The All World Gayatri Pariwar is a modern Hindu-based movement that aims to repopularize and universalize vedic-style ritual practices, especially recitation of the gāyatrīmantra (a particularly important mantra from the Ṛgveda originally dedicated to the sun god Savitṛ: om bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, tat savitur vareṇyaṃ,bhargo devasya dhīmahi, dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt). Often referred to more succinctly as the Gayatri Pariwar, this movement coalesced around a journalist and ind…