Chennai: Ekam World Peace Festival began with intention of ending wars in the world and bring harmony between nations.
A statement said Ekam world peace festival is by far the world’s largest online meditation festival with over 10 million people attending it, on day one.
People from over 100 countries, 2000 pluus Indian villages and more than 2000 education institutions and organisations mediated for world peace with Ekam.
“This meditation is all the more poignant for India, given the context of war like atmosphere between China and our nation. The central idea behind Ekam world peace festival, Sri Krishnaji said, is that the collective violence in human mind becomes the trigger for all wars. No war is noble. All war is fought because of greed, hate and power hunger. And collective meditation and collective prayer intention has the power to infuse human consciousness with peace and dissolve tension and war.”
The chief guest was Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel peace laureate, who has saved more than 90000 children from slavery and trafficking. In his conversation with Sri Krishnaji, he encouraged every young person to go beyond the division of caste, class, community and nationality and unite for the most marginalised and vulnerable children of the world.