The National Youth Day and Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav was observed with great importance and dignity on 12 January 2022 at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Purulia. The celebration started at 8.30 am by hoisting the National Flag by Swami Niyamananda ji Maharaj, a senior monk of Purulia Vidyapith. The National Anthem was sung in chorus by the inmates of Vidyapith. The statue of Swami Vivekananda was garlanded and flowers were offered at the Swami Vivekananda Birth Centenary column by the monks, the teachers and the students. A function was organized in virtual mode for the students-teachers-guardians and ex-students of Vidyapith at 3.00 pm. An educationist of repute, Swami Suparnananda, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata presided over the function. He spoke on ‘Swami Vivekananda’s Call to the Youth’. Apart from that the Headmaster of Vidyapith Swami Jnanarupananda, Swapan Kr. Bandyopadhyay, Member of the Managing Committee of Vidyapith and Md. Anwarul Haque, Asstt. Teacher spoke on the occasion. The students of Vidyapith took active part in the function by presenting songs, recitation and speeches. The main gate and the Temple were illuminated in the evening on that day.
