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Nov 26 2019

Come & Connect at International Yoga Festival 2020!

Be One in a family united by Yoga. Join us at the world famous International Yoga Festival, March 1-7, 2020, in Rishikesh, India – the birthplace of Yoga. Make your journey home to the Himalayas. Come bathe in the energy of the towering Himalayas and majestic Ganga River. Awaken, Connect, Discover a New You. Register today! www.internationalyogafestival.org ...

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Nov 24 2019

Valley of Words Literary and Arts Festival Welcomes Sadhviji

It was such a delight to sit with journalist and biographer Ashali Varma at the Third Edition of the Valley of Words Literary and Arts Festival recently to discuss my book, #ComeHometoYourself. I shared about my arrival in India 23 years ago, and the experience of my visit to Maa Ganga and the tears of truth that I shed upon our first meeting. We spent a great deal of time discussing the erosion of our beautiful Hindu culture at the expense of gaining Western material possessions, and...

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Nov 24 2019

Sadhviji Offers Sanatan Dharma Satsang for Nairobi Devotees

Spiritual Q & A Provided Eternal Answers for Modern Challenges During her recent trip to Kenya for the 25th Annual International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati led Hindu devotees in a Divine Satsang at the Shree Sanatan Dharma Sabha Temple (SSDS) on topics ranging from Indian spirituality and the bridge between science and spirituality to the keys of true happiness and meaning in daily life. Sadhviji’s Satsangs are renowned the world over for their insightfulness and the simple, conversational way...

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Nov 24 2019

Vocational Occupation Teachers Gather at Parmarth Niketan

It was a beautiful day at Parmarth Niketan when dozens of Divine Shakti Foundation school and vocational training centre Adminstrators, Teachers and Wardens gathered together to meet with DSF Founder, President of Parmarth Niketan, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, and DSF’s President, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, to review their successes and to plan for the future. After beautiful blessings for the continued health and happiness of the dedicated educators – many of whom have been sharing their wisdom and experience as DSF and Parmarth’s instructors with generations of students - Pujya Swamiji and...

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Nov 23 2019

Sadhviji Speaks on World Toilet Day

Did you know that many women in India don’t have access to washrooms? For women is culturally inappropriate and in some areas even dangerous to defecate outside, so they need to wait until the night so they can do their defecate in the dark...

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Nov 23 2019

Sadhviji’s World Toilet Day Toilet Inauguration Address

On World Toilet Day, Sadhviji joins Pujya Swamiji to inaugurate the new toilets that the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance built in a Rishikesh school (just one of the dozens of Rishikesh schools we’ve built toilets for,) and to empower the children to not only use the toilet but to love the toilet and clean the toilet!!!...

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Nov 23 2019

World Toilet Day 2019

Today on World Toilet Day, it was such a joy to inaugurate the new toilets that our Global Interfaith WASH Alliance has built in a Rishikesh school (just one of the dozens of Rishikesh schools we’ve built toilets for,) and to empower the children to not only use the toilet but to love the toilet and clean the toilet!!!...

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Nov 22 2019

Toilet Complex Inaugurated and Blessed on World Toilet Day

This year's #WorldToiletDay proved to be the perfect opportunity to inaugurate a new toilet complex at one of the many schools in Rishikesh for which the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance works to provide sanitation and hygiene facilities. On the day, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji - Muniji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatii, along with the Mayor of Rishikesh, Anita Mamgain, and other dignitaries, school faculty members and students, gathered together to celebrate the inauguration, and to encourage and empower the children to not only utilize the new facilities, but to care for...

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Nov 21 2019

Sadhvi Bhagawatiji Celebrates World Children’s Day

Divine Shakti Foundation’s Parmarth Vidya Mandir School becomes a festive and joyous tribute to the glory of the Divine Child. After a beautiful welcoming ceremony that included fragrant floral garlands, tilaks and colorful street sketches, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, President of Divine Shakti Foundation, Secretary General of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, was warmly welcomed to Parmarth Vidya Mandir for festive musical and yogic celebrations of World Children's Day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXMX8bSL5SM Surrounded by angelic and delighted faces, Sadhviji was treated to an array of performances that perfectly symbolize the innocence and extraordinary potential of children...

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