Six decades of service, one eternal message: “Peace is possible”
Global peace ambassador Prem Rawat has spent his entire life travelling the world to deliver one timeless message.
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Six decades of service, one eternal message: “Peace is possible”
Global peace ambassador Prem Rawat has spent his entire life travelling the world to deliver one timeless message.
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1950s
Prem Rawat was born in India in 1957, in a small town called Haridwar; There he grew up with his three brothers and his sister, in a family very interested in peace. His father Hans Ji Maharaj, a renowned speaker on the power of peace, was instrumental in Prem’s life.
Prem Rawat was born in 1957 in Hardiwar, North India.
Prem Rawat’s father, Shri Hans Ji Maharaj, spoke about peace at a public event in Patna, Bihar, India to an audience of over 10,000 people. Aged 2, Prem joins his father on the stage.
1960s
At age 4, Prem Rawat gave his first public talk on peace. At 9, after the death of his father in 1966, Prem decided to continue his work and took responsibility for achieving his goal: to share his knowledge of practical peace with all who would listen. His reputation as a teacher grew rapidly in the 1960s in India, and his powerful message: "The peace is possible if you start with yourself", began to attract interest internationally.
On 19th July 1966, Prem Rawat’s father dies at the age of 65. After a period of mourning, on 31st July, Prem publicly declares his determination to bring his father's message and teachings on personal peace to everybody in the world.
Prem Rawat’s family is visited in India by Brian Kitt, a Londoner searching for personal peace. For the first time, Brian raises the possibility of Prem taking his message and teachings outside of India – marking the beginning of Prem’s journey as a global peace ambassador.
Prem Rawat’s father, Hans Ji Maharaj, begins to teach a young Prem all he knew about inspiring and helping people to find personal peace.
Prem Rawat makes his first public speech, aged 4, to an audience of family and friends in his home city of Haridwar.
1970s
At just 13 years old, Prem became one of India's pioneers in presenting a message of peace to the Western world. One of his first talks in the West took place at the first Glastonbury Fayre Festival in 1971, in which Gong and Linda Lewis also participated. At a time of enormous political and cultural upheaval, Prem's reputation grew rapidly as he visited Europe, North America, and Australia. It is also in the 70s, when Prem marries Marolyn, his current wife, and they start a family.
Prem Rawat makes one of his first speeches outside of India: addressing an audience of 10,000 people at the first ever Glastonbury Fayre in England.
Between 1971 and 1974, Prem Rawat visits Australia, Jamaica and Canada as his determination to bring his message of peace to new audiences continues to grow.
Prem Rawat marries his wife, Marolyn Johnson, in 1974. A year later, their first child, Premlata, is born.
Prem Rawat makes his first trips to countries in South America. He also visits France, Germany and England. During this year, Prem and Marolyn welcome their first son, Hans.
Prem and Marolyn welcome their second daughter, Dayalata.
1980s
In a global environment of consumerism and conservatism, Prem continued to share his message of personal peace with new audiences around the world. Following his commitment that all who seek such peace should listen to his message, he traveled to West Africa for the first time. He also returned to India, where he had not been back since his adolescence.
Prem Rawat visits his home country, India, for the first time since 1971, speaking to huge crowds at events in New Delhi and later Nepal.
Prem Rawat and Marolyn welcome their second son, Amar.
During a visit to the UK, Prem Rawat speaks at the world famous Royal Albert Hall in London.
Prem Rawat speaks in Africa – with events held in Côte D’Ivoire and South Africa.
Prem Rawat speaks to audiences in Brussels, Belgium to reaffirm his teachings about how to achieve personal peace.
1990s
In the years following the end of the Cold War, Prem Rawat's message was already reaching millions of people around the world. During the 1990s, he began speaking to business and political representatives, as well as members of civil society, about the possibility of achieving peace in a rapidly changing world.
Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, as the Cold War is coming to an end, Prem Rawat addresses audiences in Berlin where he reiterates his message that peace is possible. Prem Rawat also tours India, Italy and England.
Prem Rawat ventures into video production and builds centres in Argentina and Australia to host larger events and reach more communities.
Prem Rawat speaks to 5,500 attendees at a major event in Wembley Stadium in the UK – one of Europe’s leading venues.
Prem Rawat continues to take his message to countries around the world, including the US, Canada and Australia.
2000s
As the world welcomed the new millennium, Prem and his message were gaining worldwide recognition. His travels continued, and his audiences were increasingly varied, including prestigious institutions such as the UN. At that time he created the Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF), in order to cover basic human needs such as food, water and peace.
The Prem Rawat Foundation was founded. Its mission: to address the fundamental human needs of food, water and the often-overlooked need for peace.
Prem Rawat was a keynote speaker at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
Former Italian Prime Minister Emilio Colombo welcomed Prem Rawat to Rome, where he addressed members of the Italian Senate and other dignitaries.
Prem Rawat addressed the Senate of Argentina at the invitation of the UN White Helmets and the Forum for Human Rights and Humanitarian Action.
Prem Rawat addressed Australia’s Parliament House - in conjunction with the United Nations Association of Australia - on the United Nations International Day of Peace.
2010s
In his sixth decade as Global Peace Ambassador, Prem Rawat continues to aspire to deliver his message of peace to the world. In this decade, he has had the honor of being invited to speak before the European Parliament, the British Parliament and the United Nations (UN). He was also awarded the prestigious “Brand Laureate Lifetime Achievement” by the Asia Pacific Brands Association, and has become a best-selling author of “When the Desert Blooms”.
Prem Rawat's first book title turned to street art by World famous artist Eine, in London's East End.
Prem Rawat was a keynote speaker at a special event at the European Parliament entitled “Peace and Well-being in the European Union”.
Prem Rawat received the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation’s Brand Laureate International Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the fourth recipient of the award (with previous winners including Nelson Mandela).
Prem Rawat spoke in the House of Commons at the UK Parliament in London, England with the former government minister and future Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Scotland of Asthal.
Prem Rawat spoke to over 400,000 people at an event in Buxar, India.
2020s
This decade of change began with an acclaimed launch of Prem’s new book “Hear Yourself” first published in Spanish. Events were held in Barcelona and Madrid and the book quickly reached bestseller status in Spain. Prem began to release daily messages of inner peace in his historic 101 episode series, Lockdown, which reached millions of people in 87 countries. Since public speaking events were not possible, Prem started streaming live virtual events online connecting to viewers in new and innovative ways.
The World premiere launch of Prem's second book "Hear Yourself", published by Penguin Random House, is held in Madrid, Spain.
We live in a unique time where our global sense of humanity’s current condition is magnified. Where we can view the good, bad and ugly extremes in the course of each day.
With today’s online virtual mobility and globally available transportation options, we can travel the world and yet forget that there is a place within us that is truly home. Each human being has that life thread that when consciously approached puts everything in the right perspective.
Few of us know at nine years old, our life’s mission. Many of us don’t ever figure that out. Uniquely, since he was nine, soon after the passing of his father, and ever since, Prem Rawat has focused on one simple, incredibly practical commitment. He has travelled the globe numerous times to share with anyone interested his experience of personal peace. Prem reminds us that peace is not a theory, a political state, or a post-life aspiration; it is an experience available to anyone seriously interested.
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