August 14, 2010

Vethathri

India Post released a stamp on Vethathiri Maharishi on 14th August 2010. He was a yoga guru and his contribution to yoga and meditation is of great importance. He established a World Community Service Centre having its headquarters at Chennai with more than 1500 meditation centers in India and abroad. He was also a practitioner of alternative system of medicines like Siddha, Ayurveda and Homeopathy. On 9th Jan 1975 he was invited to the United Nations to give talk on the "Value of Yoga and Meditation". He has written many book and poems in Tamil and English.

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