Vedanta Center of St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

This centre, founded in 1959, was made a branch of Ramakrishna Math in 2006. Swami Ishtananda is its minister-in-charge.

Activities:

• A library and a book showroom.
• Prayer, meditation and worship at the shrine.
• Sunday service and weekday classes.
• Spiritual retreats round the year.
• A week-long summer retreat held annually at a state park in Tennessee situated in the Appalachian Forest Range of Roan Mountain.
• Accommodating devotees visiting the center from distant places in two houses.
• Special services on the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda, and festivals like Durga Puja, Shivaratri, Easter, Christmas, etc.
• Helping local homeless population round the year.
• The Swami participated in interfaith meetings and paid visits to other cities of Florida and neighboring states on a regular basis to conduct spiritual classes and retreats.