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The
birthday (tithi-puja) of Swami Vivekananda was
celebrated at Belur Math on Wednesday, 10 January. Thousands of
devotees attended the celebration throughout the day. Cooked prasad was
served to about 19,000 devotees. Swami Prabhanandaji, Trustee of
Ramakrishna Math and Member of the Governing Body of Ramakrishna
Mission, presided over the public meeting held in the afternoon.
Swami Gahananandaji, President, Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna
Mission, inaugurated the new building for the seminary (popularly called
Training Centre) at Belur Math on 20 January,
the sacred birthday of Swami Brahmanandaji (the first President of the
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission and a monastic disciple of Sri
Ramakrishna).
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Saraswati Puja
(worship of the goddess of learning) was celebrated at Belur Math on 23
and 24 January with all solemnity and joy.
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The Headquarters and the following centres celebrated the
National Youth Day (12 January). (Main programmes are given in
parentheses.)
Headquarters (along with Saradapitha: processions,
speeches, recitations, music, audio-drama, yogasana‑demonstration),
Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata (speeches, question-answer session,
cultural competitions, music, drama), Agartala (public meeting
addressed by Tripura chief minister Sri Manik Sarkar), Aurangabad
(procession, cultural competitions), Bhubaneswar (national
integration camp addressed by Orissa chief minister Sri Naveen Patnaik
and minister for sports and youth services Sri Debasis Nayak),
Chandigarh (cultural competition, blood donation camp),
Chennai Math
(procession, public meeting, essay competition in which about 72,000
students from 1100 educational institutions participated), Chennai
Mission Ashrama (procession, speeches), Delhi (procession,
speeches, recitations, music, essay competitions), Jammu
(garlanding of the statue of Swamiji at Vivekananda Chowk, Jammu,
meeting addressed by Jammu and Kashmir minister for roads and buildings
Sri Gulchain Singh Charak), Kanpur (procession, cultural
competitions), Limbdi (procession, public meeting), Lucknow
(recitations, music, workshop, youth convention, yogasana-demonstration,
film show on Swami Vivekananda), Madurai (speeches, essay
competition in which 12,100 students from 75 schools and 14 colleges
participated), Manasadwip (speeches, recitations, music),
Mangalore (procession, speeches, cultural competitions),
Muzaffarpur (cultural competitions, public meeting), Nagpur
(procession, cultural competitions, symposium), Patna (public
meeting addressed by Bihar chief minister Sri Nitish Kumar), Port
Blair (procession, cultural competitions, public meeting), Puri
Math (procession, speeches, music), Ranchi Morabadi
(procession, garlanding of Swami Vivekananda’s statue at Mecon Square,
Ranchi, speeches, cultural programmes), Shillong (cultural
programmes, meeting addressed by Meghalaya governor Mr. M.M. Jacob),
Swami Vivekananda’s House (procession, seminars, spiritual retreat,
drama competition, cultural programmes, youth convention presided over
by Swami Smarananandaji, General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math and
Ramakrishna Mission), Ulsoor (garlanding of Swami Vivekananda’s
statue at Swami Vivekananda Park, Bangalore, recitations, public meeting
addressed by Karnataka planning minister Sri Ramachandra Gowda),
Vadodara (youth convention), Vijayawada (youth meet,
seminar), Vishakhapatnam (procession). |
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Communication Addresses & Numbers
Telephone & Fax Numbers:
The Book
Sales and Publication Section of
Bangalore
Math has got two
telephone connections with numbers 2661-6161 and 2661-6060.
Baranagar Math
has got a separate fax number 2546-5111 in place of the phone-cum-fax
number 2557-0827, which is now exclusively a telephone number of the
Ashrama.
Boston
centre, USA, has discontinued its fax facility.
Puri Math
has discontinued its telephone connection with number 22-9978.
Email Addresses:
The Book Sales and Publication Section of
Bangalore
Math has got
a new email address
<rkmblr_publi@vsnl.net>.
Muzaffarpur
centre has got an
additional email address <rkm.muzaffarpur@gmail.com>.
The
following centres have changed their email addresses. The new addresses
are given below.
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Ootacamund: |
<rkmathooty@dataone.in> |
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Port Blair: |
<rkmissionpb@dataone.in> |
Pune Math has discontinued its email address <rkmpune@dataone.in>.
Websites: The
following centres have changed their website addresses. The new
addresses are given below.
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Boston
(USA): |
<www.vedantasociety.net > |
The centre’s earlier website address <www.vivekananda.org> is now
dedicated to information on Swami Vivekananda. |
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Pune: |
<www.rkmpune.org> |
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News of Branch Centres
India:
Sri Krishna Mohan Seth,
Governor of Chhattisgarh, inaugurated the annual celebration of
Raipur
centre on 1 January.
