RAVI SHANKAR –
KEEP HOLY PLACES WASTE FREE
The spiritual leader and founder of the Art
of Living (AoL), Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has said that a good section of the
pilgrims who go to Sabarimala leave behind a good amount of garbage there.
People must be made aware of the need to keep the holy places garbage-free in
order to maintain their sanctity, he said.He was delivering the keynote address
at a seminar on ‘Media and value perspectives in ecotourism spectrum’ organised
jointly by the Kollam Press Club and the Kerala chapter of the AoL here on
Wednesday.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said that if facilities do not match the rush of
tourists, ecotourism cannot be maintained. Tourists come to India not only to
relax but because they feel there are many unique things here and they want to
experience them. In Kerala those unique things are Ayurveda, Mohiniyattam and
Kathakali, to cite a few. For all that, the uniqueness of Kerala has to be
maintained.
He said that though Ayurveda is a wonderful
system of medicine, the therapies like Shirodhara, Pizhichil and Panchakarma
attained popularity outside the State only in recent years. He said he became
aware of Shirodhara only in 1980 when he invited some Ayurveda practitioners
from Kerala for a conference in Delhi.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said he was simply
taken aback to hear that the Ashtamudi Lake is habitat to more than 57 species
of birds. The unique features of the lake have to properly marketed and it is
here that the media can play a big role. For the tourists, a trip to any place
should be a comfortable experience both for the mind and the body. Only then
will they feel like coming back again, he added.
Prof.
John Kurakar
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