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175th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION  OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA
(Tithi Puja : Tuesday, 16 February 2010, at Belur Math)
PROGRAMME

   The Institute of Culture, Kolkata, organized an international seminar on Spirituality and Science of Consciousness from 8 to 10 January. Swami Prabhanandaji, General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, spoke at the inaugural session. In all, 17 eminent scholars from India and abroad presented papers.

On the National Youth Day on 12 January 2010, a Music Festival was organized at the Institute of Culture, Kolkata.

   Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, unveiled the eleven-foot bronze statue of Swami Vivekananda at Madurai Math on 22 December.

   On 31 December Chennai Math launched a mobile bookstall which will carry the message of the Holy Trio through our publications all over Tamil Nadu, especially to educational institutions.

  Sri Ramakrishna Temple at Allahabad Math was remodelled on the occasion of the Ashrama’s centenary. Swami Atmasthanandaji, President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, consecrated the temple, with a marble image, on 17 January, the birthday of Swami Brahmanandaji.  (a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna).  Swami Atmasthanandaji also addressed a public meeting organized on this occasion and released the commemorative volume.  In all, about 120 monks and several hundred devotees attended the function.

Sri Sri Saraswati Puja at Belur Math, 20 January 2010
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National Youth Day Celebration at Belur Math
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National Youth Day Celebration at Belur Math
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    Vadodara centre organized a seminar on “Lessons on Excellence and Leadership from Indian Culture” on 3 December.  Sri P N Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, and many other distinguished persons addressed the gathering of students, teachers, government officials and professionals.  The centre also felicitated one hundred outstanding students on this occasion.

    Narottam Nagar centre organized a two-day teachers’ conference on 3 and 4 December on Building Quality in Education: Sharing of Best Practices.

  Vivekananda University, Belur, and Shikshanamandira (Residential College of Teacher Education, a unit of Saradapitha, Belur) jointly organized an international conference on Education: Indian and Global Perspectives on 12 and 13 December.  Swami Prabhanandaji, General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, presided over the inaugural session.

    Vidyamandira (Arts and Science College of Saradapitha, Belur) organized an educational exhibition from 23 to 25 December, which was inaugurated by Swami Atmasthanandaji, President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission.

    Swami Prabhanandaji, General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, released the book Yuganayak Vivekananda (Gujarati biography of Swami Vivekananda in two volumes) and presided over an educational seminar at Rajkot Ashrama on 27 and 28 December respectively.

In a function held at the Institute of Culture, Kolkata, on 18 November, Sri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, then Governor of West Bengal, presented Vivekananda Medal Award, comprising a cash award of 50,000 rupees and a citation, to Prof. Brij Nath Kaul of Srinagar, Kashmir.  Swami Prabhanandaji, General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, attended the programme as the chief guest. 

The Regional Braille Press of Blind Boys’ Academy, Narendrapur, won the National and State Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 2009, in recognition of its publication of Braille literature in six languages for the last 43 years. The President of India and the Governor of West Bengal handed over the awards at New Delhi and Kolkata respectively on 3 December, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

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    Sri Dorjee Khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, inaugurated the MRI unit and two-bed haemo-dialysis unit at Itanagar hospital on 6 December.

  The newly set-up bookstall of Ulsoor Math at Yeshwantpur Railway Station, Bangalore, was inaugurated on 8 December.

The renovated prayer hall of Kozhikode (Calicut) centre was consecrated on 11 December.

Swami Prameyanandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, inaugurated the new monks’ quarters at Ghatshila Ashrama on 16 December.

Swami Atmasthanandaji, President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, laid the foundation stone for the proposed building complex comprising School of Indian Heritage, School of Mathematical Sciences and Central-Library-cum-Computer-Centre at the Belur Math main campus of Vivekananda University on 30 December, Swami Turiyanandaji’s birthday.

  Swami Amaranandaji, Head of Geneva centre, and Swami Atmapriyanandaji, Vice Chancellor, Vivekananda University, Belur Math, participated in the fifth Parliament of World Religions organized by Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, Chicago, USA, from 3 to 9 December.

    Out of about 4000 participants in the Doodle 4 Google My India Contest at the national level, two students of Mysore Vidyashala, namely Kanishk U Navale of Class X and S Sushanth Venkatesh of Class IX, secured places among the top 15.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
PROGRAMME  :  Photo Gallery-1,  Photo Gallery-2

Christmas Eve Celebration  at Belur Math
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100th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION