New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is because of inaugurate celebrations at S-VYASA University in Bengaluru on 13 November, in line with an invite issued by the organisers.
The occasion marks 50 years of Prashanti Kutiram, the college’s campus, and the delivery centenary of the late H. V. Seshadri, described as Modi’s yoga guru, whose legacy is intently tied to the establishment.
Organisers say the establishment has contributed to yoga, training, scientific analysis, integrative healthcare, spirituality and nation-building.
Among these attending is Prem Bhandari, a New York-based group chief who’s chief adviser for worldwide affairs at S-VYASA University. He can also be chairman of Jaipur Foot USA and president of the Rajasthan Association of North America (RANA).
He was invited by Padma Shri Dr H. R. Nagendra, president of the S-VYASA University Society and VYASA. Speaking to ANI earlier than leaving New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Bhandari mentioned he was travelling as a volunteer and spoke of his hopes for yoga within the metropolis.
“It’s my dream to have a yoga centre in New York. There are millions of followers of India’s gift to humanity, and when we say yoga, it automatically reminds us of India. I hope S-VYASA’s work in education and research can help make that possible,” he mentioned.
After the inaugural occasion, Bhandari can be chief visitor at a night cultural programme from 18:00 to twenty:00 at Samskruti Bhavan in Prashanti Kutiram. It will embrace a dance drama by S-VYASA’s totally different faculties.
The invitation lists 4 friends of honour: Swatantra Dev Singh, Uttar Pradesh minister for Jal Shakti; Satish Gupta, vice-president of the S-VYASA Society; Rakesh Kumar Tiwari; and Ahn Byeong-gu of South Korea.
Yoga’s historical past within the US stretches again greater than 130 years. It is usually traced to Swami Vivekananda, who launched Indian philosophy, together with yoga, to American audiences on the 1893 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago.
Paramahansa Yogananda later helped popularise the follow, founding the Self-Realization Fellowship within the US in 1920. Interest grew from the Nineteen Sixties, when Indian lecturers drew massive followings and yoga moved into studios, gyms and faculties.
The follow gained world recognition in 2014, when the United Nations General Assembly declared 21 June International Yoga Day after a proposal from PM Modi. It was first noticed in 2015.
Bhandari has promoted yoga within the United States for greater than a decade, together with on the 2022 International Yoga Day celebrations in Times Square.
This 12 months, RANA, Jaipur Foot USA and BRUHUD NY Seniors labored with the Indian Consulate in New York on the Times Square occasion and a meditation session on the consulate. Dr Nagendra and S-VYASA Vice-Chancellor Dr Manjunath N. Okay. attended.
During his go to, Bhandari can also be because of meet Sripriya Ranganathan, Secretary at India’s Ministry of External Affairs, in New Delhi. They are anticipated to debate diaspora participation in January’s Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas in Kolkata, in addition to points affecting the Indian group within the US.
He can also be co-founder of REDIO (Rescuing Every Distressed Indian Overseas), arrange with Dr Dnyaneshwar Mulay, a former Secretary on the ministry and former member of the National Human Rights Commission. (ANI)