SingaSpeaks A PERIODIC NEWSLETTER FROM THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION, SINGAPORE
ROAR 55 | SINGAPORE | SATURDAY | 8 APRIL 2017
Bangkok Twin Birthday Functions The Ramakrishna Vedanta Association of Thailand (RVAT) organised the twin Birthday celebrations of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda on Saturday 18 March 2017 at Lotus Hotel in Bangkok. More than 150 distinguished invited guests attended the well organised function. The RVAT had invited two monks for the function. One was Swami Bodhasarananda, an Assistant General Secretary of the worldwide Ramakrishna Mission Board of Trustees from the Headquarters at Belur Math, India and Swami Vimokshananda, President of the Singapore Ramakrishna Mission.
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The programme began with a Welcome Ceremony where Vedic mantras were chanted by Devdip Bhowmik, Sanghamitra Naik, Roma Karmakar, Sumona Das and Anita Bose. The President of RVAT Sri Sathit Pawa gave an Introductory Speech. The Special Guest on the occasion was Sri A Ramu DCM, officiating for Ambassador of India to Thailand. To mark this special day RVAT launched two books ‘Thoughts of Power’ and ‘A Short Life of Swami Vivekananda’ in Thai language. These were introduced by Dr Phramaha Somphong Khunakaro the Philosophy Prof of IBSC.
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