Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates golden jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, attends event marking birth centenary of former RSS general secretary H.V. Sheshadri

The golden jubilee of Prashanti Kutiram, an institution founded to promote yoga and holistic health, was celebrated with a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The event also commemorated the 100th birth anniversary of H.V. Sheshadri, a former general secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, whose contributions to the spread of yoga philosophy are widely recognised. During the ceremony, Modi highlighted the role of yoga in improving public health and its growing presence in educational curricula across India.

As part of the celebrations, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the Golden Jubilee Administrative Block of S‑VYASA University, a leading centre for yoga research and teacher training. The new block is expected to house additional classrooms, research labs and administrative offices, expanding the university's capacity to serve students from across the country. In a parallel event, Modi inaugurated the university’s new off‑campus in Thiruvananthapuram through a video conference, signalling the government's support for expanding yoga education into southern India.

These initiatives align with the government's broader emphasis on wellness, traditional knowledge systems and the promotion of yoga as a cultural export. By linking the golden jubilee of Prashanti Kutiram with the centenary of a prominent RSS figure, the ceremony underscored the historical ties between the yoga movement and the organisation. Observers note that the expansion of S‑VYASA's infrastructure may boost tourism, create academic jobs and enhance India's reputation as a hub for yoga scholarship.