Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of the Art of Living Foundation, is a spiritual leader and a yoga guru. Not only in India, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar holds worldwide recognition. With the establishment of the Art of Living Foundation, the spiritual guru is maintaining 44 years of legacy in transforming more than 80 crore lives. The non-profit organisation presently has more than 10,000 centres in 180 countries, including India, South America and Africa.
For the unversed, during the mid-70s, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar worked as an apprentice under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation. Ravi Shankar is also well-known for his motivational speeches on various topics that are relevant in this 21st century. Promoting peace and non-violence is the top priority of the 68-year-old spiritual leader.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s early life and education
The humanitarian leader, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, was born on May 13, 1956, in Papanasam, Tamil Nadu. The spiritual guru was born on Sunday, so he was named Ravi and the last name ‘Shankar’ was kept after Adi Sankara, the eighth-century Hindu saint. Gurudev Ravi Shankar was considered to be a gifted child. For the uninitiated, at the tender age of 4, the spiritual leader could recite parts of the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient Sanskrit scripture. From a very young age, he was often found in deep meditation.