Cycolne (Aila) relief UPDATE

 Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, inaugurated the newly built extension to the monks’ quarters at Itanagar centre on 8 May.

  Itanagar centre celebrated its 30th Anniversary on 10 and 11 May.  Sri J J Singh, Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, inaugurated the new Out Patient Department (OPD) block of the hospital.  Swami Smarananandaji declared open a new building housing Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU) and eye ward.  He also presided over the public meeting which was addressed by several distinguished speakers.  Many monks and dignitaries attended the celebration.

 

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

 

Obituary

   We are sorry to announce the passing away of Swami Sarvagatanandaji (Narayan Maharaj) on 3 May at 5.30 am local time (3 pm IST) at Boston (USA) centre. .more>

  Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, laid the foundation stone for the proposed temple at Aurangabad Ashrama on 10 April. 

  In a function held at the Institute of Culture, Kolkata, on 18 March, Swami Atmasthanandaji, President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, presented the Vivekananda Award, comprising a cash award of one lakh rupees and a citation, to Sri Asim Chaudhuri of USA for his two books Swami Vivekananda in America – New Findings and Swami Vivekananda in Chicago – New Findings.  Sri S.S. Nijjar, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, presided over the meeting. 

   

 

 Swami Atmasthanandaji, President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, consecrated the newly built Sri Ramakrishna Temple at Ichapur Math on 3 April, the holy Rama Navami day.  He also addressed the public meeting organized on this occasion along with Swami Prameyanandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, and Swami Prabhanandaji, General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission.  Thousands of devotees and 350 monks attended the four-day programme organized on this occasion from 2 to 5 April.

 

 A seven-foot statue of Swamiji was installed at the Higher Secondary School of Cherrapunji centre on 15 April.