WATCH - Chopper with Art of Living Founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on board makes emergency landing in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: A private chopper carrying The Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and three others made an emergency landing at a tribal hamlet in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode district of Tamil Nadu today due to bad weather conditions.

Sri Sri Ravishankar, his two assistants and the pilot were on board the chopper.

They were proceeding to Tiruppur from Bengaluru. When the chopper was flying over the STR, bad weather condtions prompted the pilot to make an emergency landing at Ukiniyam, a tribal hamlet in STR.

A helicopter carrying Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar made an emergency landing near #Erode around 10.30 am. The helicopter was forced to land due to inclement weather conditions, police said #TamilNadu @ArtofLiving @SriSri ⁦@THChennai⁩ ⁦@the_hindu⁩ pic.twitter.com/4SKPl5RTmG

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After an hour later, the weather conditions cleared and chopper took off to Tiruppur after getting necessary clearances, reports received here said. (UNI)