REPORT WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK CELEBRATIONS - 2021 Organizer & Host Guruji His Holiness Dileepkumar Thankappan (Guru Dileepji) Organizing and Hosting NGO World Yoga Community (World Yoga Community Inc.) Address 206 East 31st Street, #13A, New York, NY 10016, USA Phone +1 212 851 6672, +1 917 300 4004 Email [email protected] Website www.wycevents.com Social Media Facebook Pages 1. https://www.facebook.com/groups/235426709956668/announcements (73,119 Members) 2. https://www.facebook.com/groups/interfaithcommunity (14,840 Members) 3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/669536476415639 (157,946 Members) Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdXd8Ian7iHNYS_KDkBCnOocQX6s0lrxc Guruji His Holiness Dileepkumar Thankappan, internationally known as Guru Dileepji, organized and led numerous Interfaith Gatherings and his 36th Annual World Interfaith Festival during the World Interfaith Harmony Week on Zoom. He is a Humanitarian, Spiritual Guru, Monk, Yoga Master, Interfaith Minister, Musician, Bhajan Singer, Event Organizer, and an NGO Representative at the United Nations. He is the Founder and Global Chairman of the World Yoga Community (World Yoga Community inc.) which is a Not-For-Profit Organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status in the USA and an NGO Associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications. Additionally, he is the Secretary of the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations, a Trustee Board Member of the All Faiths Seminary International, and an Advisor to many international organizations. Guruji born in an Interfaith family in Kerala, India. His father belongs to an Orthodox Christian family and his mother belongs to a Hindu family. Because of their love marriage, their family went through hardship and Guruji took a spiritual path of Universal Spirituality. Guruji believes that we all are chosen and divine beings on this earth who love and care about each other and nature. Since 1999 Guruji is living in New York City, traveling around the world, and working with NGOs, Community Leaders, and diplomats at the United Nations. Since 1984, Guruji is organizing Interfaith Satsangs (gatherings) every month and Interfaith Festivals every year. When World Interfaith Harmony week started, he combined his Interfaith activities with WIHW celebrations. This year 2021, he organized Interfaith Celebrations from January 25 until February 28, 2021, with Silent Meditation, Interfaith Dialogues, Partnership events with other organizations, Interviews, and 36th Annual World Interfaith Festival on February 7, 2021. He invited numerous guest speakers, dancers, singers, musicians, religious and spiritual leaders, yoga practitioners, community leaders, youth members, children, and NGO representatives from the United Nations. He used his social media to promote these events and kept live-streaming for people to watch from other countries. Thousands of people able to watch these events online. His social media posts reached a larger number of people globally. This year Guruji was able to reach and invited presenters from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Australia and organized partnership events with individuals and organizations. Additionally, he was able to add numerous women to these events. Youth and children had their presentations. Overall events finished with flying colors without any discrimination. The youngest presenter was a 6-year-old girl from Argentina and the oldest presenter was 91 years old man from the USA. Guruji was able to give space for indigenous people in his year event as usual like other years. Facebook Pages 1. https://www.facebook.com/groups/235426709956668/announcements (73,119 Members) 2. https://www.facebook.com/groups/interfaithcommunity (14,840 Members) 3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/669536476415639 (157,946 Members) Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdXd8Ian7iHNYS_KDkBCnOocQX6s0lrxc

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