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News & Notes from Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Kothar centre Vrindaban Sevashrama Vivekananda's Ancestral House Cultural Centre 53 The Vedanta Kesari June 2019 Headquarters

The ancestral house of Swami Trigunatitanandaji Maharaj in Kolkata was recently acquired by the Order. After the restoration work, the house has been named Ramakrishna Math Swami Trigunatitananda Memorial. It was inaugurated by Srimat Swami Vagishananda Ji, one of the Vice Presidents of the Order, on 17 April. RKMVERI (our deemed university) will be conducting classes and other activities at the memorial.

Ramakrishna Math (Kathamrita Bhavan), Kolkata, till recently a sub-centre of Ramakrishna Math (Shyampukur Bati), has been made a full-fledged branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur.

Srimat Swami Smaranananda Ji Maharaj, President of the Order, visited Baranagar Math on 28 April and laid the foundation stone for the proposed dispensary-and-non-formal-school building at the centre’s nearby campus on Ratan Babu Road. Srimat Swami Vagishananda Ji, Swami Suvirananda, the General Secretary, and about 300 monks and 3000 devotees attended the programme. 125 th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Addresses at the World’s Parliament of Religions

The following centres held programmes mentioned below:

Antpur: Public meeting (350 devotees); Gadadhar Ashrama: Lecture (200 students and teachers); Kankurgachhi: Spiritual Retreat ( 446 devotees); Mangaluru: Lectures in 10 colleges in April ( 2150 youths). Values Education & Youth Programmes 2700 students and 100 teachers participated in 14 programmes in Purulia district at Bagda Math. 1745 teachers and 93 principals participated in workshops in 12 cities at Delhi Centre. 195 students took part in three programmes, & 56 bank officials participated in a Human Excellance Workship at Rajkot Ashrama. Shraddha Tyaga Nirbhaya Pavitrata Satya Ahimsa Jiva Seva Desha Bhakti

Guest of Honour

Sri Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, visited Varanasi Home of Service on 18 April. News of Branch Centres (in India)

Four of our degree colleges have secured good positions in the ranking list for the year 2019 announced by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, on 8 April. The colleges and their rankings are as follows:

Sl. College National Rank State Rank 1. Vivekananda Centenary College (Rahara) 8 1 (West Bengal) 2. Vidyamandira (Saradapitha) 11 3 3. Residential College (Narendrapur) 15 4 4. Arts and Science College (Coimbatore Mission) 59 18 (Tamil Nadu) Medical Relief

On the occasion of Nath Shashthi MelaAurangabad centre held a medical camp at Paithan, the birthplace of the Sant Eknath in Aurangabad district. 4047 patients were treated.

Vadodara centre conducted a free BMD (bone mineral density) test camp for 162 persons.

Vrindaban Sevashrama held a urology-cum-general-surgery camp in which 10 specialist doctors checked 320 patients and performed 63 surgeries.

Through 11 centres in India the Order conducted Eye Camps where 6268 were treated, 486 given spectacles, and 1074 operated. Swachchha Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign)

Mangaluru Ashrama conducted the following activities in April: (i) four cleanliness drives in Mangaluru involving 1550 volunteers, and (ii) awareness campaigns for 25 days in which volunteers reached out to 1360 households in different parts of Mangaluru

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city, spreading awareness about waste management. Fire Relief:

In response to fire accidents where huts were burnt down N a r o t t a m N a g a r c e n t e r distributed household items to 4 families at Deomali Township in Arunachal Pradesh.

Baranagar Math distributed clothes & utensils to 34 familes.

Cyclone Relief:

A cyclonic storm hit Khulna district in Bangladesh on 9 April. In response to the calamity, Bagerhat centre distributed 1000 kg rice, 100 saris and 100 lungis among 100 families.

Distress Relief:

Through 21 centres in India the Order distributed 25989 sweaters, 2865 jackets, 582 blankets, 29290 shirts, 19787 trousers, 151 saries, 3407 tops, 100 dhotis and 222 school bags.

Flood Rehabilitation:

Kerala: In the aftermath of the floods that had hit Kerala in the month of August, Tiruvalla centre helped victims to rebuild their 3 new houses as well as repair and renovate 11 houses in Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha districts.

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Vol.106. No.6 The Vedanta Kesari (English Monthly) June 2019. Regd. with the Registrar of Newspapers for India under No.1084 / 1957. Postal registration number:TN / CH (C) /190 / 2018-2020. Licensed to Post without prepayment TN/PMG(CCR)/WPP-259 / 2018-2020. Date of Publication: 24 th of every month; Posted on 27 May 2019

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