---
title: "wvc57 - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=category&id=183&start=120"
date: "2026-11-06T00:05:02+00:00"
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wvc57

 [ ![NATURE CURE](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc57-souvenir-sidhwa.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3980:congress-wvc57-souvenir-sidhwa&catid=184)

## [NATURE CURE](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3980:congress-wvc57-souvenir-sidhwa&catid=184)

A naturopath and Osteopath of Edinburgh sets forth the principles of Nature Cure which he sees as based on "non-violence" togethe…

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 [ ![SIKHISM (Namdhari)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc57-souvenir-sikhism.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3981:congress-wvc57-souvenir-sikhism&catid=184)

## [SIKHISM (Namdhari)](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3981:congress-wvc57-souvenir-sikhism&catid=184)

I am very glad to know that World vegetarians are meeting together to support the cause of Ahimsa.

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 [ ![CURRENTS OF VEGETARIANISM AND THE](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc57/souvenir/sivananda.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3982:congress-wvc57-souvenir-sivananda&catid=184)

## [CURRENTS OF VEGETARIANISM AND THE](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3982:congress-wvc57-souvenir-sivananda&catid=184)

CURRENTS OF VEGETARIANISM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF VEGETARIAN DIET Swami Sivananda

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 [ ![SLAUGHTER IN INDIA](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc57/souvenir/slaughter.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3983:congress-wvc57-souvenir-slaughter&catid=184)

## [SLAUGHTER IN INDIA](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3983:congress-wvc57-souvenir-slaughter&catid=184)

Humanitarian Worker and helper to Srimati Rukmini Devi, Peter Hoffman gives a personal testimony as to his visits to various slau…

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 [ ![A MODERN SLAUGHTER-HOUSE](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc57-souvenir-slaughterhouse.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3984:congress-wvc57-souvenir-slaughterhouse&catid=184)

## [A MODERN SLAUGHTER-HOUSE](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3984:congress-wvc57-souvenir-slaughterhouse&catid=184)

If one reads Tolstoy's description of the slaughter-houses of his day as published in Recollections and Essays (Oxford University…

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 [ ![VEGETARIANISM FOR STRENGTH - SENSITIVITY - SERVICE](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc57-souvenir-strength.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3985:congress-wvc57-souvenir-strength&catid=184)

## [VEGETARIANISM FOR STRENGTH - SENSITIVITY - SERVICE](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3985:congress-wvc57-souvenir-strength&catid=184)

Bishop C. W. Leadbetter, on page, 145, tells of great athletes of the early 20th century who were vegetarians, and the "Indian Re…

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