Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal celebrated National Youth Day on 12 January 2023. The celebration started with Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Swami Avdheshananda Giri Maharaj, Juna Akhada Pithadhishwar, garlanding Swamiji’s statue and the distribution of fruits to indoor patients. The Chief Guest also inaugurated an advanced Department of Dentistry and the newly acquired Biochemistry & Immuno-assay Analyser machine in our laboratory. He also inaugurated a free dental camp that was organised in association with Seema Dental College and Hospital, Rishikesh. Around 100 patients were screened and treated.
Following this, a Youth Program was organized in which approximately 400 students participated. Students from nearby schools and a nursing college participated in the function by way of speeches, singing, Yoga Demonstration etc. Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giri Maharaj, Juna Akhada Pithadhishvar delivered the presidential and benedictory address.
Shri Prem Chand Agarwal Ji, Uttarakhand’s finance and urban development minister, presided over the function as the Chief Guest, and Dr. Ramesh Pokriyal “Nishank” ji, Honourable MP, Haridwar, also participated and addressed the students.
