If one is willing to strive, one can go beyond all limitations and attain liberation, moving humanity from assumed stagnation to conscious evolution," Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev had said in the statement.ĭescribing the significance of Adiyogi, Vasudev had said: "It is essential that the coming generations on this planet are seekers, not believers. "For the first time in the history of humanity, Adiyogi introduced the idea that the simple laws of nature are not permanent restrictions.
"This iconic face symbolises liberation, representing the 112 ways in which one can attain the ultimate through the science of yoga," the statement had said.Īccording to the Foundation, on Maha Shivaratri, Modi will light the sacred fire to commence the 'Maha Yoga Yagna' across the world when one million people will take an oath to teach a simple form of yoga to at least 100 persons in the coming year. In a statement, the foundation had on February 18 had said Isha Foundation said on Saturday that the face will be largest such on the planet, recognising the first yogi's unparalleled contribution to humanity. Modi is scheduled to arrive by 5.30 pm at Sulur airport near here and then leave for the venue by a helicopter. In Chennai, the CPI(M) and CPI pointed to various alleged violations in setting up of the statue and said the Prime Minister should not visit the venue.
The tight security was also being put in place in view of planned protests by human rights organisations, various political parties, farmers and tribal bodies, alleging that Adiyogi’s face was built on encroached land and that Modi’s visit would only regularise it (land).