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The Art of Living International Center
The Art of Living International Center in Bengaluru, India
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
FestivalsMahashivratri, Navratri
Governing bodyArt of Living
Location
Location21st Km, Udaypura, Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru
StateKarnataka
CountryIndia
The Art of Living International Center is located in India
The Art of Living International Center
Location in India
Geographic coordinates12°49′31″N 77°30′30″E / 12.82528°N 77.50833°E / 12.82528; 77.50833
Architecture
CreatorRavi Shankar
Date established1986

The Art of Living International Center is the headquarters of the Art of Living Foundation.[1]

History of the Center

Satsang held by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at the Vishalakshi Mantap.

The center was established in 1986 near Bangalore, India, by Ravi Shankar to offer a base for the Art of Living Foundation.[2][3]

Facilities

Vishalakshi Mantap
One of the side gates of the campus

Vishalakshi Mantap

The Vishalakshi Mantap was inaugurated by Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on January 17, 2003. The structure includes a meditation hall consisting of five tiers with designs of lotus petals surrounding it, and has a capacity of 25,000 people.[4]

Ayurveda hospital

Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science & Research Hospital is a 172-bed Ayurveda Hospital.[5]

Litigation

In 2011, a public-interest litigation petition filed in the Karnataka High Court alleged that some of the center's structures encroached on the Udipalya tank.[6] The government of Karnataka found on inspection that the center had encroached on 6.53 hectares (16.1 acres) of the tank area and issued a show-cause notice.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Art of Living Foundation". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Yoga Centers India". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. ^ "How Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Took Forward The Dream Of Martin Luther King". HuffPost. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ^ Prabhu, Nagesh (18 January 2013). "Vice-President to open 'Vishalakshi Mantap'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 May 2003.
  5. ^ "Leech therapy for diabetes? Ayurveda shows the way". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  6. ^ "PIL filed against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's ashram for building on tank land". DNA India. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  7. ^ "AoL has encroached tank". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

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