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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Updated On : May 14, 2017

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Short Biography

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was born on 13-05-1956 in Papanasam in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He is an Indian Spiritualist & Founder of the Art of Living Foundation.

Other Name: Ravi Shankar
Other Professions: Founder

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Complete Bio & Career

Ravishankar ji obtained his Bachelor’s degree from the St Joseph’s college of Bangalore university. Post his graduation, he started talking and arranging conferences on vedic science. He established Ayurveda centers and transcendental meditation. He was occupied with that initial that after which, he established a Geneva-based charity marked the beginning of guruji’s spiritual journey. The international association for human values is an Ngo that engages in assistance towards rural development and aims to substitute shared global values, in the 1980’s Ravi Shankar commenced programs related to practical and experimental courses in spirituality around the world. “Sudarshankriya” which serves as the backbone of his knowledge came to him in 1982 on the banks of Bhadra river in Shimoga,Karnataka.
 
The first art of living course in was conducted in Switzerland in 1983 and since then guruji has been successful in spreading his wisdom of spirituality all over the world.Shri Shri Ravi Shankar’slessons shed light on enriching human values such as love, kindness and passion.
 
Art of living has Centres in 155 countries and in 6 continents around the globe which cater to 370 million lives. The core of his teachings aim at learning and practising  the art Sudrashankriya which is a breathing based method, ujjayi breathing,bhaskriti in vajrasana followed by rhythmic breathing in sukhasanaetc are some of its components. There are various benefits both mental and physical that can be obtained by following Sudarshankriya. Some of them include reduced levels of stress due to decrease in cortisol hormone activity, the immune system becomes much more stronger and hence shields the body from numerous infections, sudarshankriya has shown to give relief from depression and anxiety related problems and has also shown to increase the brain functioning thus acting positively on mental focus, calmness and stressful situations.

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Honours & Awards

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Padma Vibhushan Civilian Award 2016 Others

Shrishriravi Shankar has been awarded Padma Vibhushan award, Dr.nagendrasingh international peace award, Colombia’s highest civilian award, the sivanaanda world peace award etc. and so many more that highlight his contribution towards making the world a much peaceful place to live in.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Family, Relatives and Other Relations

ShriShriravi Shankar was born to R.S venkatRatnam and VisalakshiRatnam, he also has a sister named BhanumathiNarsimhan.

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Age, Birthday Facts and Birthday Countdown

68 years, 1month, 22 days old age Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will turn 69 on 13 May, 2025. Only 10 months, 7 days, 20 hours,48 minutes has left for his next birthday.

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has celebrated the total number of 68 birthdays till date. See the analysis by days count and bar graph.

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