Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Rajamahendravaram

The Math centre was started in 1951.

Activities of the Math centre:

1. A library and a reading room with 11,907 books and 30 newspapers and periodicals.
2. Daily worship and bhajans, regular religious discourses and retreats, and celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other religious teachers.
3. A weekly study circle (15 boys).

The Mission centre was founded in 1954.

Activities of the Mission centre:

1. A charitable dispensary with allopathic and homeopathic sections, which treated 85,520 cases.
2. A mobile medical unit, which served 1,75,465 tribal people this year; the unit also conducted four medical camps in tribal areas in which 2788 patients were treated.
3. Thirty-three eye camps, in which 344 patients underwent surgery and were provided with intraocular lens (IOL).
4. A unit of Gadadhar Abhyudaya Prakalpa with 30 poor children and a unit of Vivekananda Abhyudaya Prakalpa, with 35 students.
5. Values education programmes and vocational training courses were conducted for 1506 youths. Also, summer classes were conducted for 287 students, culturalcompetitions for 5362 students and conventions for youth and devotees.
6. Welfare work by way of distributing clothes, foodstuff, etc to patients and the poor.