Parmarth Niketan

Parmarth Niketan
Parmarth Niketan
	Parmarth Niketan
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Pauri
Location
Location	Rishikesh
State	Uttarakhand
Country	India
	Location within Uttarakhand
Geographic coordinates	30°7′9.21″N 78°18′43.9554″E / 30.1192250°N 78.312209833°E
Architecture
Creator	Pujya Swami Shukdevanandji Maharaj
Date established	1942
Completed	1942
Elevation	372 m (1,220 ft)
Website
	parmarth.com

Parmarth Niketan is an ashram located in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.

Overview

Parmarth Niketan is situated in the lap of the lush

Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji Maharaj is the President and Spiritual Head of Parmarth Niketan.^[1] For the last 25 years, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati lives and teaches at the Parmarth Niketan Ashram.^[2]

As the largest ashram in

yoga Nidra.^[3] Daily activities also include morning universal prayers and meditation classes, daily satsang and lecture programs, kirtan, a Ganga aarti at sunset attended by hundreds of visitors each day at the shore of Ganges,^[4] as well as Nature Cure and 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 Vijaypal Baghel

of Himalaya Vahini.

Additionally, there are frequently special cultural and spiritual programs given by visiting revered saints, acclaimed musicians, spiritual and social leaders, and others.

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Parmarth Niketan is open to all visitors, with no discrimination on the basis of race, nationality, religion, caste or creed.