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Sep 04 2019

GIWA joins UNICEF India at the UNCCD-COP14

Faith Leaders Join Hands with the United Nations and Government Of India to Pledge for Water and to Take Climate Action at the UNCCD-COP14: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification DELHI: An important and vital interfaith panel brought together HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan, Founder/Chair of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA), Core GIWA Faith Leaders Maulana Mahmood Madaniji, Secretary General, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and Sardar Paramjit Chandhokji, Chairman of Delhi Gurudwara Bangla Saheb. The session was chaired by Secretary General of GIWA Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji and was...

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Aug 23 2019

Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawatiji at Religions for Peace World Assembly

Sadhviji Represents the Hindu Faith at the World Assembly of Religions for Peace Conference 23 AUGUST RISHIKESH INDIA/LINDAU GERMANY: The 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace convened in Lindau, Germany this week, and Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, President of Divine Shakti Foundation, is a significant part of the multi-religious gathering that has attracted over 1000 faith leaders from over 100 countries around the world. Such a joy to be at #Religions4Peace World Assembly in #Lindau w/nearly 1000 #interfaith religious leaders as well as the President of Germany & to pray 4...

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Aug 16 2019

Raksha Bandhan & Indian Independence Day 2019

Yesterday we held a special celebration for Raksha Bandhan and Indian Independence Day Celebrations led by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji. The day started with flag raising ceremonies in Parmarth Gurukul, Veerpur and Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh campus followed by beautiful patriotic songs by our Rishikumars and Sadhvi Abha Saraswati. The Rishikumars then gathered on the ghat for their Janeu Sanskar ceremony on the banks of Maa Ganga, where they performed the sacred rites of receiving their new sacred threads and joined together for a group dip in the...

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Aug 12 2019

Sadhviji Delivers Keynote Address to ISTD Students, Dehradun

What a joy, on my first day back in India, to address the India Society for Training and Development (ISTD) International Conclave on Happiness and Spirituality in the Workplace. The program took place in Dehradun at Graphics Era Deemed University. I shared with the assembled students that they are the future of the nation, and the future of the world, and I encouraged them to find ways to work differently to find ways and solutions that promoted joy and happiness in the workplace. After all, if we’re going to spend...

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Aug 10 2019

Sadhviji Delivers Keynote Address to ISTD Students

On Sadhviji's first day back in India, she addressed the India Society for Training and Development (ISTD) International Conclave on Happiness and Spirituality in the Workplace. The program took place in Dehradun at Graphics Era Deemed University. What a joy, on my first day back in India, to address the India Society for Training and Development (#ISTD) Int'l Conclave on #Happiness & #Spirituality in the Workplace at @GraphicEraHill1 https://t.co/QwJB7coVwK #spiritualityinbusiness #ongc #thdc #happinessvideo @finland pic.twitter.com/YUbx12vNR7— Sadhvi Bhagawati (@SadhviBhagawati) August 11, 2019 Sadhviji shared with the assembled students that they are the...

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Jul 29 2019

Guru Purnima at Hindu Temple of Kentucky

On the sacred day of Guru Purnima, Pujya Swamiji Chidanand Saraswatiji and Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawatiji offered a beautiful program at the Hindu Temple in Louisville, Kentucy. This special event followed the spiritual retreat at Dale Hollow Lake State Park that had been held earlier in the week and many of those present at the retreat joined local temple members for satsang, prasad, and a delicious vegetarian meal. The temple priests welcomed Pujya Swamiji and Pujya Sadhviji with divine vedic chanting and prayers. This was followed by an inspiring talk by Sadhviji...

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Jul 28 2019

Guru Purnima Retreat 2019

Over the course of three peace filled days, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji led a beautiful Guru Purnima retreat at the stately resort overlooking a gorgeous lake in the Dale Hollow State Park, Kentucky. The weekend included multiple satsangs each day that covered topics as varied as achieving conscious dharmic relations, faith versus blind faith, and dealing with stress, depression and anxiety. Participants also had many opportunities to ask questions and to have one-on-one audiences with Swamiji and Sadhviji. Each satsang began with an inspiring guided meditation led...

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Jul 18 2019

Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji joins World Leaders

New York City: In 2000, the late and former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, famously stated that “if we are to capture the promises of globalization while managing its adverse effects, we must learn to govern better, and must learn how better to govern together.” With these words in mind, and in an era of weakening international cooperation and nationalist political shifts, political and religious leaders from around the world gathered in New York City on Monday to participate in the second Kofi Annan United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Faith Briefings....

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Jul 18 2019

PaRD Event at the UN High Level Political Forum

Sadhviji gave the opening address at the PaRD (International Partnership for Religion and Sustainable Development) event at the UN High Level Political Forum on the role of religious actors in sustaining peace. Addresses were also given by His Eminence Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the Archbishop of Yangon Professor Syafiq Mughni, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Bishop Sunday Onuoha, Co-Chair of the Executive Committee, Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace Nigeria Imam Omar Layama Kobine, President of the Central African Islamic Community Dr. Olivia Wilkinson, the Director of...

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