The Art of Living International Center

The Art of Living International Center is the headquarters of the Art of Living Foundation.[1] The centre is located at 21 km southwest of Bangalore on Kanakapura road, at the top of the Panchagiri Hills.[2] It is connected by Road via Nice Ring Road or Banshankari - Kanakapura Road.

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
Architecture
CreatorRavi Shankar
Date established1986

History of the Center
Satsang held by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at the Vishalakshi Mantap.

The center was established in 1986[3] By Ravi Shankar to offer a base for his Art of Living Foundation. It draws 1.2 million visitors yearly for its yoga and meditation programs. The lifestyle has a daily routine of group meditation, chanting, knowledge sessions, pujas and satsangs.[4] It also hosts the Panchkarma Center and Ayurvedic Hospital for Ayurvedic treatment.

Facilities
Vishalakshi Mantap
One of the side gates of the campus

Vishalakshi Mantap

Vishalakshi mantap[5] is a meditation hall consisting of five tiers with designs of lotus petals surrounding it. Symbols of all the major religions of the world are depicted inside the hall.

Ayurveda hospital

Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science & Research Hospital is a 172-bed multi-speciality Ayurveda Hospital covering over 1 lakh sq ft of area. It offers super speciality clinics in each branch of Ayurveda. Treatments range from traditional Panchakarma to modern cancer[6] and diabetes treatment.[7]

Sri Sri Panchakarma

The Sri Sri Ayurveda Panchakarma Center has been built in the traditional Kerala style.[8]

In 2011, a public-interest litigation petition filed in the Karnataka High Court alleged that some of the centre's structures encroached upon the Udipalya tank.[9] The government of Karnataka found on inspection that the centre had encroached upon 6.53 hectares (16.1 acres) of the tank area and issued a show cause notice.[10]

References
  1. "Art of Living Foundation". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. "How Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Took Forward The Dream Of Martin Luther King". Huffington Post India. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. "Yoga Centers India". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. "23 Best Yoga Retreats in India for Health & Rejuvenation". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  5. Prabhu, Nagesh (18 January 2013). "Vice-President to open 'Vishalakshi Mantap'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 May 2003.
  6. "The last resort for an Indian cancer patient: foreign hospitals or homegrown therapies". Scroll.in. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  7. "Leech therapy for diabetes? Ayurveda shows the way". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  8. "Detoxification with Panchakarma treatment". Outlook Traveller. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  9. "PIL filed against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's ashram for building on tank land". DNA India. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  10. "AoL has encroached tank". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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