Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Memorial
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Memorial
A Branch Centre of Ramakrishna Mission Headquarters, Belur Math

Spiritual Activities

Programmes on Value Education for managers, executives, teachers and students are organised from time to time in the Ashrama premises and educational institutions. Competitions on Speech, Essay etc are organised every year on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's birthday and the prizes are given to successful candidates. Felicitation ceremony for giving prizes to the brilliant students is also held every year.

47 seminars and organised through which 12,761 participants benefited as per details given in order to provide value-oriented education, special programmes on 'Total Personality Development' are organised in the educational institutions, comprising of talk on 'Personality Development' followed by question-answer session and meditation session. These programmes are receiving great appreciation.

163 Programmes were organized through which 62,633 students benefited.Pictorial Exhibitions comprising 40 panels on Life and Teaching of Swami Vivekananda were organised in 126 educational institutions through which 1,06,755 persons benefited.

Puja & Celebrations

Worship of Shri Ramakrishna and Evening Aratrikam are organised daily. Shri Ramanama Sankirtan is held on every ekadashi day. Spiritual discourses on every Sunday as well as on special occasions are delivered one-hour before the evening prayer. Birthdays of Shri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other direct disciples of Shri Ramakrishna are celebrated and festivals like Ramanavami, Shri Krishna Janmashtami, Buddha Purnima, and Christmas Eve are also celebrated. Spiritual Retreats are organised occasionally.

Bhajans & Discourses

The monks of the Ashrama go to various places for preaching the universal message of the Holy Trio During the period 386 discourses (Average attendance _171 ) were delivered in the ashrama and 732 lectures (Average Attendence _ 343 ) were given outside the ashrama in order to equip the people with the art of living and in order to enable them to get peace of mind in daily life.

Bhajans & Discourses

The monks of the Ashrama go to various places for preaching the universal message of the Holy Trio During the period 386 discourses (Average attendance _171 ) were delivered in the ashrama and 732 lectures (Average Attendence _ 343 ) were given outside the ashrama in order to equip the people with the art of living and in order to enable them to get peace of mind in daily life.

Shanti Rath (A Mobile Bookstall)

A Mobile Van (Shanti Rath) containing such literature goes from village to village and from school to school to preach the universal message of Shri Ramakrishna and the character-building message of Swami Vivekananda among the students and villagers. Books and Photographs on Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda are distributed free of cost or at concessional price. 'VIVEK' Notebooks brought out as a part of Value Education Programme are becoming quite popular. Last year more than one lakh Notebooks were sold at concessional price. The total sale of literature including Vivek Notebooks, Photos etc was more than Rs. 25 lacs last year.

National Youth Day

About 1200 boys and girls from standard 10th to college, with dignitaries of Porbandar took part. After the run a special meeting was held on same ground. Special message for youth was given by all the guest and me.Short life of Swami Vivekananda book was distributed to all participants and Guest. Winners of Run were given prizes in the forms of shields and books of Swamiji.