London Sevashram Sangha (LSS) celebrated Om Day on Sunday 21st July with Srimat Swami Saswatananda Giri being their chief guest. The project started as a response to the negative world situation that existed at the time when the Millennium was celebrated in the UK. It was not realised that the Hindu Buddhist Jain and Sikh belong to a common heritage and shared values.
The LSS has been the leading partner in the project. The Om group is perhaps the largest group in the world with enlightened teachings based on universal doctrines.
A few years after, the Government implemented the “Community Cohesion Policy” indicating that we were on the right tract. It demonstrated how divisive and edgy was the community relationship was in the UK. But this problem existed between nation and nation as well causing fear of the uncertainty of the future of the world.
It was in this situation Om Day won an award for community cohesion. And here we are twenty years now working together in a changed world! Om Day has inspired many, not only in the UK but even in other countries to follow similar lines because UNITY and PEACE will always remain ideals that mankind will strive to achieve in different ways. These are the only things that make life valuable and meaningful.
