November 2017 Newsletter
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Parmarth November 2017 Newsletter This beautiful News Magazine highlights Pujya Swamiji’s leadership and vision during numerous Swachhta Hi Seva activities and events, including a massive clean up of the iconic Lakshman Jhula, and several mass awareness programmes, concluding into a 12- hour Banega Swachh India Cleanathon with the legendary Amitabh Bachchan. It includes the launch of the Swachh Bihar Yatra, Kailash Satyarthi’s visit home to Parmarth Niketan as part of his Bharat Yatra mass awareness campaign, meeting with the President of India, as well as Pujya Swamiji’s visits to London, Myanmar, Nepal, the Netherlands, Rajasthan and so much more. CONTENTS Cleanathon with Amitabh Bachchan: Swarovski WaterSchool Meeting with Honorable Ganga Minister 04 Banega Swachh India 28 Coordinators Meeting 45 Shri Nitin Gadkari Namami Gange! Yatra flagged off by Faith Community & Organisations RB Visits World Toilet College at GIWA 06 CM Yogi Adityanathji & Pujya Swamiji 30 come together for a Clean India 46 Headquarters Samvad II: Conflict Avoidance and Ancient Rajyoga: GIWA Joins Interfaith Flood Relief 08 Environmental Consciousness 32 For a Healthy & Happy Bharat 47 Efforts in Assam 10 UNICEF 1st South Asia Religious Leaders’ Meditation & Sanitation Pujya Swamiji & Policy Makers Discuss 10 Platform for Children 34 come together 48 Environment, WASH & Interfaith Harmony Bharat Yatra in Dehradun Pledges to Pujya Swamiji leads pledge on Meeting with Union Tourism Minister 12 Protect Every Child 35 International Day of Peace 50 Shri KJ Alphons Pledges for Safer and Healthier World for Swachhta Shakti: Clean, Green 15 All Children 36 Women for WASH Training 51 & Serene Diwali International Peace Palace: 1000 Birth Anniversary Interfaith Raksha Bandhan 18 Pledge for Water & Peace 39 Ramanujacharya Maharajji 54 Celebrations in Bagan, Myanmar NRI World Summit CM Nitish Kumar & Pujya Swamiji discuss BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha’s 20 & Awards 40 Swachh Bihar & Clean Ganga 56 visit home to Parmarth Niketan Sadhvi Bhagawatiji shares about GIWA at Historic Swachh Bihar Yatra Pashupatinath Bagmati 22 the United Nations in New York 41 Flagged Off by Pujya Swamiji 57 Ganga Aarti Pujya Bhaishriji’s Himalaya Diwas: Uttarakhand Sustainable Green Shri Ram Katha 24 Shasti Poorti Samaroh 42 Mountain Development Summit 58 in Jodhpur 18 Pujya Dada Vaswaniji’s Rally for Rivers in Pujya Swamiji graces 25 100th Birthday 43 Haridwar, Uttarakhand 59 Green Shri Ram Katha in Jodhpur 3H: Health, Hygiene & Harmony Medical Water Experts from Scotland Visit 26 Camp in Mayakund 44 Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh) VISIT OUR WEBSITES www.washalliance.org (Global Interfaith WASH Alliance) www.parmarth.org (Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh) www.gangaaction.org (Ganga Action Parivar) www.divineshaktifoundation.org (Divine Shakti Foundation) 48 www.projecthope-india.org (Project Hope) 2 | Newsletter 40 Parmarth Niketan | 3 Click Here to see more! Cleanathon with Amitabh Bachchan: Banega Swachh India GIWA’s Interfaith Leaders come together for Clean Air, Water & Soil ujya Swami Chidanand Saras- ities across the country. The theme elevated the importance of hygiene cleanliness, that the efficiency of Shri Nitesh Kapoor of Reckitt Benck- our own homes then the change will watiji, President Parmarth of the cleanathon this year is to take with the equivalence of marriage, the implementation should also be iser and Oswald Cardinal Gracias, be reflected in our world as well. Pu- Niketan, Co-Founder Global a holistic approach to swachhta and saying that adequate sanitation and looked into, and that we must get to- Archbishop of Bombay, shared the jya Swamiji and Sadhviji also spoke PInterfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA), to engage people to implement solu- hygiene facilities in people’s home gether and think alike and inevitably importance of faith leaders coming in a panel prior to the interfaith led a diverse and beautiful delega- tions. should have the same level of im- become a better and cleaner nation. together for a clean India. Pujya panel with a focus on Swachh Hawa tion of GIWA’s interfaith leaders portance as marriage has. He said it Swamiji concluded the panel with and shared several solutions to crop for Banega Swachh India NDTV, With a focus on Swachh Zameen, was a new revolutionary approach, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Sec- a beautiful interfaith pledge stating burning and the air pollution that it a 12-hour cleanathon anchored by Swachh Hawa and Swachh Paani but the shift that needs to take place retary General, Global Interfaith that when we come together as one creates. Campaign Ambassador, the legend- (clean land, clean air and clean wa- in people’s awareness. WASH Alliance and President of the