By IANS
Bangalore : A bomb scare halted a public event addressed by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Kosovo.
Hundreds of people had to be evacuated from the banquet hall of Victory Hotel in Priština Friday following the bomb scare.
“Sri Sri had just started a guided meditation after delivering a public talk when the personnel of a United Nation bomb squad intervened and led the evacuation. No bomb was found at the venue and the police are investigating the matter,” said Snjezana Nisevic of the Art of Living’s Kosovo branch.
Sri Sri is on a two-day visit to Kosovo to interact with officials and beneficiaries of the Art of Living’s programmes in the country.
Addressing a large gathering attended by doctors, intellectuals and police officials just before the scare, Sri Sri said: “We thank Kosovo for sending Mother Teresa to India. India would reciprocate by bringing the benefits of yoga and its ancient spiritual knowledge, which is much needed in Kosovo today.”
Welcoming Sri Sri to Kosovo, Health Minister Sadik Idrizi, who hails from the same town as Mother Teresa, requested the Art of Living to train youth and health workers in yoga and meditation and set up preventive healthcare centres.
The spiritual guru also interacted with many war veterans during his visit. Lauding the Art of Living’s trauma relief programme, Vehbi Rafuni, retired director of the Association of Disabled Kosovo Liberation Army Veterans, said: “The participants experienced great healings from the programme. I myself have experienced great relief from anger, irritability, sleep disorders and depression and have witnessed more healings in many veterans who have attended the programme.”
The Art of Living organisation has been working in Kosovo since 2000, helping war victims reclaim their lives. In addition to conducting trauma relief programmes for war veterans, women, children and prison inmates and refugee camps, it also carried out major relief work after the war.