News for 'Shivanand Ashram'

'We Have To Blame Ourselves, Not Macaulay'

'We Have To Blame Ourselves, Not Macaulay'

Rediff.com27 Nov 2025

'We kept importing educational models from outside that had no connection to our cultural and intellectual strengths.'

WATCH: How 800 differently-abled set a world record

WATCH: How 800 differently-abled set a world record

Rediff.com21 Jun 2018

They set a Guinness World Record for 'Largest Silent Yoga Class.'

Nigamanand buried, viscera test to be conducted

Nigamanand buried, viscera test to be conducted

Rediff.com16 Jun 2011

Amid allegations that Swami Nigamanand was poisoned, authorities on Thursday took fresh sample for a second viscera test of the seer who died after a four-month fast against quarrying in Ganga river bed. A panel of doctors took a second viscera sample of Nigamanand at Matri Sadan ashram where his body was kept following a direction by Haridwar District Magistrate R Meenakshisundaram. The founder head of the ashram and his guru Swami Shivanand had given a written request.

'What is better than dying for Gangaji?'

'What is better than dying for Gangaji?'

Rediff.com6 Jan 2019

'Two have already sacrificed their lives.' 'How many more shall need to sacrifice before the government listens?' 'Four, five or six? They are ready, waiting.' After Ganga campaigner G D Agrawal's death, a Haridwar ashram's sadhus are on a relay fast unto death.

Police forms six teams to trace Asaram's son Narayan Sai

Police forms six teams to trace Asaram's son Narayan Sai

Rediff.com8 Oct 2013

The Surat police has formed six teams to trace self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai, whose whereabouts are not known after complaints of sexual assault were filed against the father-son duo by two sisters.