On February 17, the first day of his six-day official visit to India, President of Austria Heinz Fischer and his wife Margit met with His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Sri Swami Maheshwarananda in New Delhi. Heinz Fischer is the first-ever head of Austria to visit India.
On February 25, 2005, His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda met the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Janez Drnovsek, in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana.
The renowned Gallus Hall in Ljubljana, Slovenia, seating about 1400 visitors, was filled up to the last place. Swamiji began to sing OM and there was complete silence. Then Swamiji spoke, "When we speak about Divine Consciousness, we somehow dwell in it, it is a similar process as when a diver dives deep into the sea to get the pearls. In this way I will now dive into Divine Consciousness and bring you the Divine Knowledge".
His Holiness Swamiji once more tours the world to spread the message of peace and to inspire people to follow the ethics and moral principles of non-violence, love, the protection of all living creatures, and the tolerance, respect, and understanding of all religions, cultures, and nations. The two-month tour (mid March - mid May 2005) will take Swamiji through various cities and places of United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and finally India.
His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda spent this July in India. Thousands of people came to have his darshan at the greatest of all spiritual celebrations, the Gurupurnima.