Notice

 

[Covid Pandemic] Fake News 1

Two photos showing a few beds and a few monks with a caption stating that a Covid care facility has been opened on Belur Math premises.

Our clarification No such facility has been started at Belur Math. But our hospitals in Kolkata (Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan), Kankhal (Hardwar), Dehradun, Varanasi, Vrindaban and Mumbai are engaged in the service of Covid patients for quite some time. After seeing these photos, many of our well-wishers have expressed their wish to contribute to our medical services for Covid patients. We request them to send their contribution to the Headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission through our website <donations.belurmath.org>. We will apportion the donations received to our hospital centres. We are not able to accept donations from foreign citizens for Covid-19 Relief.

[Covid Pandemic] Fake news 2

An audio speech on the present covid pandemic along with a message claiming the speaker to be “Joydip Maharaj of Ramakrishna Mission”.
Our clarification The speech is not by any monk of the Ramakrishna Math or Ramakrishna Mission.  The so-called “Joydip Maharaj” is not a monk of our Order and never was he so.

[Covid Pandemic] Fake news 3

A Sanskrit hymn composed in the context of the pandemic and circulated as being chanted by Swami Smarananandaji, President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.
Our clarification No such hymn has been composed or chanted by Revered Smarananandaji Maharaj, President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, or by any other monk of our Order.

[Covid Pandemic] Fake news 4

Ramakrishna Mission has promised the state government that it will take full responsibility of children in the age group of 6 to 14 who have lost their father or other earning members in their family due to Covid-19. 
Our clarification The Ramakrishna Mission has not made any such promise.  
(Swami Suvirananda) General Secretary Date: 02.05.2021

Clarification on Swami Vivekananda’s Voice Recording

Swami Vivekananda’s speeches at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago, USA, in 1893 heralded a new era in inter-religious understanding and propagation of Indian religious thoughts in the West. Among his speeches at the Parliament of Religions, the first speech beginning with the immortal words “Sisters and brothers of America” delivered at the inaugural session, is the most well-known and has a thrilling effect on the readers even after more than 125 years. Around the year 2010, some overzealous people in their enthusiasm to spread this important speech on the Internet, released videos on YouTube and claimed that their soundtracks have the original voice of Swami Vivekananda. These videos, available in numerous YouTube channels under titles like “Real Voice of Swami Vivekananda”, “The Original Voice of Swami Vivekananda” and “Voice of Swami Vivekananda”, are extremely popular and have been watched by thousands of people since then. The Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission would like to clarify that the claims of these YouTube videos regarding Swami Vivekananda’s original voice are false. This is because there is no voice recording of Swami Vivekananda, let alone of his speeches at the World’s Parliament of Religions, available to us today, according to scholars. It is true that Swami Vivekananda’s voice was recorded a couple of times during his lifetime. But none of those recordings have been traced so far. Further, researches have proved that there was no arrangement for recording the speeches at the World’s Parliament of Religions. Vedanta Kesari, an English journal brought out by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, carried two illumining article by M S Nanjundiah on this subject : Also, Advaita Ashrama, a branch of the Ramakrishna Math, has brought out an authentic audio reproduction of the speech in an audio book format : Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Addresses | Google Play Store
  Swami Suvirananda General Secretary Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Belur Math 11 Sep 2020
The Video Message in English : Swami Vivekananda’s Voice Recording : Swami Suvirananda The Video Message in Bengali : স্বামী বিবেকানন্দের কণ্ঠস্বরের যন্ত্র-সংরক্ষণ সম্পর্কিত তথ্য | স্বামী সুবীরানন্দ | বেলুড় মঠ
 

NOTICE

Employees of the Headquarters and/or branches of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math who were members of RKM Provident Fund, Belur Math and who ceased to be in employment for a period of 120 months or more are hereby notified to register claim on ‘Unclaimed’ Balances in his/her Provident Fund account. The concerned employee(s) or his/her legitimate claimant(s) are requested to submit claim form with all necessary documents/evidence in support of the claim to the respective branch centre(s)/Headquarters, where the person(s) was/were employed, for onward submission to us within 60 days of publication of this notice. Failing which, the ‘Unclaimed Balance’ shall be transferred to an Employees Welfare Fund which shall be utilized for the welfare of the employees of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math. Display of this notice in the official Website of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math shall be deemed to be due intimation served as per statutory provisions. For more details, concerned employee(s)/ legitimate claimant(s) may contact nearest branch of Ramakrishna Math / Ramakrishna Mission.

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Date: 09/02/2026                                                                    (Swami Bodhasarananda) Place: Belur Math                                                              Secretary, RKM Provident Fund

List of Employees with 'Unclaimed' Balance for 120 months or more as on 31/03/2026