6 Dec 2011
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and founder of Art of Living Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar shared a stage and gave a call to the UN to declare June 21 as World Yoga Day.
“There is World Toilet Day, but no World Yoga Day. We will write to the UN to recognise June 21 as World Yoga Day,” Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said speaking at International Yoga Summit held at the Art of Living Ashram on Monday. He signed the petition at the valedictory function of the summit.
A delegation from the Yoga Portuguese Confederation participated in the summit and sought the support of yoga gurus. Read more.
Founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,The Art of Living is an educational and humanitarian movement engaged in stress-management and service initiatives.
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