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Mar 08 2018

International Women’s Day 2018

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RISHIKESH- The world-renowned, 29 th annual International Yoga Festival concluded yesterday, and the over 2000 participants from 97 countries departed today from Parmarth Niketan, having come from all over the world to take part in inspiring lectures and courses by over 80 revered saints, yogacharyas, presenters and experts who taught nearly 200 offerings throughout the week. The participants go back to their countries full of inspiration to be ambassadors of yoga, ambassadors of love, ambassadors of peace, and ambassadors of unity. New friendships were formed during the course of the IYF, in many cases between people who would...

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Mar 07 2018

IYF 2018 Concludes

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International Yoga Festival Concludes with More Than 2000 Participants From 97 Countries Around the World RISHIKESH- The world-renowned, 29th annual International Yoga Festival concluded today, having been attended by more than 2000 people, who came from 96 countries across the world to take part in inspiring lectures and courses by over 80 revered saints, yogacharyas, presenters and experts who taught nearly 200 offerings throughout the week. After the last yoga sessions ended, the Closing Ceremony of the International Yoga Festival took place on Parmarth Niketan’s ghat on the banks of the River...

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Mar 03 2018

Inauguration of IYF 2018

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People from Nearly 100 Nations, Vice President, Governor, CM, Dignitaries and Saints Converge for Inauguration of Parmarth Niketan’s Renowned International Yoga Festival PARMARTH NIKETAN, RISHIKESH- The International Yoga Festival, which has drawn more than 2,000 people from nearly 100 countries, was officially inaugurated today by the Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu at a ceremony that included congratulatory statements from Hon’ble Governor of Uttarakhand, Shri KK Paul; Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat; Hon’ble Union Minister of Tourism, Shri Alphons Kannanthanam, Hon’ble Minister of AYUSH,...

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Mar 02 2018

Holi Celebrated During IYF 2018

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Holi Played with Yogis from Over 100 Nations & Renowned Percussionist Sivamani on Second Day of International Yoga Festival RISHIKESH- The colours of Parmarth Niketan Ashram today became brighter as participants from over 100 nations enjoyed a special Holi. Joining the festivities were HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan and internationally-renowned percussionist, Sivamani. The festivities, which took place during Parmarth Niketan’s annual world-famous International Yoga Festival, used organic colours in order to send a message to the world that celebration and environmental conservation should go hand-in-hand. Organized under the guidance...

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Feb 16 2018

United Nations Vienna – Plan of Action to Prevent Atrocity Crimes

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Religious Leaders and Actors Gather in Vienna to Discuss How to Prevent Incitement to Violence Meeting on the implementation of the Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes took place on 13-15 February 2018 at the United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria VIENNA: More than 100 religious leaders, actors, UN officials and representatives from different countries participated in a high level conference discussing the implementation of the Plan of Action* for the prevention of incitement to violence that could lead...

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Jan 17 2018

Keynote Address at The Yoga Institute, Mumbai

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Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati​ gave a beautiful keynote address at the International Yoga Seminar, during the second day of the two day inaugural celebration of The Yoga Institute​’s 100th anniversary, at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai​’s yesterday. Sadhvi Bhagawatiji said so beautifully, "What we need is a culture of harmony for a better tomorrow. However, that true and complete harmony has to come from within. We can only share with the world that which we have ourselves. Yoga gives us that internal union, internal harmony with which we can then be tools of...

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Jan 11 2018

Music with a Message to unite the world in Yoga

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Kailash Kher, the Hinduja Brothers come together with Pujya Swamiji & Sadhvi Bhagawatiji: Music with a Message to unite the world in Yoga A divine meeting took place in Bombay recently in which Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji - Muniji​ and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati​ met our beloved Sufi Singer & Artist Kailash Kher​, Shri GP Hinduja, Shri Ashok Hinduja and Shri Prakash Hinduja at the Hinduja residence and discussed how music can bring a message of Yoga- of unity and love to the world. They discussed the upcoming International Yoga Festival​ at Parmarth...

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Jan 06 2018

High-Level Experts Converge in Rishikesh for Life-Saving Meeting

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Experts and professionals representing many of India’s foremost disaster response organizations held a focused, closed-door roundtable at Parmarth Niketan today to chalk out the course for protecting the populations of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi from disaster. India is one of the world’s most disaster prone nations, with millions impacted in 2017. The three states represented today, with a combined population of 23.3 crore people, face their own unique threats, including earthquake, flood, and drought. The meeting, hosted by Sphere India and the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA), brought together distinguished representatives...

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Dec 30 2017

New Year. New You. Retreat 2018 Begins

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Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji welcomes our world family in #GangaAarti yesterday for our #NewYear #NewYou Spiritual Retreat. She explains how the essence of the retreat through the diverse array of programmes, classes and activities is to help us peel away, dissolve and burn away all that which is not Self, to release our attachment to the darkness and allow the light from within to shine forth. She explains so beautifully how the purpose is to bring in the New Year with the awakening of our true Self, which for many of...

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