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The 110th Annual General Meeting of the Ramakrishna Mission was held at Belur Math on Sunday, 15 December. Srimat Swami Smaranananda Ji Maharaj, President of the Ramakrishna Order, chaired the meeting. In all, 139 monastic members, 62 lay members and 81 associates attended the meeting. The birthday of the Holy Mother was celebrated at Belur Math on Wednesday, 18 December. Thousands of devotees attended the celebration throughout the day. Cooked prasad was served to about 32,000 devotees. Swami Balabhadrananda chaired the Public meeting held in the afternoon. As a sequel to the year-long celebrations of the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago addresses, an All India Alumni Meet of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission educational institutions was held at Belur Math on 28 and 29 December. Srimat Swami Smaranananda Ji Maharaj inaugurated the event and Swami Suvirananda Ji, General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Order, welcomed the delegates. All the five Vice-Presidents of the Order addressed the different sessions of the two-day Meet. Sri Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, and a number of distinguished alumni from various walks of life shared their views. In all, 2000 lay alumni, 150 monastic alumni, 300 other monastic brothers and 700 guests took part in the Meet.
Srimat Swami Smaranananda Ji Maharaj dedicated the newly built assembly-cum-prayer hall at Jhargram centre. Srimat Swami Shivamayananda Ji, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Order, inaugurated the coaching centre building, named Saradalaya, at Coimbatore Math. A special worship and public meeting were held at Kasundia centre, Howrah, on 22 December, the janma-tithi of Swami Shivananda, to mark the taking over of Ramakrishna Vivekananda Ashram and starting of a branch of the Ramakrishna Mission there. The General Secretary presided over the meeting which was attended by nearly 300 monks and 2000 devotees. Sri Prahlad Singh Patel, Minster of State for Culture and Tourism, Government of India, inaugurated a 4D Virtual Reality (VR) short film on Swami Vivekananda at Vivekananda House of Chennai Math. The film with an immersive experience of water, aroma,
February 2020
News & Notes from Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission
53 The Vedanta Kesari
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