The Order on the March News & Notes from Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission
Jubilee Celebrations Faridpur centre, Bangladesh, celebrated the centenary of its primary school, Mahakali Pathashala, on 11 November 2018. Swami Suvirananda, the General Secretary of the Order presided over the meeting, which was attended by a number of sannyasis and former students of the school. Platinum Jubilee of Sri Ramakrishna Vidyarthi Mandiram, Bengaluru Ramakrishna Math, Bengaluru was founded by Swami Ramakrishnananda in 1903, and is sanctified by the visits of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swamis Brahmananda, Shivananda and Abhedananda and headed Aurangabad Temple consecration
January 2019
In the historic city of Aurangabad, the tourist-hub for the celebrated Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga and Ajanta-Ellora caves, a group of local devotees initiated, in early 1980’s, the establishment of the present Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Aurangabad. With the blessings of several senior sannyasis who often visited the centre, the devotees acquired the land, where the ashrama is now situated, and took up service activities. The ashrama was affiliated as a branch centre of Ramakrishna Mission on 6 June 2005. The construction of the Universal Temple of Sri Ramakrishna began in 2009, with Srimat Swami Smaranananda Ji Maharaj, then one of the vice-presidents and currently the president of the Order laying the foundation stone. The temple was consecrated on 17 November 2018 on the holy occasion of Sri Jagaddhatri Puja by Srimat Swami Vagishananda Ji in the presence of Srimat Swami Gautamananda Ji and Srimat Swami Shivamayananda Ji, the three vice-presidents of the Order. Functions including spiritual discourses by sannyasis of the Order, cultural and musical performances based on Vedantic tales, lives and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda, devotional traditions of Maharashtra was held from 16 to 18 November. A commemorative souvenir, Arghya, was also released. In all, 325 sadhus and 5000 devotees from different parts of the world participated in the celebrations.
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New Universal Temple of Sri Ramakrishna at Aurangabad
