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Over a hundred years after Swami Vivekananda made history at the Parliament of the World’s Religions, the spiritual leaders of India traveled in the Lake City, Utah, for the world’s sixth Parliament of the World’s Religions, where they took a resounding stand for a Swachh Bharat and to help save our world’s dwindling water resourcese.Approximately 10,000 leaders from 50 religious traditions and 80 nations participated in the historic event that took place from Oct. 15 to 19 at the Salt Palace Convention Center.Every day, some 1,800 children under the age of five die due to the lack of clean and healthy water, sanitation and hygiene, with approximately 1,200 to 1,600 deaths in India. Much of this is due to the fact that some 600 million people in India still have no access to toilets, which results in the spread of disease as water resources and open spaces become contaminated. Where there are no toilets, there is more disease. It is that simple. India can no longer sit idly , according to Swami Chidanand Saraswati, co-chair of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance. Jain spiritual leader Acharya Lokesh Muni said that "Ahimsa, or non-violence, is the need of the present world when humanity is facing the problems of war, violence and terrorism.
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