Overview
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar delivered the keynote and led a guided meditation at the Trusteeship Council Chamber event hosted by India with Andorra, Mexico, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
- Nearly 700 participants, including diplomats, spiritual leaders and academics, attended the UN program focused on inner peace and global harmony.
- Speakers included Yogmata Keiko Aikawa, Sister BK Gayatri, L P Bhanu Sharma, physicist John Hagelin and Rutgers University’s Lasantha Chandana Goonetilleke.
- India held parallel observances on December 21, with Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan addressing a gathering at Kanha Shanti Vanam and Gujarat hosting a state program in Gandhinagar.
- Organisers encouraged worldwide participation through online sessions, with some outlets reporting promotional billboards in New York’s Times Square.