The Woodstock Guru The Opening of the Woodstock Festival

On August 15, 1969, Swami Satchidananda was asked to give an opening address at the famed Woodstock Music Festival to set a tone of peace and harmony for what became one of the largest gatherings in festival history. This is the story of his arrival and talk at Woodstock. Swami Satchidanandas opening invocation at Woodstock, witnessed by nearly half a million youngsters and seen in part in the Oscarwinning documentary about the mudandacidsoaked weekend accelerated public awareness of Indias heritage