Art Of Living Controversy

The three-day meeting of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board ran into controversy today after a key member of its executive committee, Maulana Salman Nadvi, was removed. Maulana Nadvi had met Sri Sri Ravishankar of the Art of Living last week to discuss an out-of-court settlement of the Ram temple issue in Ayodhya -- a solution suggested earlie...

A committee, set up to submit an action plan for restoring Yamuna floodplains, today told the National Green Tribunal that there was no compaction of the soil on the site where the Art of Living's (AOL) three-day cultural extravaganza was held last year.

Accused of "completely destroying" the Yamuna riverbed in Delhi with its massive "World Culture Festival", Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living foundation today dismissed an expert panel's report to the country's top environmental court as fraud.

A day after the controversial World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplain came to an end, farmers living on its banks said the event destroyed their living and claimed it will take at least two years to make the flattened riverbed suitable for cultivation.

Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whose cultural event on the floodplains of Yamuna is mired in controversy over violation of green norms, on Saturday once again sounded defiant, saying he will not pay any fine or penalty.

The three-day event has been wrapped in controversy for days over allegations that irreparable damage has been done to the delicate ecosystem of the river by the organisers, Sri Sri's Art of Living foundation.

Two days before it's meant to begin, the enormous three-day event in Delhi led by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is enmeshed in so many controversies that every government department is claiming that it did not sanction the venue on the banks of the River Yamuna.

The three-day meeting of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board ran into controversy today after a key member of its executive committee, Maulana Salman Nadvi, was removed. Maulana Nadvi had met Sri Sri Ravishankar of the Art of Living last week to discuss an out-of-court settlement of the Ram temple issue in Ayodhya -- a solution suggested earlie...

A committee, set up to submit an action plan for restoring Yamuna floodplains, today told the National Green Tribunal that there was no compaction of the soil on the site where the Art of Living's (AOL) three-day cultural extravaganza was held last year.

Accused of "completely destroying" the Yamuna riverbed in Delhi with its massive "World Culture Festival", Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living foundation today dismissed an expert panel's report to the country's top environmental court as fraud.

A day after the controversial World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplain came to an end, farmers living on its banks said the event destroyed their living and claimed it will take at least two years to make the flattened riverbed suitable for cultivation.

Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whose cultural event on the floodplains of Yamuna is mired in controversy over violation of green norms, on Saturday once again sounded defiant, saying he will not pay any fine or penalty.

The three-day event has been wrapped in controversy for days over allegations that irreparable damage has been done to the delicate ecosystem of the river by the organisers, Sri Sri's Art of Living foundation.

Two days before it's meant to begin, the enormous three-day event in Delhi led by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is enmeshed in so many controversies that every government department is claiming that it did not sanction the venue on the banks of the River Yamuna.