On 15th November 1991, Sri Chinmoy attended a ceremony dedicating the Severn-Wye Bridge to world peace as a Sri Chinmoy Peace Bridge.
The plaque reads
This Sri Chinmoy Peace Bridge joining England and Wales links with many international sites dedicated to world harmony, and to the fulfilment of the unlimited potential of the human spirit.
As the countless drops
Of the boundless ocean
Or the myriad leaves
Of a huge banyan tree
Peacefully remain side by side,
Even so, all human beings
Will someday live side by side
In a perfect oneness-world.
Severn-Wye Bridge Song
England's Bristol and Wales' Cardiff,
Within, without a oneness-cliff.
The river Severn, the river Wye,
Are giving us peace-ecstasy-sky.
— Sri Chinmoy
In a letter to Princess Diana, 19 August 1997, Sri Chinmoy writes of the Bridge.
In various countries, my students have asked the officials concerned to dedicate their city or natural features to peace. We call them “peace-blossoms”. It is our hope and our prayer that these peace-blossoms will carry the fragrance of peace throughout the length and breadth of the world.
In 1991 the Severn and Wye Bridges uniting England and Wales became Sri Chinmoy Peace Bridges. I attended the formal ceremony on November 15th that year, and a plaque was unveiled explaining the significance of this Peace Bridge spanning the two countries. Mount Snowdon has also been dedicated as a Peace Mountain.
Sri Chinmoy, Diana, Princess of Wales. Empress of the World, Agni Press, New York, 1997
Peace Run Visits
Runners from the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, cross the Severn Bridge in 1997.