Lying face down on the white marble floor of the Mandir, house of the sacred deities of the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu temple in Neasden, north London, Ravji offered prayers for his relatives in Bhuj.
"We have not heard from them since last week and we cannot get through to India to find out what has happened to them," he said. "Many people from the Gujarati community in London are coming here to pray quietly for their family members. It is a very worrying time for us."
Ravji's cousins and family friends and neighbours lived in Bhuj, close to the epicentre of last Friday's earthquake and most of the 30,000 members of the Gujarati community in London have spent the last few days ringing emergency telephone numbers, desperately trying to contact family and friends.
The Mandir, with five ornate shrines dedicated to the founder of the Swaminarayan faith, Lord Swaminarayan, and other Hindu spiritual leaders, offered comfort to those who came to pray there yesterday. Surrounded by 12 intricately carved white Italian marble Pillars of Divinity depicting Hindu goddesses and celestial beings endowed with various talents such as literature, music and the arts, the people who came to pray quietly removed their shoes, sat on the floor or stood in silent reflection.
One elderly Indian woman from Wembley arrived to say a short prayer for the victims of the earthquake before going to a yoga class, and a Sri Lankan Catholic offered prayers for his wife's family in India. Elsewhere, a group of British schoolchildren on a tour of the temple stood and stared at a gold, silver and aluminium statue of Lord Krishna and other Hindu deities.
Downstairs in the richly carved wooden foyer of the temple, Garji, whose family owns a retail business in Neasden, said many of her relatives had already decided to travel to India to find out whether family members were still alive.
"They have ignored the warnings about not travelling because they are so worried about what has happened," she said. "It has been very hard to get in touch with them, so some of the men travelled yesterday."
In many of the Hindu temples across Britain, donations of clothes, money and blankets have been pouring in over the last few days. At the Neasden temple, which is the largest Hindu temple outside India, the elders decided only to organise financial donations. "It was decided that donating mountains of clothes could mean that once they are packaged and sent to India it could take a long time to get to the people and they could be held up in customs," explained Mr Yogesh Patel, press officer at the Neasden temple.
"Instead we have opened telephone lines for donations and people from across society, Hindu, English and Muslim, have pledged money. The money hasn't come in here yet, but it will be used by the 4,500 volunteers we have in Bhuj. They are using the money to provide shelter and help to 42,000 in 11 different villages and towns near Bhuj."
The elders from the temple also asked community members not to travel to India, Mr Patel said. "We have asked people to be patient and we are advising people not to go out because they could be an extra burden. But we know it is an anxious time, a very worrying time as they are patiently waiting to hear from relatives. But soon the telephone lines will be there and they can contact relatives."
Up to 10,000 members of the Gujarati community in London prayed at the temple at the weekend and to pledge money to the earthquake fund. The "power of the community" helped many people cope during a time of extreme distress.
"There was an outpouring of grief," Mr Patel said. "It gave them a peace of mind that they were not alone and many other people are going through the same emotions."