Honoured to receive Padma Bhushan: ‘Daaji'

PTI

Hyderabad: Spiritual leader and founder of 'Heartfulness' Kamlesh Patel (in pic), who has been conferred with the Padma Bhushan on Thursday, said the award is not his personal achievement but an acknowledgement of the thousands of Heartfulness and Ram Chandra Mission's volunteers and millions of practitioners worldwide.

A renowned meditation guide, fondly called ‘Daaji' - the founder of Heartfulness and the president of Shri Ram Chandra Mission, Kamlesh Patel is being honoured for his distinguished service of high order in spirituality and is one of the two to receive the award from the State of Telangana, the other being spiritual leader Swami Chinna Jeeyar.

On being awarded with the Padma Bhushan, Daaji said, “I am honoured to receive Padma Bhushan from the government of India”.