On 11 January, Swami
Atmasthanandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna
Mission, released two books, namely Consciousness: A Deeper
Scientific Search and Swami Vivekananda in Contemporary
Indian News (1893-1902): Vol. II, brought out by the
Institute of
Culture,
Kolkata. He also handed over Vivekananda Medal and a cash award
of Rs. 25,000 to the representative of SEWA Rural, Jhagadia, Gujarat,
for their excellent rural development work.
Vijayawada
centre launched a project named Viveka Vahini on 12 January, the
National Youth Day. This programme is meant to carry the message of
Swami Vivekananda to different educational institutions and rural areas
through a mobile unit equipped with audio-visual equipment, pictorial
exhibits, and literature on the life and teachings of Swami
Vivekananda. The project will also focus on personality development,
national integration, and other themes of national interest in the light
of Swami Vivekananda’s teachings.
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Narendrapur
centre
organized
the first phase of the golden jubilee celebrations of its Blind Boys’
Academy from 18 to 20 January. Sri Gopal Krishna Gandhi,
Governor of West Bengal, inaugurated the function. The Governor also
inaugurated the exhibition of the Academy arranged on this occasion as
well as the annual celebration of the Ashrama’s Lokashiksha Parishad on
18 January.
Taki
centre organized an
eight-day function from 21 to 28 January in connection with the
Ashrama’s platinum jubilee. Swami Gahananandaji, President,
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, inaugurated the exhibition,
released a commemorative volume and gave a benedictory address on 21
January. The programme also included public meetings, cultural
functions, etc. 
Swami Atmasthanandaji,
Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, laid the
foundation stone for the proposed students’ home building (Vivekananda Vidyarthi Bhavan) at
Nagpur
Math on 22 January, the holy birthday of Swami Trigunatitanandaji
Maharaj.
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Sri Manik Sarkar,
Chief Minister of Tripura, visited Viveknagar centre, Tripura, on
27 January and addressed a meeting organized on this occasion.
A student of Deoghar
Vidyapith stood first among the contestants from Jharkhand State in the
annual environmental examination, named The Green Olympiad,
organized by TERI (The Energy and Research Institute), New Delhi,
last year. The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt of India,
awarded him a scholarship of Rs. 5500.
The following centres conducted free eye camps:
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Sl.
No.
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Centre |
Duration
of camps |
Patients
checked /
treated |
Specs given |
Surgeries |
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no. |
Performed at |
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1 |
Belgaum |
27 December |
52 |
– |
16 |
A hospital in
Belgaum |
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2 |
Garbeta |
December |
145 |
30 |
10 |
An eye care centre in Medinipur |
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3 |
Jamshedpur |
January |
143 |
– |
48 |
An eye hospital in
Jamshedpur |
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4 |
Karimganj |
January |
66 |
– |
28 |
A hospital in Karimganj |
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5 |
Lucknow |
January |
872 |
– |
223 |
Our hospital in
Lucknow |
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6 |
Medinipur |
26 January |
185 |
– |
22 |
A hospital in Medinipur |
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7 |
Muzaffarpur |
December |
523 |
– |
85 |
Our Muzaffarpur hospital |
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8 |
Narainpur |
January |
35 |
– |
24 |
Our Narainpur hospital |
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9 |
Patna |
December |
300 |
– |
195 |
Our Sarada Netralaya in
Patna |
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10 |
Porbandar |
18 January |
222 |
– |
28 |
A hospital in Virnagar,
Rajkot district |
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11 |
Rajkot |
21 January |
77 |
– |
4 |
A hospital in
Rajkot |
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12 |
Silchar |
December |
330 |
– |
62 |
A hospital in Silchar |
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13 |
Ulsoor |
January |
530 |
– |
212 |
Two hospitals in
Bangalore |
Outside India:
Swami
Amaranandaji, Head of
Geneva
centre, Switzerland, reached Delhi on 25 January on a four-week visit to
India.
Obituary
We are sorry to announce the untimely demise of Swami
Yogarupanandaji (Govinda Maharaj) in the afternoon of 14 January,
the sacred Makar Sankranti day, at Belur Math. He was 46 and had been
suffering from depression and insomnia for some months. An initiated
disciple of Swami Vireshwaranandaji, he joined the Order at Varanasi
Advaita Ashrama in 1985 and had Sannyasa from Swami Bhuteshanandaji in
1995. Besides his joining centre, he served at Ranchi Morabadi and
Delhi
centres. He was staying at Belur Math for the last five months.
Personalia
Swami Gahananandaji,
President, Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, is scheduled to
return to Belur Math on 4 February after his tour of Kamarpukur and
Jayrambati. For his detailed programme
click here
Swami Atmasthanandaji will be visiting Asansol from 8
to 15 February (Diksha on 10, 12 and 14 February).
click here
Swami
Gitanandaji is scheduled to return to Kankurgachhi on 7 February
after his tour of Jorhat, Daboka and Guwahati. For his detailed programme
click here
Swami Suhitanandaji
visited Kamarpukur and Jayrambati from 31 December to 2 January, and
Ranchi on 12 and 13 January.
Swami
Srikaranandaji visited
Allahabad
from 31 December to 4 January.
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