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'''Parmarth Niketan''' is an [[ashram]] located in [[Rishikesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]].<br />
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Parmarth Niketan is situated in the lap of the lush [[Himalayas]], along the banks of the [[Ganges]]. The ashram was founded in 1942 by Pujya Swami Shukdevanandji Maharaj (1901–1965). Since 1986, [[Swami Chidanand Saraswati|Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji Maharaj]] is the President and Spiritual Head of Parmarth Niketan.<ref name="Pujya Swamiji">[http://www.parmarth.com/swamiji.html H.H.Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20110715045430/http://www.parmarth.com/swamiji.html |date=15 July 2011 }}</ref> For the last 25 years, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati lives and teaches at the Parmarth Niketan Ashram.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sadhviji.org/about/ |title=Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji |access-date=April 4, 2021}}</ref> <br />
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As the largest ashram in [[Rishikesh]] with over 1000 rooms, Parmarth Niketan provides a clean, pure and sacred atmosphere as well as abundant, beautiful gardens to thousands of pilgrims, who come from all corners of the Earth. The daily activities at Parmarth Niketan include daily [[yoga]] specializing in [[Vinyasa yoga]], general [[Hatha yoga]] and [[yoga Nidra]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yoga.info/en/yoga-place/india/rishikesh/parmarth-niketan |title=Parmarth Niketan, An ashram on a sweeping scale |accessdate=29 March 2014}}</ref> Daily activities also include morning universal prayers and meditation classes, daily [[satsang]] and lecture programs, [[kirtan]], a [[Dashashwamedh Ghat#Ganga aarti|Ganga aarti]] at sunset attended by hundreds of visitors each day at the shore of Ganges,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themotherdivine.com/04/ganga_aarti.shtml |title=The Ganga aarti at Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh |accessdate=29 March 2014}}</ref> as well as Nature Cure and [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] treatment and training. Parmarth Niketan is the home to a 14 feet [[Shiva]] statue on the banks of the Ganges which provides a perfect view to the ashram. The divine tree of heaven [[Kalpavriksha]] was planted at the premises of this ashram by [[Social reformers of India#Vijaypal Baghel|Vijaypal Baghel]] of Himalaya Vahini.<br />
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Additionally, there are frequently special cultural and spiritual programs given by visiting revered saints, acclaimed musicians, spiritual and social leaders, and others.<br />
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There are frequent camps in which pilgrims come from across the world to take part in intensive courses on yoga, meditation, [[pranayama]], stress management, [[acupressure]], [[Reiki]], Ayurveda and other ancient Indian sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gangavalleyadventure.com/uttarakhand/parmarth-niketan.html |title=Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh |accessdate=29 March 2014}}</ref><br />
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Parmarth Niketan is also the headquarters of the Swami Shukdevanand Trust, a non-profit, religious/spiritual organization dedicated to religion, spirituality and culture, founded in 1942 by Pujya Swami Shukdevanandji Maharaj and registered in 1962 under the Societies Registration Act.<ref name="Swami Shukdevanand Trust">[http://www.parmarth.com/swamitrust.html Swami Shukdevanand Trust] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20100527155836/http://www.parmarth.com/swamitrust.html |date=27 May 2010 }}</ref><br />
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Parmarth Niketan is open to all visitors, with no discrimination on the basis of race, nationality, religion, caste or creed.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery class="center"><br />
File:Parmarth2.jpg|Parmarth Niketan view from [[Ganges]]<br />
File:Shiva in rishikesh.jpg|A statue of [[Shiva]] meditating at Parmarth Niketan on the [[Ganges]]<br />
File:Shiva meditating Rishikesh.jpg|Shiva meditating in Rishikesh<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons category|Parmarth Niketan}}<br />
* [http://www.parmarth.com/ Parmarth Niketan, Official website]<br />
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[[Category:Ashrams]]<br />
[[Category:Religious organisations based in India]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Rishikesh]]<br />
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1942]]<br />
[[Category:1942 establishments in India]]</div>->Paisquare