Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati – Host of Inspiration and Transformation
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Ph.D., was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for 23 years, engaged in spiritual practice and service.
She was officially initiated into the order of Sanyas (monastic renunciation) in the year 2000, by His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, one of the most revered spiritual leaders in India and the President of Parmarth Niketan.
At Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, where she lives most of the year, she gives daily spiritual discourses and Satsang, teaches meditation, provides counseling and oversees myriad charitable and humanitarian projects and activities.
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Ph.D., is a graduate of Stanford University and has lived at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India, for nearly 20 years. She is President of the Divine Shakti Foundation, a charitable organization bringing education, vocational training, upliftment and empowerment programs to women and children. Sadhviji is also Secretary-General of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, director of the world-famous International Yoga Festival, and Managing Editor of the 11-volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism, compiled by the India Heritage Research Foundation. She was officially ordained into the order of Sanyas (monastic vows) by her guru H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji in 2000.
Sadhviji is a renowned speaker who gives keynote addresses at large forums, on a wide variety of topics ranging from conscious business to science and spirituality to sustainable development to the keys of happiness and peace in life to all aspects of yoga. Her talks blend the knowledge and logic of the West with the insights, spirituality, and wisdom of the East, and she is renowned as a spiritual bridge between the two cultures. Her TEDx talk on her journey from “Hollywood to the HolyWoods” has been watched by over 160,000 people and the documentary on her life has been watched online by nearly a quarter of a million people.
She has spoken at several United Nations events, including with the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, and at many high-level international conferences and summits.
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