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About Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji is an Indian spiritual leader . He was born on 13 May1956 in Papanasam, Tamil Nadu, to Visalakshi Ratnam and R. S. Venkat Ratnam. He is the brother of Bhanumathi Narasimhan. He was named “Ravi” (a common Indian name which means “Sun”) because his birth was on a Sunday, and “Shankar” after the eighth-century Hindu saint, Adi Shankara, whose birthday was the same day as Ravi Shankar.
He is frequently referred to as “Sri Sri”, Guruji, or Gurudev. He founded the Art of Living Foundation in 1981, a volunteer-based NGO providing social support to the people. In 1997, he established a Geneva-based charity, the International Association for Human Values, an NGO that engages in relief work and rural development.
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