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  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.

  Smt Prabha Rau, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, and Sri T S Thakur, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, visited Chandigarh centre on 4 and 5 April respectively in connection with the annual celebration of the Ashrama.

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

    Swami Prameyanandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, inaugurated the newly constructed extension to Premananda Bhavan (monks’ quarters) at Antpur Math on 10 April.

  The second floor of the Higher Secondary building at Malda centre was inaugurated on 15 April.

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

 Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, inaugurated the newly constructed library building at Jalpaiguri Ashrama on 22 April.

Sikra Kulingram Math celebrated the golden jubilee of its temple consecration ceremony from 21 to 27 April with a devotees’ convention, a public meeting and cultural programmes.  About 200 monks and more than 5000 devotees attended the programme.

The following centres conducted free eye camps:

  Sri Nirupam Sen, Special Senior Advisor to the President of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, visited Vedanta Society, New York, USA, on 19 April and released the book Basic Ideas of Hinduism and how it is transmitted authored by Swami Tathagatanandaji.

  Swami Shubhavratanandaji, who has been posted to Moscow (Russia) centre as Assistant Minister, reached there on 16 April.

Telephone and Fax Numbers:
Aurangabad centre has got fax facility with number 0240-2376293.
Haripad Math has got a telephone connection with number 0479-2411700.

Email Addresses:
Aalo (Along) centre has got an additional email address: <rkmaalo@gmail.com>.
Malda Ashrama has discontinued its email address <rkmmld@sancharnet.in>.

We are sorry to announce the passing away of Swami Arkanandaji (Sauren Maharaj) on 22 April at 8.20 pm at Seva Pratisthan (Kolkata) owing to metabolic encephalopathy.  He was 85 and had been suffering from ischemic heart disease and neurological instability for some years.  An initiated disciple of Swami Virajanandaji, he joined the Order at Kankhal Sevashrama in 1945 and had Sannyasa from Swami Shankaranandaji in 1954.  Besides his joining centre, he served at Vrindaban, Belur Math, Kanpur and Purulia centres.  He was also a sevak of Swami Atulanandaji at Barlowganj (formerly our retreat centre) for some years.  He had been leading a retired life at Belur Math for the last 20 years.  The Swami lived a well-regulated life, meticulously keeping his room and other things tidy and clean, and was self-reliant till the end.

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