Osho festival on New Year Day

By A staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Mar. 30: Osho Tapoban in Kathmandu is organising Osho Festival at Tundikhel in the Capital. The 12-hour long programme,  the 2nd edition in the series of the fun-fare programme, would be a fair of meditation, literature, laughter, flavour, music and various other forms of entertainment, Nirajan Bhandari, spokesperson for the Tapoban, said at a press conference organised on Wednesday. 

"Meditation and yoga has a high importance in the age of fast-moving lifestyle and growing professional, economic and social stress. So, beginning the year with meditation and yoga would be a good initiative itself," he said. 

The festival would be opened for all and is expected to host more than 150,000. Meanwhile, a meditation programme with 50,000 people would also be organised in the evening to create awareness about yoga. The programme would be attended by the high-dignitaries from the government, private sector and civil society organisations, informed Bhandari. 

Likewise, the festival will feature various dances, comedy and musical shows. Internationally renowned chef Santosh Shah would coordinate the food festival at the event. "The festival is being organised to highlight the importance of meditation and yoga in the modern fast-moving and stressful lifestyle," said Bhandari. 

Bhaban Bhatta aka Swami Ananda Dev said that mental stress has been increasing over the years in recent times so meditation and yoga can treat the stress that couldn't be treated by the medical science. 

"We want to propagate the importance of meditation to the entire world," he said. 

Shobhita Simkhada, Trustee of Osho Tapoban, said that meditation is all about the personal transformation of an individual. It is the festival of sharing happiness, she said. 

Tapoban family has recently updated President Ram Chandra Paudel about the event. Osho Tapoban is one of the meditation centres that propagate yoga and meditation developed and taught by Acharya Rajneesh (Osho).