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CROATIA, July 8, 2002: On Monday, July 8th, Mr. Stjepan Mesic, President of the Republic of Croatia, presented Swami Maheshwarananda the highest award for his humanitarian work. Swami Maheswarananda has been known in this part of the world for thirty years for spreading a message of peace, tolerance and mutual understanding of different religions and cultures. Sri Sarvabhaum Jagadguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, as he is now known, was born in Rajasthan, India, in 1945. In 1971 he made his first trip to Europe and established residence in Vienna, Austria. He founded yoga centers in neighboring countries: Czech and Slovak Republics, Germany, Hungary and Yugoslavia (now Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina). In the eighties he established his yoga centers, known as Yoga in Daily Life, in Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada. Swami Maheshwarananda recently conducted a peace prayer in Croatia, on the Adriatic coast. Among those in attendance were political leaders, parliament members and representatives of Islam and Catholic religious communities. Swamiji has been coming to give lectures and seminars in Croatia for many years and has a large following there. There are Yoga in Daily Life centers in most major cities of Croatia. In a country of five million there are approximately ten thousand practicing his system.

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