We are thrilled to announce the upcoming Gandhi-MLK Peace Pilgrimage, a journey dedicated to promoting nonviolence, global peace and harmony across the USA, Canada and the UK.

Founder and Chief Initiator: Vishwamitra Yogesh (Yogesh Mathuria), a Global Peace Promoter and Wellness Coach, is the visionary behind this pilgrimage.

Joining Vishwamitra Yogesh are our dedicated co-pilgrims:

• Nitin Sonawane: Age 33, a Gandhi Peace Walker, engineer and social activist from Pune, India. At 25, he embarked on a global peace movement, cycling through 20 countries and covering 25,000 km, and walking 20,000 km across 30 countries in Asia, North and South America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia, including Pakistan and Afghanistan.

• Rev. Kanshin Ikeda: A 45-year-old peace walker and Buddhist monk from the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Order in Tokyo, Japan, is a devoted follower of Rev. Nichidatu Fujii Guruji, known as the “Gandhi of Japan,” who was the founder of the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist sect and dedicated his life to international peace, significantly contributing to Mahatma Gandhi’s independence movement in India and globally.

• Thubten Samten: A Buddhist monastic whose dedication to peace began in the 1960s. Her path has since been enriched by activism and teaching meditation in various settings. Before ordination, Nyingje served as a hospital chaplain, teacher (from preschool to university), and therapist, with a focus on supporting women in prison, working at a rape crisis center, and assisting survivors of war and torture.

Presented by M.K. Gandhi Center: Inner Peace and Sarvodaya, Jain and Hindu Dharma Initiative, and Department of Philosophy.

Date: Friday, Oct. 25
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Fresno State Peace Garden

For any questions contact, Dr. Veena Howard, director, M.K. Gandhi Center vehoward@csufresno.edu