family, we relate a very strong mes- ary Amitabh Bachchan, and Mr. ter), the interfaith leaders attending Divine Shakti Foundation, shared sage that if we can be together, then The Cleanathon brought together Vikram Chandra, CEO of NDTV. (including: Mahmood A Madani, Amitabh Bachchan spoke about the that through the World Toilet Col- not only our communities and con- revered saints, celebrities, singers, The campaign is aimed at spread- Secretary General, Jamia Ulama-i- need to introspect on why the voic- lege, WaterSchool and the massive gregations, but our entire country Chief Ministers of states, govern- ing awareness about sanitation and Hind, Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, es of Swachh are still not reaching interfaith work for WASH initiatives can join together to make a Swachh ment officials, schools and many empowering citizens by providing President, All India Imam Organi- millions of people out there. He said by GIWA, there is a deep commit- aur Swasth Bharat. Together we are sectors of society to raise awareness better hygiene and sanitation facil- sation and former MP Rajya Sabha) we should work every day towards ment to bring this change. the solution, and when we start with of this vital cause. 4 | Newsletter Parmarth Niketan | 5 Namami Gange! Yatra flagged off by CM Yogi Adityananthji & Pujya Swamiji A Clean Ganga Yatra organised by the Uttar Pradesh Home Guards Click Here to see more! ujya Swamiji, together with Development Minister of GoUP, local organisations, youth, pil- must each start this movement shared that citizens of UP were tra with great enthusiasm, energy the Chief Minister of Ut- Shri Anil Rajbhar, Minister Sainik grims and concerned civil society from our own homes, protecting truly very fortunate to have him at and commitment towards com- tar Pradesh, the Honorable Kalyan, Food Processing, Home to connect with this mission and the fast depleting lifeline of our na- the helm of their state, which has pletion; connecting with every- PMahant Yogi Adityananthji, were Guard and PRD of GoUP, and take ownership in keeping Ganga tion - Maa Ganga. The change has a population equivalent to many one to ensuring a free flowing and present to bless and waive off the Shri Surya Kumar, DG, spoke of and Yamuna clean and free flow- to start with us and it must start countries combined. unpolluted Mother Ganga for all.” Namami Ganga Yatra as it started the importance of this Yatra and ing. The yatra route covered the now!” He also gave a clarion call to During the event Pujya Swami- its tour to bring awareness and in- gave their blessings. cities where the Ganga is most everyone to make their traditions, The Honorable Chief Minister ji gifted the Honorable UP CM a spire all in the urgent need to take endangered and polluted, and was festivals and celebrations green as shared in his inspiring address, sacred elachi mala, as a symbol of care of Ganga and Yamuna. From The yatra was organised and planned from the 9th August to well as to work to green both sides “My government is committed to his ever green leadership, and also just outside the CM’s residence planned by the Uttar Pradesh the middle of September. of the river bank, so that the rivers this vital and noble pledge that a special Peepal tree, as a symbol in the state’s capital of Lucknow, Home Guards and consisted of flow freely and are recharged. our Honorable Prime Minister has of his commitment to making the the Honorable Mahant Yogi Adi- 100 Home Guards who travelled Pujya Swamiji blessed everyone taken, but we must all do our part banks of Mother Ganga clean and tyananthiji, together with Pujya from Lucknow to Haridwar, Ri- at the opening ceremony by say- Pujya Swamiji lauded the Honor- to contribute towards the Namami green for all. Swamiji, Shri Suresh Khanna, shikesh and many more towns ing, “This Yatra (journey) by the able CM’S great leadership in cre- Gange mission. I encourage the Parliamentary Affairs & Urban in UP to help inspire industries, Home Guards illustrates that we ating a cleaner and greener UP and UP Home Guards to take this Ya- Samvad II: Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Consciousness Interfaith Leaders inspired to join together for environmental preservation n International meeting to promote Swaminarayan Gurukul Parivar, Respected conflict avoidance, which was joint- Syed Salman Chisthyji (Head of the Chishty ly organised by the Vivekananda Foundation), Dargah Ajmer Sharif and AInternational Foundation, India, Sitagu In- many revered Hindu and Buddhist saints ternational Buddhist Academy and Univer- from Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Japan, sity, Myanmar and the Japan Foundation, Myanmar and India. The delegates graced in association with the Acharya Sabha, was and blessed the Samvad II: Global Initiative attended by Pujya Swamiji in Myanmar, on Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Burma.