Archive · 19 Sep 2026
London Hosts Yoga for Peace Celebrating Swami Sivananda
London held an event called “Yoga: An Appeal for Peace.”
It celebrated the 139th birth anniversary of Swami Sivananda Saraswati.
Hundreds of leaders, community members, and officials took part.
The event included prayers, chanting, music, dance, and a film about Swami Sivananda.
A new book about his teachings was also launched.
Speakers said yoga should be more than physical exercise.
They encouraged people of all communities and religions to practise service, love, meditation, and other forms of yoga.
They said finding peace inside oneself can help create peace in families and the wider world.
London hosted “Yoga: An Appeal for Peace” at the Nehru Centre.
The event marked Swami Sivananda Saraswati’s 139th birth anniversary.
Hundreds of spiritual leaders, community representatives, and government officials attended.
Organisers launched the book “Sivananda Yoga–A Worldwide Phenomenon.”
Speakers promoted service, love, meditation, and inner peace as paths to global harmony.
- Who
- The Swami Chidananda World Peace Foundation, Brahma Vidya, Shree Jagannath Society UK, and Odisha Society of United Kingdom organised the event, attended by spiritual leaders, community representatives, officials, and others.
- What
- London hosted “Yoga: An Appeal for Peace,” celebrating Swami Sivananda Saraswati’s 139th birth anniversary and promoting yoga’s spiritual teachings.
- When
- The event’s specific date was not stated; it was held to mark Swami Sivananda Saraswati’s 139th birth anniversary.
- Where
- The Nehru Centre in London.
- Why
- Organisers and speakers sought to promote peace through selfless service, universal love, purification, meditation, and inner peace amid global unrest.
- Event
- “Yoga: An Appeal for Peace”
- Location
- Nehru Centre, London
- Occasion
- Swami Sivananda Saraswati’s 139th birth anniversary
- Attendance
- Hundreds of spiritual leaders, community representatives, and government officials
- Book launched
- “Sivananda Yoga–A Worldwide Phenomenon”
- Book launch participants
- Swami Brahmanishtananda Saraswati and Mauritian Deputy High Commissioner Kevin Payendee
- Main teachings
- Service, love, purification, meditation, and inner peace