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Yoga: The Path of Science and Spirituality for World Peace and Harmony
Nandi Krishnamurthy Manjunath1
1Vice Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusadhana Samsthana, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
International Journal of Yoga
|May 20, 2026
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