Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is arriving in Nepal today

Posted on: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 | Posted by: Art of Living Universe

KATHMANDU: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the renowned spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living International, is arriving in Kathmandu, on a four-day visit, on February 26.

While in Nepal, besides Kathmandu, Ravi Shankar is scheduled to visit Muktinath, Pokhara, Biratnagar and Dharan.

He will address mass Satsang in Pokhara, Biratnagar and Dharan, and interact with various opinion leaders, The Art of Living-Nepal said today.

In Kathmandu, he is scheduled to meet the president, prime minister and other key political leaders as well as civil society representatives.

He will also bless participants of different Art of Living activities being simultaneously organised during that time in the city, namely the “Advanced Meditation Course” programme, the “Youth for Transformation (YFT)” programme and the launch of the website for “Volunteers for Prosperous Nepal (VPN)” programme.

YFT and VPN are initiatives of the Art of Living, Nepal, with the primary objective of generating awareness among the youth and also to prepare volunteers who will contribute to creating a prosperous Nepal in the future.

He will be present at the launch of VPN programme on February 27 at Nepal Police Academy ground in Maharajgunj.

He will then travel to Muktinath on February 28 and address a public mass satsang at Basundhara Park in Pokhara the same day.

In the afternoon of February 28, he will visit Biratnagar for the inauguration of “Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir” to be followed by a mass satsang at Shahid Maidan.

On Friday, March 1, he will bless the participants of the mass satsang at a Higher Secondary School in Dharan before departing for India.

The Art of Living offers stress-elimination programmes, which include breathing techniques, meditation and yoga.

The organisation operates globally in 152 countries. In Nepal, the Art of Living practices was initiated in 1998.

Source: The Himalayan Times