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Swami Suhitanandaji speaking on “sadhu-sanga” On Saturday, 27 August Revered Swami Suhitanandaji Maharaj, the General Secretary of the world-wide Ramakrishna Mission Headquarters from Belur Math arrived in Singapore. He was accompanied by Swami Shubhakaranandaji Maharaj who is in charge of HQ Law at Belur Math. In the same flight, S w a m i Ta d a n a n d a j i M a h a r a j f r o m F i j i Ramakrishna Mission also arrived. It was a pleasant gathering of the interested devotees with the visiting revered monks on 27 and 28 August at the Mission campus. On Saturday, after lunch hours, the Swami visited WINGS Counselling Centre within the campus. He was received and explained by the Director Ms. Hema. Other Counsellors also interacted with the General Secretary Maharaj.
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In the evening the visiting three Swamis and two Swamis from the Centre attended as invited guests a dance-drama programme on “The Rajput Princess” Mirabai conducted by Temple of Fine Arts. The monks were pleased to witness the artistic excellence of the participants. The next day, the three Swamis were taken round of the Botanic Gardens in the early morning. This Gardens was visited by Swami Vivekananda in June 1893 on his way to Chicago for attending the Parliament of Religions. Later at 10 30 am, the Swami gave an inspiring talk about Yoga to the Yoga trainees of the 57th batch. At 5:30 pm, he delivered a Special Discourse at Sarada Hall on the “Significance of Sadhu-sanga”. 120 people attended this Special discourse programme.
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Swami Suhitanandaji Maharaj spoke about the holy company that he had with late Swami Premeshanandaji and explained several incidents from which spiritual aspirants can learn much. Swami Shubhakaranandaji Maharaj sang melodiously a few devotional songs accompanied by Sri Ritwik Ghoshal on Tabla and Sri Prateek Bose on Jalra at the beginning of the program. Earlier Swami Vimokshananda welcomed the audience. Sri Ravichandran conducted the meeting. Both the Swamis visited Kuala Lumpur on Monday, 29 August and returned to Singapore the next day. They were seen off by monks and devotees at the airport on Tuesday evening.
Beautiful Botanic Gardens Visited by Swami Vivekananda in June, 1893
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Suhitanandaji at WINGS Counselling Centre
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Suhitanandaji at Yoga Training Session
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Visit Event – Some more glimpses…
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