Thousands of People Attend Daaji's Visit to London as Heartfulness Reveals a 44-Acre Sustainability and Community Initiative

News Desk, News Nation 360: Revered Daaji (Kamlesh D. Patel), Global Guide of Heartfulness and President of Shri Ram Chandra Mission, recently concluded a high-impact five-day diplomatic and spiritual mission to London (15-20 October, 2026) which saw the announcement of Heartfulness UK’s new 44-acre sustainability and community initiative in Bexleyheath, Southeast London, emulating the ecological restoration and agroforestry principles pioneered at Heartfulness’s 1,400-acre global headquarters, Kanha Shanti Vanam near Hyderabad. The community green asset was inaugurated on 16 October with a weeping willow tree planting ceremony by Member of Parliament for Dartford Jim Dickson, Bexley Cabinet Member for Environment Cllr Rags Sandhu and Deputy Mayor Cllr Frazer Brooks, following which the landmark tour culminated in the Awakening the Light Within convocation before 1,400 attendees, featuring performances by sitarist Jasdeep Degun, collective meditation, and the London launch of Daaji’s The Power of Paradox, Ashtavakra Mahagita and The Heart of Jainism, with speeches by Baroness Patricia Scotland of Asthal, Lord Krish Raval of Hertsmere and Lord Uday Nagaraju of Bloomsbury, as well as a parliamentary address on ahimsa and high-level academic consultancies outlining the upcoming Heartfulness Academy of Research and Innovation (HARI) multidisciplinary university campus, including a speech by UN OOSA Director Aarti Holla-Maini and Institute of Jainology Managing Trustee Dr. Mehool Sanghrajka MBE.