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Siddharth Kar(sˈɪdɑːθ) is also known as Gautam(गौतम) is a senior International Teacher of The Art of Living Foundation. He is an activist, who promotes yoga and meditation in the country. He travels worldwide teaching people of all backgrounds, cultures, and religions. His specialties include training and inspiring people through the Art of Living courses which are designed to help participants remove self-imposed limitations, realize their full potential and offer their talents in service to the world. He is well known among people of India, for his iconic motivation and meditation practices.



Early Life
Siddharth grew up in a Hindu-Bengali atmosphere in his native Chhattisgarh. Siddharth Kar was born on 7 February 1992, in Jagdalpur town in India. Born to Runu Kar and Shyamal Chandra Kar, he was named Shiva (name of Hindu God Shiva, which means “Transformation”). Both his parents were also spiritually inclined and initiated him into yoga, meditation, and Eastern philosophies. When he was 7 years old, he started his meditation practices. Siddharth’s parents were introduced to meditation and spiritual teachings through the programs of Sri Sri Ravishankar and introduced them to meditation at an early age.

Siddharth is an Indian Classical Vocalist. During his college days, he has handled 3 musical bands named “Jai HO!”, “Ebadat”, and “Jhoom the band”. He has given more than 1500 stage shows in his student life. He along with his band has also performed in Doordarshan, Chhattisgarh Rajyoutsav, and in many inter-college competitions.

Principle Commitments
Being a disciple of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar his main aim is to bring happiness and awareness among people for their own self and for the society. He is currently focusing and working on bringing back Indian traditional culture heritage among all in a more interactive way. He always wants to save and conserve the rich heritage, language and culture we got from our ancestors ( Nalanda University tradition) As well as he wants to protect the Natural environment of our India. Other then this he wants to revive our ancient Indian values and traditions. Indian culture is known for a very rich tradition, it briefly describes our emotions and working pattern of our mind in a very fascinating way which attracts peoples and help them to find an easy way to lead their lives.

Indian culture has various and techniques like Pranayam, Meditation, and Yoga to make our living easier and they have great relevance in today’s life. He wants to share the benefits among peoples and teaches them these fascinating techniques to youngsters and among all generations who are still unaware of it. Born on 07 February 1992 is a Spiritual Teacher who works as Senior International Trainer with the Art of Living Foundation. He has traveled across the globe, teaching people of all backgrounds, cultures and religions profound Yoga techniques for effective mind management, stress elimination, peaceful and joyful living in harmony amid diversity. Siddharth Kar has also worked in the Naxal hit areas of Bastar, Narayanpur, Sukma, Bijapur, and Dantewada. He conducts regular training sessions in the Northern regions to empower rural and urban youth and women.

He is currently focusing and working on bringing back Indian traditional culture heritage among all in a more interactive way so that they may know how amazing and meaningful Indian Culture is.

It’s basically a combination of ancient modern education which can bring amazing transformation in people and have already worked well especially on Youngsters.

His commitments include that all the people do best in everything including their academic, cultural, sports beside this his main aim is to do best for the society and for the country. Being an lndian he always works on to save and conserve the heritage, language and culture of ancestors ( Nalanda University tradition) He is very actively working on plants conservation and water conservations. Other then this he wants to revive the ancient Indian values. Indian culture is known for its rich and meaningful traditions, it describes human emotions and working pattern of the human mind in a very interesting manner which helps people to find an easy way to live their lives. His work is focussed towards the preservation and revival of ancient Vedic practices and indigenous traditions in isolated regions.

He represents the Art of Living Foundation on numerous occasions at various national and international educational institutes, forums, seminars, and conferences.

Spiritual Journey
When he was 11, Siddharth met spiritual Guru – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, for the first time in 2004, in a public program in Jagdalpur. In this meeting, he felt an instant connection with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, after that of him being the spiritual Master he had been waiting for. After this meeting, Siddharth started attending the courses and meetings of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. When he was 16 he started teaching meditations to the children of rural background, Specially in Naxal hit areas. Soon after completing his high school studies, he took 3 months off to work as a full-time volunteer, where his interest towards the Indian traditions, and especially the Vedic traditions and practices deepened. Siddharth Kar has taught thousands of people since 2007. After graduation, in 2012, he went to the Art of Living International Center, where he joined the International Center of the Art of Living Foundation in Bangalore, as a full-time volunteer the Art of Living programs regularly.

Social Service and Welfare Initiatives
Siddharth Kar became a teacher of various self-development, yoga and meditation programs of the Art of Living in 2012. Since 2012, he started traveling and conducting various programs and service initiatives in North India, mainly in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh. In 2013 his area of work and focus shifted to the Northern India, where he has traveled and worked extensively in Muradnagar, Modinagar, Meerut, Hapur, Khatauli, Ramnagar, Bits-pilani in Jhunjhunu. While his spiritual journey, he has conducted various programs in Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar.