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Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India was overwhelmed while visiting the historic Dilaram Bungalow (sanctified by the stay of Swami Vivekananda in 1892), on 30th March. He was happy to see the newly constructed Show Room containing huge collection of books & CDs related to Yoga, Meditation, Value Education, Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Vedanta literature etc. He stood for a few minutes in awful silence in the Meditation Hall and showed great interest in seeing exhibitions on Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda, Public Library and other activities of Ramakrishna Mission started in Vadodara. He showed great enthusiasm in greeting the [...]

A Youth Convention was organized as a part of the National Youth Day Celebration on 12th January, 2008 (Swami Vivekananda's birthday) from 8.30 am to 12.30 pm at C. C. Mehta auditorium in collaboration with The M. S. University of Baroda. The programme consisted of lectures delivered by Swami Nikhileswaranandaji, Secretary Ramakrishna Mission Vadodara, Dr. (Mrs.) Mrunalini Devi Puar, Chancellor, M.S. University of Baroda, Dr. Manoj Soni, Vice-Chancellor, M.S. University of Baroda & Prof. S.M. Joshi, PVC, M.S. University of Baroda, followed by a question-answer session. Books on Swami Vivekananda were distributed among the youths. About 500 students participated [...]

A Youth Convention was organized as a part of National Youth Day Celebration on 12th January, 2008 (Swami Vivekananda's birth day) from 8.30 am to 12.30 pm at C. C. Mehta auditorium in collaboration with The M. S. University of Baroda. The programme consisted of lectures delivered by Swami Nikhileswaranandaji, Secretary Ramakrishna Mission Vadodara, Dr. (Mrs.) Mrunalini Devi Puar, Chancellor, M.S. University of Baroda, Dr. Manoj Soni, Vice- Chancellor, M.S. University of Baroda & Prof. S.M. Joshi, PVC, M.S. University of Baroda, followed by question-answer session. Books on Swami Vivekananda were distributed among the youths. About 500 students participated [...]

The learned speakers advocated celebrating 9/11 as the day of Harmony of Religions rather than the day of destruction because on 9/11/1893 Swami Vivekananda started the process of inter-religious understanding by pointing out the harm already suffered by humanity due to fanaticism and by emphasizing the urgent need of not only tolerating but accepting all religions as equally valid paths to reach the Ultimate Reality, while discussing about the significance of the historic speech delivered by Swami Vivekananda in the World’s Parliament of Religions on 9/11/1893. The meeting was organized jointly by Faculty of Medicine, M.S. University and Ramakrishna Mission [...]

Top ten students of 10 th and 12 th std. of Gujarat Board were felicitated in the function held at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Memorial, Vadodara on 22 nd June 2008. Prof. Ramesh Goyal, Vice Chancellor, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda was chief guest and Prof. S. M. Joshi, Pro- Vice Chancellor, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda was Guest of honor they advised the brilliant students to give due importance to character development along with career development and become enlightened citizens. Distribution of shields and prizes to students was done. Swami Nikhileswaranandaji, the secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission, Vadodara [...]

Shri Vijay Nehra, IAS, District Collector, Vadodara urged upon the brilliant students (Top ten of Vadodara of CBSE Board) to dedicate themselves to the service of the Nation and Gujarat State (which is a vibrant state) apart from building up their own career, while congratulating them and felicitating them in a function organized by Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Memorial, Vadodara on 15 th June in the Ashrama premises. Earlier, Swami Nikhileswaranandaji welcomed the students, their parents and dignitaries present on the occasion and reminded the students about the message of Swami Vivekananda-“Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached” [...]

Seminar on Education for Human Excellence A seminar on 'Education for Human Excellence' was organized in collaboration with the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda on 7th December, 2006. It was inaugurated by Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj, the General Secretary of Ramakrishna Math & Mission. Dr. Manoj Soni, Vice Chancellor of M. S. University of Baroda was the Chief Guest. Swami Atmapriyanandaji, Vice-Chancellor of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University gave the key-note address. The feed back of the seminar was excellent. A large number of Deans of various Faculties of University, Lecturers and students participated. Seminar on Value Education A seminar on Value Education [...]

A conference on Gujarat Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Bhav Prachar Parishad was held on 6th December, 2006 in the Ashrama premises. It was inaugurated by Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Mission. Monks and Devotees from various parts of Gujarat participated in the conference. The representatives of various non-affiliated centres gave details of their activities and their future plans. The Heads of the centres of Rajkot, Limbdi and Porbandar presided over various sessions and guided the participants.

As per the tradition of last more than a hundred years, Ramakrishna Mission (which was established in 1897 by Swami Vivekananda to give practical shape to the teaching of his Guru - Shree Ramakrishna Paramahansa of “worshipping the divine through service to humanity”) has started relief work for the flood affected people of Vadodara and Surat from 8th August 2006. 32,235 dry food packets(weighing 7451 kg) containing ganthia, bundi, biscuits etc. and 26,500 pouches of drinking water have been supplied to the District Administration for being air dropped through the helicopter among flood affected people of Surat. 4450 dry food [...]

The historic Dilaram Bungalow, sanctified by the stay of Swami Vivekananda as a guest of the then Dewan of Vadodara in 1892, was formally handed over by the Government of Gujarat to the Ramakrishna Mission on the auspicious Ramanavami day of Monday 18 April 2005. In a grand function held at the Gandhi Nagar Sabha Gruh, Vadodara in the evening the Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Narendrabhai Modi handed over the keys of the historic Dilaram Bungalow with the official documents to Srimat Swami Atmasthanandaji Maharaj, Vice-President Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission in the presence of a large number of [...]