Mumbai/Hyderabad, 25 November 2023: Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Kanha Shanti Vanam, the world headquarters of Shri Ram Chandra Mission and Heartfulness, in the outskirts of Hyderabad as part of his visit to the city on Sunday, 26 November 2023. During his visit, Shri Narendra Modi will also release a commemorative plaque honouring the 125th birth anniversary of Revered Shri Ram Chandra Shahjahanpur, known as Babuji, who founded Shri Ram Chandra Mission in 1945. He will also have a guided tour of the facility at Kanha Shanti Vanam.
For the last 78 years, Shri Ram Chandra Mission has been teaching meditation to the global community free of charge. Heartfulness meditation aims to adopt the ancient Indian traditions of raja yoga and meditation in a modern world, allowing practitioners to experience its benefits and achieve inner harmony and balance while navigating a fast-paced world. The Heartfulness way is unique because it is supported by Pranahuti, or yoga transmission, a divine energy for human transformation which was revived by the early guides of Shri Ram Chandra Mission in the 1800s.
Kanha Shanti Vanam was inaugurated by former President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind in 2020. Since the start of its development in 2015, Kanha Shanti Vanam has grown both in immensity and in impact. What was once a barren land, typical of the Indian Deccan Plateau, Kanha Shanti Vanam is now a thriving green space, with over 10 lacs saplings planted and nurseries at a combined total of 50 lacs of 280 critically endangered species. Kanha serves not only as a meditation centre, with the world’s largest meditation hall, but also as a holistic hub for learning, yoga, meditation, wellness, sustainable living, ecological preservation, and water conservation. It blends modern and traditional approaches to promote a harmonious way of life. In recent years, Kanha Shanti Vanam has attracted big names from the worlds of sports, music, film, academic and entrepreneurship, and counts individuals such as Pullela Gopichand, P.V. Sindhu, Rohit Sharma, Kabir Bedi, and Ricky Kej among others as avid practitioners and supporters.
Rev. Daaji, Guide of Heartfulness and President of Shri Ram Chandra Mission, said, “It is an honour to have Prime Minister Shri Modi ji visiting us at Kanha Shanti Vanam. Modi ji is an avid follower of yoga and meditation himself. To experience meditation with Pranahuti is a unique and transformative experience, one that we are delighted to share with him. We are fortunate to have a leader like Modi ji steering the country ahead on many levels, but especially on this path of unity through yoga and meditation. We heartfully welcome him to Kanha Shanti Vanam.”
