Purulia Vidyapith organized a students’ conference on 1 May on the topic “Swamiji and His Clarion Call”.  Nearly 400 students participated in the conference

Thrissur Math conducted a workshop for teachers on 1 and 2 May in which 150 teachers from 32 schools participated.

 

Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, declared open the extended dialysis wing at our Lucknow hospital on 17 May.

 

Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, inaugurated a building at Mayavati on 18 May that would serve as doctors’ quarters and guest-house.

 

The foundation stone for the proposed temple at Limbdi Ashrama was laid on 27 May

The following centres organized various programmes, the main ones shown in brackets, to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda:

Cooch Behar (youth conventions at Mathabhanga and Alipurduar Junction on 1 and 7 May respectively), Visakhapatnam (devotees’ conference on 24 April).

 

The following centres celebrated the 175th birth anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna.

Durban, South Africa (public meetings addressed by Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, at Ladysmith on 27 April and at Glen Anil on 30 April), Jalpaiguri (public meetings, cultural programmes and exhibition from 25 to 27 March), Ponnampet (spiritual retreat from 6 to 8 May), Porbandar (public meeting, spiritual retreat and devotional songs from 23 to 29 May), Rajkot (public meetings, spiritual retreat, japa yajna and devotional songs from 7 to 30 May).

Rajkot Centre Photos

Swami Atmasthanandaji, President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, was admitted to Seva Pratishthan hospital, Kolkata, on 30 May for the treatment of left inguinal hernia.  He underwent successful operation on 1 June, and is recuperating at the hospital.

Swami Gitanandaji, Vice-President, returned to Kankurgachhi on 17 May from Seva Pratishthan.  He is under medical care.

Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, is scheduled to return to Belur Math on 4 June after his visit to Lucknow, Mayavati and Shyamla Tal.  He will be visiting Kamarpukur, Jayrambati and the Institute of Culture, Kolkata, from 13 June to 4 July.  He is in good health.

Swami Prameyanandaji, Vice-President, visited Rajarhat Bishnupur from 16 to 24 May.  He is keeping well.

 

Obituary

We are sorry to announce the passing away of Swami Ajaratmanandaji (Muthukumar Maharaj) on 21 May at 6.45 pm at Siloam-Vincent Health Services Centre, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.  He was 61 and had been suffering from myelo-dysplastic syndrome for some years resulting in severe anaemia and problem in blood clotting.  Initiated by Swami Vireshwaranandaji, he joined the Order in 1977 at Chennai Math and had Sannyasa from Swami Gambhiranandaji in 1987.  Besides his joining centre, he served at Madurai Math, Colombo Ashrama and its sub-centre at Batticaloa.  During Holy Mother’s 150th birth centenary year, 2003-2004, he arranged processions with Holy Mother’s statue in many cities and villages of Batticaloa district in a grand manner.  He also actively participated in the tsunami relief and rehabilitation work in Sri Lanka during 2005-2007.  A former student of our Batticaloa Boys’ Home, the Swami has some Tamil books and articles to his credit.

 

 

The following centres conducted free eye camps:

Sl. No.	Centre	Duration of camps	Patients checked / treated	Specs given	Surgeries
					no.	performed at
1	Belgaum	April	193	–	42	Our Sarada Netralaya
					5	A hospital in Belgaum
2	Chennai*	24 April	178	65	12	A hospital in Chennai
3	Garbeta	24 May	245	–	32	Our eye care centre in Garbeta
4	Khetri	Feb-March	555	–	149	An eye hospital in Jaipur
5	Lucknow	May	1033	–	165	Our Lucknow hospital
6	Madurai	8 May	125	43	–	—
7	Nagpur	15 May	152	50	16	An eye hospital in Nagpur
8	Porbandar	13 May	116	–	24	A hospital in Virnagar (Dt. Rajkot)
9	Rajkot	1 May	74	–	50	Our eye care centre in Rajkot
10	Salem	22 May	183	58	8	A hospital in Salem
11	Ulsoor	May	337	–	143	A hospital in Bangalore

* Through Chengalpattu centre

 

The following centres conducted summer camps for children.  The programme included chanting, bhajans, moral lessons, yogasanas, etc.

*Special training for 100 parents on family values was also conducted during the period.

 

The results of the students of our schools at the Secondary (Class X) and Higher Secondary (Class XII) Examinations 2011 conducted by different education boards are as follows:

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education : Class X

Sl.   No.	School	Students  appeared	1st   Div.	2nd  Div.	3rd  Div.	Compart-mental	Star  Marks*	Highest  Marks#
1	Asansol	131	131	–	–	–	121	750
2	Baranagar Mission	190	190	–	–	–	137	713
3	Jayrambati	128	79	30	18	1	22	753
4	Kamarpukur	83	78	5	–	–	39	742
5	Katihar	52	44	6	2	–	21	713
6	Malda	111	111	–	–	–	108	736
7	Manasadwip	86	67	17	2	–	26	709
8	Midnapore	94	94	–	–	–	74	736
9	Narendrapur: (a) Vidyalaya	120	120	–	–	–	117	752
	(b) Blind Boys’ Academy	12	12	–	–	–	12	661
10	Purulia	109	109	–	–	–	89	718
11	Rahara	214	211	3	–	–	171	741
12	Ramharipur	103	94	9	–	–	51	732
13	Sargachhi	125	118	7	–	–	54	728
14	Sarisha: (a) Boys’ School	147	147	–	–	–	115	728
	(b) Girls’ School	131	117	14	–	–	37	706
15	Taki	68	68	–	–	–	33	748

*Star Marks: 75% or above in the aggregate; # Marks out of 800

CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) : Class XII

*Star Marks: 75% or above in the aggregate

Other Boards : Class X & XII

*Star Marks: 75% or above in the aggregate