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programme consisted of prayers, a flute recital, Indian classical dance, bhajans and\u00a0 speeches from<strong> Rt Hon Bob Blackman, Lord Dholakia, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, Her Excellency Nimisha Madhvani, High Commisioner of Uganda<\/strong> and various other eminent speakers.<\/p><p>The Hindu Forum of Britain&#8217;s\u00a0 commemorative brochure displayed\u00a0 adverts on ACT Foundation, Mohanji Foundation, Success Empowered and Ahimsa the Vegan Cafe. A standee of ACT Foundation was also displayed and a brochure of the <strong>ACT Foundation 20th<\/strong> <strong>Anniversary commemorative brochure presented to Trupti Patel the president of the Hindu Forum of Britain.<\/strong><\/p><p>The event offered a wonderful opportunity for networking and communicating the <strong>wonderful work of ACT and Mohanji Foundations<\/strong> and we look forward to build on those relationships in the near future.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b9b955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"6b9b955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6127 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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