About the project
The Himalayan Devis Project started in partnership with Maharishi Vedic University (MVU), Maharishi European Research University (MERU) and Appropriate Technology India (ATI), with the objective of promoting Vedic Technologies of Consciousness and its practical techniques of meditation for social and economic development of communities in the Himalayan region, especially village women.
Since the beginning, this project has aimed at bringing the Vedic Tradition of the Himalayas back to the region where it has come from and reviving the ancient knowledge of Veda through the village women. Our desire was to support their spiritual and inner growth while also attending to their outer financial needs.
The Vedic Technologies of Consciousness and its practical techniques were brought about by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ji, who was taught by his master, Guru Dev, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati from Jyotirmath, and made it available to the whole world.
Why the himalayan women?
The Himalayan women are incredibly strong and have a vast indigenous knowledge about nature.
They are anchored in their traditions and very devoted to their families and their spiritual beliefs. Despite the many hardships and challenges they face, they are simple and extremely caring, pure-hearted ladies, full of motherly love.
Their usual everyday work includes farming, cooking, cleaning, carrying heavy weights up and down the mountains, taking care of cows, of children, husbands and in-laws. Premature ageing and diseases are consequence of their high level of physical and mental exhaustion.
Himalayas will always be Himalayas. They will always be at the top of the world. (...) So Himalayas will always be the guiding light of purity, of affluence, of gaining authority in Nature.
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Woman is at the top of creation. This is her place and her dharma, and this she must never lose. For if she does, there will be wars, suffering and cruelty, because she is the opposite of all these things
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Gathering of Himalayan Devis for World Peace
Vishwashanti
HIMALAYAN DEVIS
Sammela
In the words of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ji,
If World Peace is to be established,
peace in the individual must be established first.
The Knowledge taught by Maharishi ji is not a new Knowledge.
Even in India, the simple and highly effective practice of the Vedic Technologies of Consciousness has been forgotten over time. Spirituality is still of great importance in the culture of the Himalayas - the outward religious practices continue but the inner experience of Being has been missing.
It is that Knowledge, the Knowledge of the Self, which has been revived by Guru Dev and Maharishi ji
Shivam Shantam Advaitam Chaturtham Manyante Sa Atmaa Saa Vigeya
The Knowledge of the Vedas has come from this land.
The seeds of its revival were planted by Guru Dev in this divine soil which was his home.
From the Holy Mountains of the Himalayas, through the Mothers of this land, we can radiate Peace to the whole World.
Our Goals
To improve the quality of life in all levels for the women in the Himalayan region and through their practice of Vedic Technologies, radiate peace to the World.
Through our program, we can:
1. Improve mental and physical health of the women and their families
2. Promote harmony and affluence in the communities through the scientifically proven Technologies of Consciousness taught by Maharishi ji
3. Train women on implementing the Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture techniques and give more market value to their products
4. Support their economic growth, endorse self-employment and improve economy in the region through marketing local products
5. Protect the Himalayan tradition and culture
Our Partners
Maharishi Vedic University (MVU) and Maharishi European Research University (MERU) have been teaching self-development programs around the world since 1968.
Appropriate Technology India (ATI) was one of the earliest societies founded in the Central Himalayan Region, and has as its core concern the ‘Environment and Livelihoods, of the People of Himalayas’.
Foundation for Vedic Science and Technology
Global Alliance for World Peace