Thursday 31 January was an extraordinary day for the Peace Run in Bali. Just days after the launch of the round-the-world Torch Relay which will visit every nation of the Southern Hemisphere in an epic 10-month journey, the Peace Torch and international team were welcomed to two most significant events, which symbolised the profound importance and embodied the tremendous power and promise of blossoming peace in our lives.

PUJA MANDALA

This auspicious day began with a visit to “Puja Mandala”, a remarkable place of unique importance not only in Bali, but in the culture of world interfaith harmony. In one compound, Puja Mandala includes side by side, places of worship for Catholic, Protestant, Islam, Buddhist and Hindu faiths. Sri Chinmoy, founder of the Peace Run, was delighted to visit Puja Mandala in 2004.