India, May 30 -- The Vice President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, today attended the global celebrations marking 45 years of the Art of Living Foundation in Bengaluru and praised the organisation for spreading the values of peace, harmony, service and spiritual awareness across the world

Addressing the gathering, the Vice President noted that the Art of Living movement had touched millions of lives across continents, cultures and generations. Expressing appreciation for the organisation's global outreach, he observed that the Art of Living has centres in nearly 180 countries.

The Vice President stated that the movement, founded four and a half decades ago on the principle that "inner peace is the foundation of outer harmony", has ...