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The World Culture Festival is a celebration of The Art of Living's 35 years of service, humanity, spirituality and human values. It will take place on March 11-13, 2016 in New Delhi, India. The festival will celebrate the diversity in cultures from across the world while simultaneously highlighting our unity as a human family.

The celebration will extend to 14th March, where we will thank Lord Shiva, a tattva or state of consciousness, a being which is so divine yet so personal, so fierce and so benevolent at the same time. The all-pervading energy, formless, peaceful & loving all personified into one, is SHIVA. A principle so sublime that it finds its way through every heart.

Rudra Puja from 6 AM - 8 AM on 14th March 2016 in the Divine presence of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji will be the cherry on the cake of the World Culture Festival.

Please book your stay and tickets accordingly. See you there with your family and friends.

Venue: Grounds opposite Mayur Vihar Phase 1 Metro Station & Mayur Vihar Extension Metro Station, Delhi, India

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to Visit Shani Shingnapur for Mediation

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ell-known spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will visit the Shani Shingnapur shrine in Maharashtra in a bid to resolve the row over the customary ban on entry for women inside the sanctum sanctorum.

Karthik Krishna, media co-ordinator of Art of Living, said the spiritual leader had suggested two "models" of entry protocol to the trustees of the Shani shrine in the village.

"One of the models that Guruji has suggested is the Shani temple trustees follow the Kashi Vishwanath model where everybody, be it men or women, can go inside the sanctum sanctorum," Krishna told PTI.

"The other is Tirupati-Balaji model, where nobody is allowed to go inside the sanctum sanctorum except the priest," he said.

Ravi Shankar also proposed greater participation of women on the temple committees, to which the trustees agreed, he said.

"Sri Sri is likely to visit Shani Shingnapur next week where he will interact with villagers and temple authorities," he added.

According to a source, Sri Sri is scheduled to visit Balewadi and Alandi on February 7 when he is likely to squeeze out time to visit Shani Shingnapur in Ahmednagar district.

The founder of Art of Living movement had recently justified the campaign by women activists who sought to enter the sacred sanctum of Shani temple, saying there is no scriptural sanction for such a discrimination.

Defying an age-old tradition of not allowing women inside the sanctum sanctorum of Shani shrine, hundreds of women protesters on January 26 tried to force their way in but were stopped.

Source: TOI

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Visits Krishna Math, Meets Pejawar Swamiji

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Spiritual guru and founder of Art of Living Foundation Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Saturday, January 30 q4visited Shree Krishna Math and met Sri Vishweshateertha Swamiji of Pejawar Math, who recently ascended the Paryaya Peetha.

Sri Sri Ravishankar made a 'darshan' of Sri Krishna deity through the historic Kanaka Navagraha window along with Pejawar Swamiji on the occasion.

In a simple ceremony held later, Pejawar Swamiji felicitated Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on being conferred the Padma Vibhushan award. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar also draped Pejawar Swamiji with a shawl and honoured him.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar speaking on the occasion said that Pejawar Swamiji had laid the foundation for the Art of Living university chair when it was started in Bengaluru. "It has grown into a gigantic tree. The involvement of Pejawar Swamiji in any venture always brings success," he said.

He also invited Pejawar Swamiji for the World Cultural Festival scheduled to be held in New Delhi from March 11 to 13. Pejawar Swamiji said that he was happy that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar had visited the Math. "I am proud that his organization has grown and spread throughout the world.

"Ravi Shankar has been instrumental in spreading yoga to the world. We need both science and spirituality. We need spirituality to put a break on science if it crosses limits," he said.

Source: Daji World

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