Sadhvi Bhagwati Saraswati

Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati is a renowned spiritual leader, author, and motivational speaker. She’s authored Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation. She is the Secretary-General of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance; president of Divine Shakti Foundation; and director of the International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh. She serves on the United Nations Advisory Council on Religion and on the steering committees of the International Partnership for Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) and the Moral Imperative to End Extreme Poverty, a campaign by the United Nations and World Bank. She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by U.S. President Joe Biden for her lifelong commitment to volunteer service. She has been ordained into the sacred order of Sanyas by her guru HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and has been living at Parmarth Niketan Ashram for the past twenty-six years.