Ramakrishna Math, Chennai

The centre was started elsewhere in Chennai in 1897 by Swami Ramakrishnananda, a monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, and moved to its present premises in 1907.

Activities:

1. Publication of books in English, Sanskrit and Tamil: 10 new titles and 334 reprints during the year; total number of titles: 1064.
2. Publication of two monthly journals: The Vedanta Kesari (in English, 111th year) and Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam (in Tamil, 104th year).
3. A girls’ higher secondary school (class 6 to 12) at Saravana Street, Mint (11 km from the Math).
4. A primary school (class 1 to 5) at Basin Bridge Road, Mint (10 km from the Math).
5. A public library with 45,172 books and 193 periodicals. The attached book bank had 10,520 books and 10 periodicals.
6. Three coaching centres at Gandhinagar.
7. Two units of Gadadhar Abhyudaya Prakalpa.
8. Five franchisee nursing training centres.
9. Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence conducted:
   a. Bala Mandir, a cultural unit for children offering bhajans, Vedic chanting, spoken Sanskrit and Audio-Visual programmes.
   b. A youth forum conducting values education programmes.
   c. A one-year Sanskrit course.
   d. Values education programmes, cultural competitions, personality development, and Yoga & Meditation programmes.
10. An allopathic-cum-homoeopathic dispensary with dental, eye, ENT, surgical, X-ray, ultrasound, paediatrics, ECG, gynaecology, physiotherapy, laboratory sections, and TB and diabetes clinics.
11. Eleven eye camps.
12. Ninety-eight general medical camps.
13. LAP rehabilitation programme benefiting leprosy afflicted persons.
14. Religious activities: Daily worship, fortnightly Ramnam Sankirtan, weekly discourses and celebration of the birthdays of the Holy Trio, Swami Ramakrishnananda, other spiritual personalities, and other festivals.
15. A slum-rehabilitation centre at Ramakrishnapuram offering coaching and computer training.

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Activities of Rural Welfare Centre at Meyyur, a village 48 km away:

1. A coaching centre.
2. A computer training centre.
3. A Sunday school.
4. A summer camp.
5. A tailoring training centre for women.
6. A dispensary.
7. Weekly medical camps (eye, dental, general, ENT and cardiac); included eye and dental surgeries.
8. Maintenance of temples in nearby villages.
9. Two organic farming camps for villagers.
10. A library with 5000 books and 2 periodicals.
11. Religious activities: Daily worship and vesper service, celebration of religious festivals and birth anniversaries of the Holy Trio and other spiritual luminaries.
12. Welfare activities: Providing meals, groceries, clothes and educational aid.

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Sub-centres:

A. Vivekananda House, Chennai
Where Swami Vivekananda stayed for nine days after his return from the West in 1897, now preserved as a memorial.

1. Vivekananda Museum: Art gallery on Indian culture, photo gallery on Swami Vivekananda, and a theatre for 3D and VR films.
2. Vivekananda Cultural Centre offers courses on:
   • Yoga & meditation
   • Thanjavur painting
   • Mridangam
   • Mala Grathana (garland making)
   • Graphic design
   • Spoken English
   • Online spoken Hindi
   • Tally-GST
   • Bhagavad Gita & guided meditation
   • Personality development, life skills and values education
3. Celebrations: Vivekananda Navaratri (6–14 February), National Youth Day, Universal Brotherhood Day, International Yoga Day.

B. Ramakrishna Math, Puducherry (started in 2022)

1. Two medical camps.
2. Religious activities: Daily worship, Sandhyarati, Ramnam Sankirtan on Ekadashi days, and celebration of the birthdays of the Holy Trio.