Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji welcomes tGELF and opens the #LIFE2018 Summit @ParmarthNiketan by emphasizing to be open to the magic and transformation that one can access by being here on this sacred land, in Rishikesh, on the holy banks of Maa #Ganga and in the lap of the #Himalaya!...
The Global Education and Leadership Foundation (tGELF)'s annual Leadership Initiative For Excellence (LIFE) was inaugurated yesterday at Parmarth Niketan. The event is held every year in Delhi and this year Mr Shiv Khemkaji, Founder of tGELF, accepted Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji's invitation to come home to Rishikesh, on the sacred banks of Mother Ganga, in the lap of the majestic Himalayas. This private, three-day retreat for more than 200 youth leaders and their mentors from across 20 countries is designed to engage in tGELF’s core values of LEAD - Leadership, Ethics, Altruism and...
Inspiring Evening on How to Live in Peace, Joy & Wholeness A beautiful spiritual gathering was organized at the Grace Cathedal in San Francisco, California (USA) graced by Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji. The event brought together devotees and seekers from all spiritual walks of life, both Indian and international, for an evening of meditation, spiritual discourse, satsang and a question-answer session. Sadhviji opened the gathering discussing the power of the mind and the power of our thoughts to create our future. She emphasized how it is not so much the things of life but...
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati ji, President of the Divine Shakti Foundation, and Secretary-General of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, attended the U.S. State Department's first ever ministerial for International Religious Freedom Attended by Vice President of the United States Mike Pence, the external affairs ministries of more than 80 nations, nearly 200 civil society organizations and approximately 100 international religious leaders, the three-day invite-only high level summit was hosted by Secretary Pompeo and Ambassador Sam Brownback “We must connect on the fundamental level of our humanity. Before we are Hindus or Muslims or Christians...
HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and HH Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji graced the 2nd annual International Vaishnav Convention in New Jersey, USA. The convention was organized by the Vallabh Youth Organisation (VYO) on the theme of finding love and happiness through spirituality. The VYO is led by Pujya Shri Vrajrajkumarji Mahodayshree, in the lineage of Pujya Goswami Indira Betaji, and works to inspire the youth to engage with their spirituality and Indian culture to find true happiness and luster in their lives. The 2nd International Vaishnav Convention provided a platform for...
A beautiful, divine Guru Purnima celebration was organized at the Hindu Temple of Kentucky in Louisville, KY (USA) and was graced by HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji. Devotees gathered together to listen to the words of wisdom from Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawatiji. The divine evening was filled with beautiful bhajans and sacred chanting, followed by spiritual discourse and satsang with Pujya Swamiji and Sadhviji. Sadhvi Bhagawatiji talked about the experience she has seen around the world of people having everything, yet having an internal experience of...
Meetings about Global Happiness with Lord Richard Layard, Lord Andrew Stone, Lord Clive Brooke and Heather Mason, members of the Parliamentary Group- Yoga in Society Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji had a beautiful meeting with Lord Richard Layard, Lord Andrew Stone, Lord Clive Brooke and Heather Mason, members of the Parliamentary Group- Yoga in Society about the deep and intimate connection between inner and outer happiness. They discussed creating an Act of Happiness and Index of Happiness that could be applied to countries around the world to measure wellness,...
Meeting at House of Commons with MP Zac Goldsmith Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji - Muniji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji met with Member of Parliament Zac Goldsmith at the House of Commons, London wherein they discussed various important topics along the theme of river conservation and environmental preservation. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji shared about the recent Sewage to Selfie initiative in Rishikesh to transform a sewage drain running into the River Ganga into a waste water treatment system, using Dutch and Indian technology, whilst simultaneously converting the drain into a tourist attraction where...
Interfaith Leaders Come together from Across the World as part of a Peace Pledge Pilgrimage to Walk and Work for Peace and Protection of Water Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji - Muniji, President of Parmarth Niketan, and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Secretary General of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, offer the holy water of Ganga from Gaumukh to mix with the waters of the glaciers of Greenland as part of the interfaith peace pledge ASSISI: HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji - Muniji, President of Parmarth Niketan, Co-Founder of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, and Sadhvi...
Water Experts Meet with Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawatiji to Discuss Turning our Sewage Points into Selfie Points ASSISI, ITALY: HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Secretary General of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, had fruitful meetings in Assisi, Italy with several world renowned water experts who expressed their willingness to bring their solutions and technologies to assist and support the ailing National River Ganga, especially converting the polluted drains along the Ganga River Basin into clean water. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji shared with...