Indian govt is all set to focus on spread of Indian spirituality abroad and for this the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has started the process. The director general of ICCR Dinesh K. Patnaik held meetings with spiritual organization in the country last week to evolve a strategy. Speaking to WION he said, "Spirituality as soft power has not been used by the govt, lot of spiritual organizations in India have centers abroad...Idea is work with organization which are already in the field, and govt organization like ministry of Ayush, ICCR, MEA, Ministry of health to see all of work together to share the great treasure we have with rest of the world" Founded in 1950, ICCR is an autonomous body under the ministry of external affairs. Its main function is work towards the spread of Indian culture. Last week ICCR organized a program for foreign diplomats based in India on spirituality traditions. The programme saw a packed house. DG ICCR explained, "Spirituality, yoga, Indic traditions, great traditions of India. ICCR's job is to take Indian culture abroad, and this is large part of our culture. To see Spirituality, Yogic tradition become part of our Soft Power is what ICCR is doing" One of the major initiatives on spread of Indian tradition was Indian PM Modi's proposal at the United Nation to celebrate 21st June as Yoga Day. He gave the proposal during his first address at the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. Since then, the celebrations on Yoga day have grown in size. Indian missions have been engaged in spread of yoga, including yoga certification programs. Dinesh Patnaik highlighted, "Spirituality is where mind and matter get together. There are many spiritual organizations, which do spirituality across the world, especially at a time like this.....our spirituality, our age-old traditions give us a wonderful opportunity to give solace to the world" Rishikesh on of the key locations in India which have seen lot of foreign visitors. Infact, spirituality is the biggest searches in Google.

Indian Govt's ICCR working to spread "Spirituality as Soft power"

Indian government is all set to focus on spreading the word of Indian spirituality abroad. For this, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has started making concerted efforts. &nbsp;&nbsp;

The director general of ICCR Dinesh K Patnaik held meetings with spiritual organisations in the country last week to evolve a strategy. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Speaking to WION, he said, "Spirituality as soft power has not been used by the government. A lot of spiritual organisations in India have centers abroad. The idea is to work with organisations, which are already in the field and government organisations like ministry of Ayush, ICCR, MEA, Ministry of health, etc to work together to share the great treasure we have with rest of the world." &nbsp;

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Founded in 1950, ICCR is an autonomous body under the ministry of external affairs. Its main function is to work towards the spread of Indian culture. Last week, ICCR organised a programme for foreign diplomats based in India on spirituality traditions. The programme was a full house. &nbsp;&nbsp;

ICCR DG explained, "ICCR's job is to take Indian culture abroad. Spirituality, yoga, Indic traditions and other traditions of India is a large part of our culture. ICCR is trying to make spirituality and yogic tradition a part of our soft power." &nbsp;

One of the major initiatives to spread Indian tradition was Indian PM Modi's proposal at the United Nations to celebrate June 21 as Yoga Day. He gave the proposal during his first address at the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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Since then, the celebrations on Yoga Day have grown in size. Indian missions have been engaged in spread of yoga, including yoga certification programmes. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Dinesh Patnaik highlighted, "Spirituality is where mind and matter get&nbsp;together. There are many spiritual organisations, which spread spirituality across the world. Especially at a time like this, our spirituality, our age-old traditions give us a wonderful opportunity to give solace to the world." &nbsp;

Rishikesh is one of the key locations in India, which have seen a lot of foreign visitors. In fact, spirituality is one of the biggest searches on Google.&nbsp;

Indian government is all set to focus on spreading the word of Indian spirituality abroad. For this, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has started making concerted efforts.

Indian government is all set to focus on spreading the word of Indian spirituality abroad. For this, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has started making concerted efforts. The director general of ICCR Dinesh K Patnaik held meetings with spiritual organisations in the country last week to evolve a strategy. Speaking to WION, he said, "Spirituality as soft power has not been used by the government. A lot of spiritual organisations in India have centers abroad. The idea is to work with organisations, which are already in the field and government organisations like ministry of Ayush, ICCR, MEA, Ministry of health, etc to work together to share the great treasure we have with rest of the world." Also Read: Air pollution situation 'very serious’ in New Delhi, says India's CJI NV Ramana Founded in 1950, ICCR is an autonomous body under the ministry of external affairs. Its main function is to work towards the spread of Indian culture. Last week, ICCR organised a programme for foreign diplomats based in India on spirituality traditions. The programme was a full house. ICCR DG explained, "ICCR's job is to take Indian culture abroad. Spirituality, yoga, Indic traditions and other traditions of India is a large part of our culture. ICCR is trying to make spirituality and yogic tradition a part of our soft power." One of the major initiatives to spread Indian tradition was Indian PM Modi's proposal at the United Nations to celebrate June 21 as Yoga Day. He gave the proposal during his first address at the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. Also Read: India's Bimal Patel elected to UN's International Law Commission for 5-yr term Since then, the celebrations on Yoga Day have grown in size. Indian missions have been engaged in spread of yoga, including yoga certification programmes. Dinesh Patnaik highlighted, "Spirituality is where mind and matter get together. There are many spiritual organisations, which spread spirituality across the world. Especially at a time like this, our spirituality, our age-old traditions give us a wonderful opportunity to give solace to the world." Rishikesh is one of the key locations in India, which have seen a lot of foreign visitors. In fact, spirituality is one of the biggest searches on Google.

Indian government's ICCR working to spread 'spirituality as soft power'

The Indian government&rsquo;s flagship cultural body, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is one of the sponsors of the ongoing Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) in Pakistan, the Times of India reported Monday.

This is the first time the ICCR is sponsoring the event, the TOI reported.

Government officials told TOI that India was not giving up on people-to-people contact even if the political differences with Islamabad were insurmountable.

&quot;We are working to increase India&#39;s cultural footprint across the world under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, including in Pakistan,&quot; ICCR director general Amarendra Khatua told TOI.

ICCR&rsquo;s involvement with the event in Karachi comes at a time when Pakistani artists continue to be banned from Bollywood. The ban was first called for by the Shiv Sena, with other nationalist&nbsp;India political parties jumping onto the bandwagon, after a September 18, 2016 militant attack on an army camp in Uri which left 19 Indian soldiers dead.&nbsp;
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The Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) was launched in March 2010. It has grown by leaps and bounds since then, and now counts the foreign missions of several countries in Pakistan as sponsors.&nbsp;

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The sponsorship comes at a time when Pakistani artists continue to be banned from Bollywood

The Indian government’s flagship cultural body, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is one of the sponsors of the ongoing Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) in Pakistan, the Times of India reported Monday. This is the first time the ICCR is sponsoring the event, the TOI reported. Government officials told TOI that India was not giving up on people-to-people contact even if the political differences with Islamabad were insurmountable. "We are working to increase India's cultural footprint across the world under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, including in Pakistan," ICCR director general Amarendra Khatua told TOI. ICCR’s involvement with the event in Karachi comes at a time when Pakistani artists continue to be banned from Bollywood. The ban was first called for by the Shiv Sena, with other nationalist India political parties jumping onto the bandwagon, after a September 18, 2016 militant attack on an army camp in Uri which left 19 Indian soldiers dead. The Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) was launched in March 2010. It has grown by leaps and bounds since then, and now counts the foreign missions of several countries in Pakistan as sponsors. (WION)

ICCR one of the sponsors of Karachi Lit Fest

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