Pre-Congress Tour of Tamil Nadu with Richard Kellaway"
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Seasoned South Asia guide Rev. Richard Kellaway will conduct an air-conditioned coach tour around the great religious sites of the state of Tamil Nadu (Dravidian sister state of Kerala). Starting in Chennai and lasting eight days, the tour will arrive in Kochi on September 1st (in time for the beginning of the IALRW Conference and RFYN pre-conference).
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Online registration is now open.
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informational page on Congress and link from there.
You will be able to pay your congress fee online as well, once we have received your form.
We're delighted that the following speakers have confirmed their attendance:
• the President of the Temple of Understanding Dr. Karan Singh;
• the head of Rama Krishna Mission, Swami Jitatmanandaji Maharaj, Vedic scholar & frequent Harvard University guest speaker;
• Shashi Tharoor, former United Nations Under-Secretary General;
• Ms. Asma Jahangir, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief;
• Steven Leeper, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation;
• the noted Gandhian & philosopher Dr. Sukumar Azhikode of Kerala;
• Unitarian Universalist author on yoga psychology Dr. Peter Richardson;
• the educationist & Muslim interfaith leader Dr. Sheikh Ali;
• the former International Affairs Director of the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Dr. Ninan Koshy;
• the Gandhian scholar & activist Prof. Neelakanta Radhakrishnan (Chairman of the Indian Council of Gandhian Studies, New Delhi).
A pre-Congress tour led by Richard Kellaway, titled "Temples and Treasures of South India", will start out in an air-conditioned coach in Chennai and run for 7 or 8 days, arriving in Kochi in time for the IALRW and RFYN events (which begin 1st September).
More to follow, please check back here regularly.
