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Ranchi Morabadi centre celebrated National Youth Day (12 January) with a procession and a meeting.  On 26 January, Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, inaugurated the Divyayan laboratory building and seed processing plant building at the centre.

Ranchi Sanatorium centre celebrated National Youth Day (12 January) with a procession and a meeting.  On 31 January, Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, inaugurated two renovated buildings at the centre which would be used as the outdoor block and an extension to the indoor ward of the hospital.

  Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, inaugurated the annual function of Raipur centre on 13 January.

   Allahabad centre organized a medical camp, discourses, and an exhibition on Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda at Triveni Sangam on the occasion of Magh Mela from 9 January to 9 February.  About 17,000 patients were treated at the medical camp and nearly 90,000 people witnessed the exhibition.

  Swami Atmasthanandaji, President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, consecrated the newly built Sri Ramakrishna Temple, with a marble image of Sri Ramakrishna, at Barisha Math, Kolkata, on 9 February, the sacred birthday of Swami Adbhutanandaji.  Swami Atmasthanandaji, Swami Smarananandaji, Swami Prameyanandaji and Swami Prabhanandaji addressed the public meetings organized on this occasion.  In all, about 450 monastics and more than 16,000 devotees attended the function. 

   A student of Class IX of Viveknagar (Tripura) school won the National Child Award for the year 2007 for his commendable performance in painting.  The award, comprising a cash prize of 10,000 rupees, a silver medal, a certificate and a citation, was handed over to him at a function held on 5 February at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

 Viveknagar (Tripura) centre organized an All Tripura Devotees’ Conference at the Ashrama on 8 February, which was attended by 428 devotees.

   The newly built two-storey wing of Ramharipur school was inaugurated on 9 February.

Students of Shilpamandira (Self-financing Polytechnic of Saradapitha, Belur) secured the following ranks in the All Bengal Diploma Examination held by the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education in June 2008:
Mechanical Engineering: 1st and 2nd;   Electrical Engineering: 1st.

   A student of our Chandigarh students’ home, who represented India in the 40th International Chemistry Olympiad at Budapest (Hungary) last year, has won bronze medal at the Olympiad.

  Chandigarh centre conducted a child dental care project in which 371 children of a school in Pijore (Haryana) were examined and treated.

The following centres conducted free eye camps:

  Swami Nirmalatmanandaji, head of Sao Paulo (Brazil) centre, reached Belur Math on 12 February on a visit to India for nearly four weeks. 

  Swami Amaranandaji, head of Geneva (Switzerland) centre, arrived at Mumbai on 24 February on a visit to India for about one week.

  Swami Bhaskaranandaji returned to Seattle (USA) after a six-week visit to India. 

 Telephone and Fax Numbers: The telephone numbers 243-0699 and 242-3795 of Jamshedpur centre have been changed to 232-0699 and 232-0795 respectively.  The Ashrama has got an additional telephone number 232-0131. 

Swamiji’s House, Kolkata, has discontinued its phone-cum-fax number 2219-2030 and has got a new fax number 2257-1182. 

The following centres have changed their email addresses as shown below:

  Deoghar centre has got an additional email address <rkmvidyapith@gmail.com>.

  We are sorry to announce the passing away of two of our brother-monks during this month.

Swami Videhanandaji (Jagannath Maharaj) passed away on 1 February at 9.25 pm at Seva Pratishthan, Kolkata, owing to chronic renal failure.  He was 58 and had been suffering from diabetes and kidney problem for some years.  Initiated by Swami Vireshwaranandaji, he joined the Order at Kamarpukur centre in 1976 and had Sannyasa from Swami Gambhiranandaji in 1986.  Besides his joining centre, he served at Saradapitha (Belur) and Belur Math Dispensary.  His health had been deteriorating for the past few months and the end came rather suddenly.  The Swami was loved by all for his simple and jovial nature.

   Swami Avyayanandaji (Subramaniam Maharaj) passed away at Seva Pratishthan on 17 February at 2 am owing to pneumonia with sepsis in a case of cardiomyopathy.  He was 92 and had been suffering from various old-age ailments for several years.  An initiated disciple of Swami Virajanandaji, he joined the Order in 1943 at Kanchipuram centre and had Sannyasa from Swami Shankaranandaji in 1952.  Besides his joining centre, he served at Coimbatore Mission Vidyalaya and the Colombo (Sri Lanka) centre.  He was the head of Kanchipuram centre for 16 years.  He had been leading a retired life for the last 16 years during which period he stayed at Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu and Belur Math.  The Swami was austere and quiet by nature.

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