Yatra Garden at Heartfulness Headquarters Wins the Prestigious Asia Architecture Design Award

Yatra Garden at Heartfulness Headquarters Wins the Prestigious Asia Architecture Design Award

The award was given in the Best Lighting Design category

Chennai, 24-June-2024: The spectacular Yatra Garden lighting design projects has been awarded global recognition at the prestigious Asia Architecture Design Awards (AADA). The Yatra Garden won the ‘Best Lighting Design’ award at AADA adding to the glorious garden that has been uniquely designed representing the various chakras in the human body and our evolution through the chakras to reach the highest level of consciousness. The Yatra Garden was built under the vision and keen guidance of Rev. Daaji – Guide of Heartfulness & President of Shri Ram Chandra Mission along with a dedicated team of volunteers whose efforts turned the garden into a reality. The Yatra Garden also showcases a splendid statue of Babuji Maharaj – the second in the lineage of Masters of Shri Ram Chandra Mission. Ved Electricals, Endo India and Japan, Ligman India and Semblance contributed immensely towards design and lighting coming to reality.

Speaking on the recognition, Rev. Daaji – Guide of Heartfulness & President of Shri Ram Chandra Mission said, “The Yatra Garden is a reminder of our inner journey to reach the highest Destination in life. The central figure of Babuji Maharaj is symbolic of the constant remembrance of the Master to stay on the path to reach the highest Destination. The design and lighting have attracted the visitors time and again not only for the aesthetics, but also for the inspiration they draw from the serenity, beauty and the pathways designed to represent the inner journey. We are honoured that Asia Architecture Design Awards have bestowed this award on Yatra Garden.”

This year’s theme at Asia Architecture Design Awards was “Emerging Asia”. This compelling theme acknowledges the outstanding ingenuity and creativity demonstrated by visionary architects and designers across Asia. The theme also recognizes Asia’s rising global influence as a hub of architectural and design excellence. The award is given across 6 disciplines and 30 categories. AADA is a juried competition that recognizes the best in the industry involving architecture, interior design, architectural product design and individual works.

About Heartfulness: Heartfulness offers a simple set of meditative practices and lifestyle changes, first developed at the turn of the twentieth century and formalized into teaching through the Shri Ram Chandra Mission in 1945 in India with a goal to bring peace, happiness, and wisdom to one heart at a time. These practices are a modern form of Yoga designed to support contentment, inner calm, and stillness, compassion, courage, and clarity of thought, as the first step towards a purposeful life. They are simple and easily adopted and are appropriate for people from all walks of life, cultures, religious beliefs, and economic situations, who are over the age of fifteen. Ongoing training in Heartfulness practices continues at thousands of schools and colleges, and over 100,000 professionals are meditating in corporations, non-governmental, and government bodies worldwide. More than 5,000 Heartfulness Centers are supported by many thousands of certified volunteer trainers and millions of practitioners in 160 countries.