from India and from across the world,…
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International Yoga Festival 2012
From March 1-7, Parmarth Niketan and Uttarakhand Tourism hosted the annual International Yoga Festival. This year we had nearly 500 participants from 31 countries and nearly 30 yogacharyas! Swami Dayananda Saraswatiji, Shankaracharya Swami Divyanand Teerthji, Swami Chidanandji (Pujya Swamiji), Radhanath Swamiji, Swami Yoganandaji, Padmashri Bharat Bhushan, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Manouso Manos, Deepika Mehta, V. Vasudevan…
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Ganga Sparsh Clean Up Program Launch with Dalai Lama
When the Dalai Lama was with us for the preview of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism on 3 & 4 April (click here for more information) we had a huge function at Parmarth launching the Clean Up Ganga program, initiated by Pujya Swamiji with the cooperation of the Government of Uttarakhand. H.H. the Dalai Lama was…
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Preview of Encyclopedia of Hinduism with H.H. the Dalai Lama
H.H. the Dalai Lama came here to Parmarth, on Pujya Swamiji’s invitation, for the preview of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism, a historic project of India Heritage Research Foundation (www.ihrf.com) of which Pujya Swamiji is the founder/chairman. The ceremony was a huge, divine, unprecedented event in the Kumbha Mela with H.H. the Dalai Lama, India’s most…
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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.
