Pune citizen sets off to Sri Lanka on ‘World Peace Pilgrimage

PUNE: Yogesh Mathuria, a peaceful warrior and wellness coach started off his walk to Sri Lanka as a part of 'World Peace Pilgrimage’ on the account of ‘International World Peace Day’ on September 21. Yogesh who treats his pilgrimages as Tapasya or Sadhana has already walked to Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Shirdi and Wagah border in the last four years.
Yogesh was an IT professional before and thus has travelled worldwide due to his profession in last 30 years.With his hectic schedules, frequent travelling and faulty eating habits made his lifestyle very irregular making him suffer from many lifestyle diseases.
The sudden death of his wife due to cancer changed his life completely. He decided to dedicate his life to help others and bring about the change that he wanted to see in himself. Believing that inner transformation and world peace go hand in hand, Yogesh started these unique peace pilgrimages. Spreading the message of world peace, he has walked from places to places without any personal money on the way.
Beginning the Peace Walk from his residence, Yogesh Mathuria visited Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganapati temple to take the deity’s blessing for his Peace Pilgrimage. Speaking on the occasion Yogesh said, “Walking for the Peace Pilgrimages without any of my personal money is like fully trusting universe and its divine blessings, that brings me closer to my life purpose. Based on this deep trust on universal energy, I decided to dedicate rest of my life to work on world peace.”
His proposed route to Sri Lanka is a walk of around 4,840 km through seven Indian states and about 760 km in Sri Lanka. He would be covering 5,600 km in total within a span of six months. He carries a vision of walking across 100 countries and over 80,000 km for World Peace by December 31st 2025.
Yogesh is well supported by social youth organisation ‘Mitti Ke Rang (MKR)’ - based in Pune and Hemant Gupta of 'Thank You India' throughout his journey. The volunteers of these organizations will be arranging for his accommodation and food at various locations while also helping him to get connected with the locals, farmers and poorest of poor people, said Amit Jain, Founder and President, MKR.