27 OCTOBER 2019, RISHIKESH: A very special Diwali Ganga Aarti and Satsang with Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji was held on the banks of Maa Ganga, in the lap of the Himalayas, inspiring all that attended not only to light lamps in our homes, but to be…
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22 OCTOBER 2019, RISHIKESH: Pujya Swami Madhavpriyadasji and Pujya Purani Shri Balakrishna Swamiji welcomed saints, devotees and students of the Swaminarayan Gurukul Parivar home to Parmarth Niketan for a week-long Satsang Sadhana Shibir filled with meditation, asanas, pranayama and satsang on the Holy Banks of Maa Ganga. The camp was…
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9 OCTOBER 2019, NEW DELHI: The highlight of the India Today Aaj Tak’s Annual SafaiGiri Awards wasn’t just the fact that the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) was presented with the Best Sanitation Institute Award for work that the organization has done to bring faith into action for water, sanitation…
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Celebrating the release of a new study that revealed that the heritage of India is one of Swachhta, interfaith leaders and dignitaries, as well as Gandhians, gathered together to launch Swachhata Sanskriti, which provides interesting and previously-unreported details about the history of cleanliness that India had enjoyed in the pre-colonial…
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On a day that Holy Maa Ganga decided to bring even more of Her divine waters to Earth, Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati ji, Parmarth Niketan Sevaks and Rishikumars, NSS Cadets and local school children joined together for a Walk for Peace and Water yesterday as part of the ashram’s celebration…
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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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