Aug
15
2017
Dear Divine Souls, I hope that – by God’s grace – this finds you and all your loved ones in the best of health and happiness at this holy time of Janmasthami. Krishna Janmasthami is the celebration of the day that Bhagwan Krishna incarnated in human form upon the Earth. It is celebrated at midnight on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadrapada (August-September). The day is celebrated by worshipping Bhagwan Krishna, fasting and chanting devotional kirtan and bhajans until past midnight. The Bhagavad Gita says that whenever there...
Pujya Swamiji flagged off the Namami Gange: Ganga Jagriti Yatra with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mahant Yogi Adityananthji, just outside his residence in the state’s capital, Lucknow, with Shri Suresh Khannaji, Parliamentary Affairs & Urban Development Minister of GoUP, Shri Anil Rajbharji, Minister Sainik Kalyan, Food Processing, Home Guard and PRD, GoUP, Shri Surya Kumarji, DG. The yatra was organised and planned by the Uttar Pradesh Home Guards. The yatra consists of 100 Home Guards who will help inspire industries, local organisations, youth, pilgrims and concerned civil...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji met with and gifted Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mahant Yogi Adityanath ji at his residence in Lucknow recently with an eleven volume set of the Encyclopaedia of Hinduism. During their meeting, Pujya Swamiji proposed making the upcoming Kumbha Mela in 2019 a clean and green Mela, a Mela with a message. They also discussed several other important issues such as cleaning/restoring Ganga and Yamuna Rivers, implementing green solutions to the pollution, massive tree plantation drives, improving WASH and reducing malnutrition in UP amongst many...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji visit to Jodhpur for Pujya Murlidharji Maharajji’s Green Shri Ram Katha included having darshan at the Junakhedapati Hanuman Mandir where the katha was taking place. Pujya Swamiji spent time with the members of the temple trust and lauded their initiatives to protect and provide for stray cows, keep the mandir premises clean and green and inspire devotees with the message of seva, selfless service of the creation being the greatest worship of the Creator. On the second day, there was a beautiful morning stroll and clean up...
As a follow up to the pledges taken during the month long Green Shri Ram Katha at Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), in Jodhpur there was a beautiful katha by Pujya Murlidharji Maharaj in which HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji was warmly welcomed to bless, inspire and encourage everyone with the same green message of enviornmental protection and to see how the seeds that He had planted in Rishikesh in the hearts and minds of so many had taken fruition in Rajasthan. Thousands of devotees eagerly anticipated His visit showering Him with flower...
Pujya Bhaishri Rameshbhai Ozaji, renowned kathakar and scholar, Pujya Swami Karshnipeethadishwar Gurusharananandji Maharaj, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, expressed their deep concern over the increasing pollution in Ganga during Pujya Bhaishriji’s Shrimad Bhagawat Katha on the Royal Caribbean Cruise. It took place off the shores of Alaska with about eight hundred devotees from different countries and cities of the world in attendance. Pujya Swamiji expressed his feelings of deep enchantment on witnessing Alaska’s natural beauty. He said that the natural beauty of Goumukh, Gangotri, and the four...
A star-studded SHURUAAT! gala was organised by the Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF)*, bringing together the biggest celebrities from Bollywood and leaders from faith traditions, business, philanthropy, media, education and the arts, to work together on the challenge of Global Education, to address and achieve the 4th UN Sustainable Development Goal, Quality Education. All proceeds from the Gala will support work with global private and public sector partners to test and scale education innovation. HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), Co-founder of the Global Interfaith WASH...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji presented priests and leaders of the Hindu Community in Kentucky with a set of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism for their temple and community centre. Plans are being made to make the Encyclopedia of Hinduism available across America to universities, schools and libraries all across the nation. The digital version of the Encyclopedia is also underway. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji explained: “The wisdom, truths, teachings and insights of Indian and Hindu culture are not limited to or applicable to only Hindus or Indians. Rather they belong to the world...