Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 3, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his visit to Brazil, Gurudev<\/a> was given Rio de Janeiro\u2019s highest honor, \u201cThe Tiradentes Medal\u201d for outstanding service to society. Mr. Eduardo Paes, the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro honored<\/a> Gurudev by giving him the keys to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gurudev then visited the \u201cCorcovado\u201d (the monument to Christ) in Rio de Janeiro, and was received by Padre Omar, Rector of Christ the Redeemer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gurudev led the largest meditation<\/a> for peace<\/a> in the city\u2019s Cinelandia Square, a landmark site of the freedom struggle. With Gurudev, it became a destination for meditation, wisdom<\/a>, and peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gurudev was given Rio de Janeiro\u2019s highest honor, \u201cThe Tiradentes Medal\u201d for outstanding service to society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1603,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"work-categories":[237],"content-tags":[249,250],"class_list":["post-1602","work","type-work","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","work-categories-spirituality-human-values","content-tags-honors","content-tags-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t