""From Worship to WASH" Religious Leaders Come together in the name of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene" was presented at the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions in Salt Lake City, Utah from Oct. 15th-19th. Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) leaders from India, in cooperation with UNICEF...
Read MoreRenowned Interfaith leaders from Hindu, Muslim, Jain, Buddhist, Sikh and Christian faiths come together for a historic first-ever, two-day ‘Sarva Dharma Swachhta Sankalp’ event at the 2016 Ujjain Maha Kumbh Mela, to spread the awareness and message for a healthy, green (sustainable) and clean...
Read MoreSadhvi Bhagawatiji explains the importance of keeping Ganga flowing. She explains that our inner & outer world are inter-related. If we are at peace within we will reflect peace & if we are in pieces we will reflect that instead. She encourages us to create...
Read MoreThe first World Humanitarian Summit on 23-24 May 2016 in Istanbul convened 9000 participants from 173 Member States, including 55 Heads of State and Government, hundreds of private sector representatives, and thousands of people from civil society and non- governmental organizations. The United Nations in...
Read MoreSeveral inspiring speeches were given on the occasion by revered saints and dignitaries reflecting the need to create a Bharat Mata free from violence, terrorism, open-defecation, female feoticide, pollution and many other pertinent issues the nation faces. ...
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This article was published on The Speaking Tree, here. SADHVI BHAGAWATI SARASWATI was a participant at the Parliament of Religions, the same conference that Swami Vivekananda attended back in 1893. She filed this blog from Salt Lake City in the US. In 1893, Swami Vivekananda travelled to...
Read MoreAsked about the relationship between our religious duties when it comes to caring for the dead and the care for our water, Sadhviji answers by discussing some new initiatives such as green crematoriums and burying saints. ...
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This article was published on The Huffington Post, here. Last week, I had the joy and blessing to be part of a conference hosted at the World Bank in Washington DC on Religion and Sustainable Development. The conference was jointly sponsored by the World Bank and...
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This article was published on The Huffington Post, here. The Early Days: As our car pulled into the driveway, my dad checked the mailbox. "Did it come? Did it come?" I gasped excitedly. The year was 1986, and I had been waiting in breathless anticipation for...
Read MoreCore tenet of Hinduism is that all life is sacred. Water in particular is sacred because without water, life as we know it on Planet Earth, would cease to exist. So the question becomes how do we preserve and protect water. Yet, most of us...
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