Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's chopper makes emergency landing in Tamil Nadu's Erode

Chennai, Jan 25: A helicopter carrying Art of Living's Sri Sri Ravi Shankar made an emergency landing at Sathyamangalam in Tamil Nadu's Erode district on Wednesday.

According to reports, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was traveling in a helicopter with four others when the chopper made emergency landing due to bad weather.

The helicopter had landed at 10:40 am and took off again after 50 minutes once the weather cleared.

The chopper, reportedly flying from Bengaluru, made the landing in Sathyamangalam this morning due to foggy conditions, officials said.

The helicopter later proceeded to its destination after a brief halt, they said.

The three people besides Ravi Shankar on the private helicopter were his assistants and the pilot handling the operations. He was supposed to visit 1000 years old Prahalnayagi Ambiga Samedha, Kabaeshwar Temple today.

Ravi Shankar is a spiritual leader, humanitarian and Yoga guru.