The Order on the March News & Notes from Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission
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Sree Ramarkishna Ashrama, Burdwan, a private centre, has now become a branch centre of the Ramakrishna Order and will function as a sub-centre directly under the supervision of the headquarters. Swami Suvirananda Ji, General Secretary of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission presided over a meeting held on 24 August to mark this taking over. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Ashram, Kasundia, Howrah, became a branch centre of the Ramakrishna Mission on 10 August. Pinon Hills Retreat, where Hollywood Vedanta Society, USA, was conducting some activities for the last few years, has now been made an official sub-centre of the Society.
125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Addresses at the World’s Parliament of Religions, Chicago, USA Various programmes were held by the following centres: Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata: Youth Convention (90 students); Baranagar Math: Two talks (153 students and teachers); Coimbatore Mission: Cultural competitions at 10 schools / colleges (1222 students); Cooch Behar: Youth Convention and Devotees’ Convention (400 people); Hyderabad: Programmes in 54 schools (19,000 students); Mangaluru: (i) Seminar (630 delegates), (ii) Lectures in 8 colleges (3340 youths); Nattarampalli: Students’ Conventions in 2 rural schools (1100 students), and short motivation talks at 22 rural schools (1000 students); Pune: (i) Seminar (425 people), (ii) Musical play in Thane on the life and teachings of Swamiji (1200 people); Rajkot: Convention (700 people); Taki: Seminars in 2 high schools (356 students); Bagerhat, Bangladesh: Devotees’ Convention (600 devotees); Lusaka, Zambia: Special Talk (85 people); Mymensingh, Bangladesh:
Mymensingh, Bangladesh
(i) Devotees’ Convention (700 devotees), (ii) Cultural Competitions (250 students).
News of Branch Centres As part of its centenary celebrations, Salem Ashrama held the following programmes in July and August 2019: (i) Vivekananda Ratha visited 159 educational institutions and other public places in Salem, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts, (ii) Cultural competitions in which 1579 students from 29 schools participated, (iii) Programme for 470 housekeeping staff in a hospital, (iv) Women’s Convention attended by 800 paramedical students and devotees. Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (deemed university) inaugurated on its Belur campus a three-year degree course on Indian Heritage and Philosophy on 30 July, the sacred birthday of Swami
