Acknowledgements

Especially during the communist era, the spiritual and humanitarian work of His Holiness Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda provided great moral support to the people of the Eastern European countries, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Yugoslavia. Due to his distinguished charitable, humanitarian, religious and environmental work, as well as his untiring efforts for tolerance and world peace, Swamiji has been acknowledged by social, medical, religious and political dignitaries in different parts of the world.

2009, Meeting with the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia & Hercegovina

2006, Presentation of the Chakra book to the President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

2005, Meeting with President of Austria, Dr. Heinz Fischer

2004, Meeting with the Premier of South Australia, Hon. Mike Rann

2002, Awarded by President Stjepan Mesic with the Order of Croatian Danica with the image of Katarina Zrinska – the highest decoration of Croatia for humanitarian merits, for the decades of humanitarian and spiritual work done for the sake of entire humankind.

2001, Meeting with the Slovenian Prime Minister, Dr. Janez Drnovsek on the occasion of Swamiji’s World Peace Tour through Slovenia

2001, Meeting with Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Sri Ashok Gehlot, India

2000, Audience with the Slovenian President, Milan Kucan

1999, Audience with the Slovak President, Rudolf Schuster

1992, Audience with the Hungarian President, Arpad Göncz, who expresses his appreciation of Swamiji's social and spiritual work for the people of Hungary for more than fifteen years