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    Shrimat Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj ( Revered Vice-President Maharaj ) formally declared open the ‘Audio Visual Section’ of the Public Library of Vadodara Centre containing about 800 audio and videol CDs/DVDs on Value Education, Meditation, Scriptutes, devotional songs, etc. on December 25, 2011.

Vivek Express was received with great enthusiasm by the citizens and the students of Vadodara ( 22nd and 23rd August), Anand ( 24th , 25th and 26th August), and Ahmedabad ( 27th , 28th and 29th August). Vadodara Centre organized extra exhibitions on Life and Message of Swami Vivekananda (with Gujarati translation), Book Stalls and Inaugural Functions at above Railway Stations with the help of Railway authorities and local devotees. In spite of intermittent rains, the total number of visitors during these 8 days was approx. 45,000 and total sale of our literature was approx. 4 lakhs. The local newspapers [...]

A permanent Book Stall of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Memorial Vadodara Railway Station on platform No.1 was inaugurated on August 6, 2011 at 10.30 am by shri A K Shrivastava , Railway Divisional Manager of Vadodara Division (W.Rly.) for the benefit of thousands of passengers passing through Vadodara. Shri A k Shrivastava in his speech dwelt upon the history of book stalls which dates back to 1880 and said that Indian Railways has played an important part in the life of Swami Vivekananda, in fact the first disciple of Swami Vivekananda was Swami Sadananda who met Swamiji when he was the [...]

6 th Annual function of Vadodara Centre was organized on 18 th April, 2011 since the historic Dilaram Bungalow (sanctified by the stay of Swami Vivekananda in 1892) was handed over by the Govt. of Gujarat to Ramakrishna Mission on 18 th April,2005. The public Meeting was presided over by Swami Dhruvshanandaji Maharaj Adhyaksha, Ramakrishna Ashram, Rajkot. 111 volunteers were also felicitated on this occasion.

   175 th Birth Anniversary of Bhagwan Sri Ramakrishna Dev (1 st phase) was celebrated at Vadodara from 28 March to 27 th April. The programme consisted of lectures by Swami Bhajananandaji Maharaj, Asst Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Mission , Belur Math and other monks and eminent speakers on Bhagavan Shri Ramakrishna Dev, discourses on ‘ Shri Rama & Shri Ramakrishna ‘ based on ‘Ramacharitmanas ‘by Swami Nikhilatmanandaji Maharaj, discourses with music by Popular Kathakar Shri Dharmiklal Pandya ‘Manbhatt’ Bhajan Sandhya,’Shri Ramakrishna Leelagan’, Shri Ramakrishna Puran Katha, Film shows etc. A large number of devotees enthusiastically participated in all the programmes [...]

ALL RELIGIONS SPEAK OF HARMONY AND PEACE - P.N. Bhagwati “All religions of the world speak of harmony and peace, non-violence and truth, so there should not be any quarrel between followers of various faiths.” This was expressed by Justice P.N. Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India while inaugurating a State Level Seminar on “Interfaith Harmony for a Global civilization” organized by Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Memorial, Vadodara on 27 th March as a part of 150 th birth anniversary celebration of Swami Vivekananda.The seminar started with the prayers of different religions rendered by students of various educational institutions. Swami Bhajananandaji Maharaj, [...]

Students urged upon to follow the teachings of Swami Vivekananda to Make India Great H.E. the Governor of Gujarat, Dr.Shrimati Kamla urged upon the students to follow the teachings Swami Vivekananda and make India great in every respect, while addressing a gathering in the CC Mehta auditorium packed to full capacity in a function organised on 28/2./2011 by Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Memorial, Vadodara for distribution of prizes to the top three competitors of 27 districts of Gujarat (92) and their schools (92) who had become winners in the State Level Written Quiz Competition on Swami Vivekananda. Swami Nikhileswaranandaji, Secretary of Ramakrishna [...]

The electronic media can be an important medium for Value Education provided judiciously utilised. Thus was expressed by Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, the popular film producer and director and TV anchor while addressing the teachers, parents and students during the seminar on ‘The role of Electronic Media in Value Education on 13 th January 2011. Organised by Vadodara centre of Ramakrishna Mission in the Ashrama premises. Earlier, Pravrajika Brahmaprana, a learned nun of the Vedanta Society of Southern California, USA dealt at length on the end effect of electronic media on young minds based on her findings after many years of [...]

National Youth day was celebrated with great joy and enthusiasm at Vadodara on 12 th January 2011. A colourful procession with floats depicting various themes like National Integration, Inter-faith Harmony, Amar Bharat (Immortal India) etc., started from Vivekananda Cultural Centre and went through the main streets of Vadodara culminating at Vivekananda memorial. A large number of students, teachers, devotees and admirers joined the procession.

Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, the popular TV star, film producer and director, Pravrajika Brahmaprana, an American Nun from the Vedanta Society of Southern California, USA, Dr. (Smt) Mrunalini Devi Puar, Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and other speakers urged upon the youth to read the books of Swami Vivekananda for their total personality development and the success in life because they are ever inspiring specially for the youth. They were addressing a large number of youth gathered at C C Mehta auditorium at Vadodara during the Youth convention organised by Vadodara centre of Ramakrishna Mission as a part of [...]