Biodiversity Walk at Smritivan, 1 November 2026

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Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Smritivan, Jaipur

A guided community walk through Smritivan, Jaipur, with students and representatives of the Brahma Kumaris. Chirag Panwar of KJVF opened the walk, explaining why everything in nature matters and how an ecosystem works. Our guide, Shri Devendra Kumar Bhardwaj Ji, then led everyone along the trail: native plants and their roles, the bamboo, birds, insects, and how every life is connected to the rest.

The Brahma Kumaris blessed the KJVF team and shared prasad, and after the walk Shri Devendra Kumar Bhardwaj Ji offered snacks to all the participants and volunteers. The Brahma Kumaris prayed that KJVF keeps spreading awareness of biodiversity and keeps growing, and we are grateful for their kind words.

Guided by Shri Devendra Kumar Bhardwaj Ji, Expert Guide.

Photos from the day

Group photo of students, Brahma Kumaris representatives, the guide and KJVF volunteers standing and kneeling on a sandy path at Smritivan, with trees and a notice board behind them. — Participants and volunteers together after the walk.

The guide greeting the group with folded hands beside the Smritivan notice board, as students in white and patterned clothes gather round. — The walk begins at the notice board, with a warm namaste.

Shri Devendra Kumar Bhardwaj Ji talking to students and Brahma Kumaris representatives in front of a tall clump of bamboo. — Learning about bamboo at the clump.

The guide pointing up at a plant under the trees while students and Brahma Kumaris representatives stand in a circle around him. — Every plant has a role in the web of life.

Collage of four photographs from the walk: students posing on the path holding yellow flowers, the guide showing a plant among the trees, the group walking among tall bamboo, and students gathered round the guide on a forest path. — Moments from the trail: students, leaves, bamboo and the path.

A line of students standing on a path in the shade of a large tree, listening to the guide. — Students listening in the shade of a native tree.

The guide, two Brahma Kumaris representatives in white, a child and members of the KJVF team standing together on a forest path, holding snacks. — The guide, Brahma Kumari representatives and KJVF team after the walk.

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Part of our programme: Public Biodiversity Walks and Nature Awareness