Bangalore, Jun 8 (IANS): Acharya Sri Ratnanandaji, father of the Art of Living Foundation founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, died here early Wednesday. He was 87.
The Acharya was the pioneer of a charitable trust engaged in uplifting poor rural women and children in Karnataka, and an educational and charitable trust that operates over 150 free schools in some of India's remotest tribal villages, Art of Living said in a statement.