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Save the date: Thursday, March 23, 2023, 11am-12:45 pm EDT (3-4:45 pm UTC)

The Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council in collaboration with Yoga in Daily Life USA and the International Day of Yoga Committee at the United Nations is hosting an on-line summit as part of the UN Water Conference 2023 and in honor of the United Nations decade dedicated to water. All are welcome to join!


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International Day of Peace commemorated at the Vienna International Centre

On Monday, 21 September 2026, representatives of Yoga in Daily Life and the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council attended a special event at the Vienna International Centre commemorating the International Day of Peace.

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LONDON, UK – 29 November 2025

It was an evening to remember when Swami Avatarpuri Ji visited the United Kingdom for the very first time and was invited as special guest speaker to give a lecture at an Interfaith gathering, hosted by St Anne's Brondesbury Anglican church in north-west London. 

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VIENNA, AUSTRIA – 19 September 2025

 A special event focusing on the topic: United Nations – 80 Years for Peace, Perspectives for the Future.

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Nowadays, when world peace seems extremely fragile and short-lived, we remember Mahatma Gandhi – the 'Great Soul of India' – with gratitude. Often referred to as the 'Father of the Indian Nation', he was a peaceful fighter for freedom and human dignity, yet he left this world by an act of violence on 30 January 1948.

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JAIPUR, INDIA – 21 September 2024

Celebrating the International Day of Peace.

Council's objectives

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The Council’s main objective is to promote and support the realisation of the UN Millennium Development Goals and values of the Earth Charter Initiative.

Yoga in Daily Life

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The central idea of yoga is to live happily. That happiness is inherent in everybody and everything. Many people however are looking for happiness outside in the external world. In the end they are disappointed.

The System “Yoga in Daily Life” is one of the most famous and acknowledged systems of yoga throughout the world created by His Holiness Vishwaguru Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, whose main goal is to help humanity attain physical, mental, social and spiritual health.