Kamlesh D. Patel
Kamlesh D. Patel also known as Daaji among his followers, is an World-wide spiritual leader, author and the fourth in the line of Rāja yoga masters in the Sahaj Marg system of spiritual practice of the Shri Ram Chandra Mission. He is the president of Shri Ram Chandra Mission, a non-profit organization founded in 1945 and associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information, succeeded his spiritual guide Shri Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari after his mahāsamādhi in 2014. He was serving as the VP, before being appointed as the president of Shri Ram Chandra Mission.
He has conducted various workshops on spirituality in cities across India and USA.
In December 2017, Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India, E.S.L. Narasimhan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana visited Daaji's Kanha Shantivanam Ashram and planted the 100,000th tree with him under the Green Kanha Initiative.
Daaji co-authored a book called The Heartfulness Way, along with Joshua Pollock in 2018. The book was published January 2018. It was ranked #1st in Hindustan Times' Nielsen top 10 lists of the Best NON-FICTION books chart.
Daaji has authored another book named Designing Destiny which was released on February 2019. He is also a regular contributor to several spiritual/wellness magazines and blogs
