World Culture Festival
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World Culture Festival at Washington DC: People from 180 nations unite to pray for peace in Ukraine
World | Oct 01, 2023, 10:31 PM ISTWorld Culture Festival 2023: Among the many art forms presented was a traditional Ukrainian song conducted by renowned Ukrainian musician Olena Astasheva, who had left her motherland due to the war.
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Rs 13 cr, 10 yrs needed to restore Yamuna floodplain 'destroyed' by AOL: Expert committee to NGT
India | Apr 12, 2017, 04:41 PM ISTRehabilitation of Yamuna floodplains, destroyed due to the World Culture Festival extravaganza organized by Art of Living, will cost Rs 13.29 crore and take almost 10 years.
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AoL’s three-day festival ‘completely destroyed’ Yamuna floodplains, expert panel informs NGT
India | Aug 17, 2016, 12:18 PM ISTAn expert committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has concluded that Art of Living’s (AoL) three-day ‘World Culture Festival’ on the Yamuna flood plains earlier this year ‘completely destroyed’ the riverbed.
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NGT rejects Sri Sri's plea, orders AoL to pay remaining Rs 4.75cr environment compensation charge
India | May 31, 2016, 01:23 PM ISTThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed the Art of Living to pay the remaining environment compensation charge of Rs 4.75 crore for holding World Culture Festival on the bank of river Yamuna in Delhi in March.
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World Culture Festival: Can't pay remaining Rs 4.75 cr penalty, AoL tells NGT
India | Apr 23, 2016, 07:39 AM ISTNew Delhi: Under fire for the alleged environment destruction caused by its World Culture Festival, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AoL) foundation on Friday told the National Green Tribunal that it won't be
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Art of Living to set up bio-diversity park at Yamuna floodplain
India | Mar 14, 2016, 02:45 PM ISTThe Art of Living (AoL), headed by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, on Monday said it was committed to setting up a bio-diversity park at the Yamuna floodplain.
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar hints AOL may pay Rs 5 cr as compensation, not fine
India | Mar 14, 2016, 08:04 AM ISTBudging from his earlier stance of ‘not paying’ the Rs 5 crore ‘fine’, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said that the Art of Living (AOL) foundation will abide by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order and pay the amount ordered by it but as a ‘c
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#WorldCultureFestival: Sri Sri Ravishankar’s event off to a rhythmic start
India | Mar 11, 2016, 07:52 PM IST#WorldCultureFestival: Sri Sri Ravishankar’s event off to a rhythmic start
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Sri Sri event: NGT asks AOL to pay Rs 25 lakh today, rest amount in 3 weeks
India | Mar 11, 2016, 05:21 PM ISTArt of Living (AOL) today told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it will not be able to deposit Rs 5 crore fine by 5 pm imposed on it by the tribunal for organising the World Culture Festival on Yamuna bank.
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3-day World Culture Festival begins today; Sri Sri may pay Rs 5 cr fine by evening
India | Mar 11, 2016, 10:33 AM ISTWorld Culture Festival (WCF), a 3-day jamboree to mark 35 years of spiritual guru Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living (AoL), begins on the banks of the Yamuna today with reports suggesting that the organisation appears to be softening its stance after i
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AAP Minister wrote to Parrikar for Army's help in Sri Sri's event
National | Mar 10, 2016, 09:13 AM ISTAmid row over deployment of Army jawans for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s event on the Yamuna floodplains, a report has emerged claiming that it was AAP government’s Water Resource Minister Kapil Mishra who had written a letter to Union Defense Ministry urg
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Sri Sri appeals Opposition not to politicise World Culture Festival
National | Mar 09, 2016, 02:31 PM ISTSpiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today appealed the political parties not to politicise the Art of living foundation’s mega event World Culture Festival 2016