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Revered President Maharaj was admitted to Peerless Hospital, Kolkata, on 17 May for the treatment of old‑age ailments.  After recovering, he returned to Belur Math on 24 May.

Swami Gautamananda ji will be visiting Pune, Kolhapur and Belagavi from 2 to 12 June, Madurai from 16 to 18 June, and Agartala from 23 to 29 June.

Swami Suhitananda ji is in Mayavati.  He is scheduled to return to Belur Math on 7 June after visiting Shyamlatal.  Later, he will be visiting Chandigarh, Shimla and Lucknow from 16 to 25 June.

Swami Bhajanananda ji is at Belur Math.

Swami Girishananda ji is in Assam, from where he is scheduled to return to Belur Math on 9 June.  Later, he will be visiting Jamshedpur and Ghatshila from 21 to 30 June.

All of them are keeping well.

Our rural development unit in Sakwar, which was till now a sub-centre under Mumbai Ashrama, is now made a full-fledged branch of the Ramakrishna Mission.  In this connection, a formal programme was held on 28 May which was presided over by the General Secretary.  The address of the centre is “Ramakrishna Mission, Village Sakwar, P.O. Khanivade, Taluka Vasai, Dist. Palghar, Maharashtra 401303”, phone number: 72490 62061, email id: [email protected] and website: rkmsakwar.org

Basavanagudi (Bengaluru) centre was running a rural unit at Venkatapura village for a few years.  This rural unit is now upgraded to a full-fledged branch of the Ramakrishna Math.  Its address is “Ramakrishna Math, Neralekunte, P.O. Venkatapura, Taluk Pavagada, Dist. Tumakuru, Karnataka 561202”, phone number: 90252 81884 and email id: [email protected].

Taki centre has discontinued its telephone number: 234473.  It has a new mobile telephone number: 94342 42530.

Auckland centre, New Zealand, has launched a website with the address: www.vedanta.nz

Digboi centre has changed its website address from <www.rkmdigboi.org> to digboi.rkmm.org

The concluding function of the 125th anniversary of the Ramakrishna Mission was held at Balaram Mandir on 1 May under the auspices of the Headquarters.  The benedictory addresses of Revered President Maharaj and Swami Gautamanandaji were read out. Swami Suhitanandaji presided over the function. Swami Bhajananandaji, Swami Girishanandaji, the General Secretary, a few senior monks, scholars and dignitaries spoke at the function. About 200 monks and 2300 devotees attended the function.

The following centres conducted programmes mentioned against their names:

India

Ahmedabad: A musical concert and narayana seva (feeding poor people) formed part of the celebration held on 30 April and 1 May.

Almora: Three seminars for school, college and university students were held on 10, 11 and 12 April in which about 300 students participated.  The subject of the seminars was ‘changes and opportunities in the present employment scenario’.

Basavanagudi, Bengaluru: A seminar on the ideals and activities of the Ramakrishna Mission was hosted from 12 to 14 May; about 500 students and devotees took part.  The General Secretary addressed the gathering on 12 May through a recorded video.

Chengam: A public meeting was conducted on 4 May, attended by 230 devotees.

Chennai Math: Swami Gautamanandaji chaired a public meeting on 1 May which was attended by 250 people.

Chennai Students’ Home: A public meeting under the chairmanship of Swami Gautamanandaji was hosted on 1 May.  The Tamil version of the documentary ‘Blooming Lotus of Humanity’ was released on the occasion.

Contai: A two-day residential youth camp was held on 20 and 21 May in which 71 students from 9 colleges took part.

Cooch Behar: A special lecture was delivered on 14 May before 250 devotees.

Halasuru: Music programmes were hosted on 17 April and 1 May which were attended by 150 people in all.  Also, on 1 May, a spiritual retreat was conducted in which 150 devotees took part.

Hyderabad: (i) A workshop on the theme ‘Evolve through work’ was held on 8 April in which 35 business and industry professionals took part, (ii) A public meeting comprising special talks and screening of a video was conducted on 1 May.  About 700 youths and devotees attended the programme, and (iii) An intrafaith conference on ‘Unity in Diversity’ was hosted on 27 May in which about 1000 devotees of various traditions participated.

Indore: A residential youths’ convention was held from 12 to 14 May in which 60 youths took part.

Jalpaiguri: Special worship, a colorful procession and discourses were conducted on 1 May which were attended by 1200 people.  The second phase of the programme held at a public auditorium on 8 May comprised a discourse and a drama on the Ramakrishna Mission.  About 700 people attended the programme.

Jhargram: A public meeting was conducted on 1 May and was attended by 325 people.

Kadapa: The centre hosted a satsang at its city centre on 23 April wherein 60 devotees took part.

Koyilandy: A public meeting was conducted on 1 May which was attended by 160 devotees and students.

Lucknow: A classical music programme was held on 30 April in which renowned musicians gave performances. The concert was attended by 350 devotees.  On the next day, a public meeting was conducted which was attended by 500 people.

Madurai: A teachers’ training programme was held from 15 to 17 May in which 45 teachers took part.

Medinipur: A two-day residential youth camp was hosted on 20 and 21 May in which about 100 students participated.

Narainpur: Special worship, a procession and a public meeting were held on 1 May.  About 1200 students and 200 devotees and staff participated in the programme.

Purnea: Hosted a public meeting on 1 May, attended by 40 devotees.

Rajkot: An intrafaith conference on the theme ‘Unity in Diversity – a special feature of Hinduism’ was conducted on 30 April; 550 people attended the conference.

Ranchi Morabadi: The centre hosted a three-day programme from 13 to 15 May comprising public meetings, youth programmes, prize distribution and cultural events.  In all, about 2000 people attended the events.

Shillong: Sri Phagu Chauhan, Governor of Meghalaya, was the chief guest at the celebration held in Vivekananda Cultural Centre on 27 April.  Nearly 1800 students took part in the event which comprised special lectures and cultural programmes.  Further, a youths’ convention and devotees’ convention were conducted on 29 April and 30 April which were attended by 300 youths and 200 devotees.

Silchar: Special lectures were delivered followed by bhajans on 1 May; 150 devotees attended the programme.

Thanjavur: Hosted a students’ convention and a teachers’ convention on 30 April and 12 May respectively at two educational institutions in Thanjavur.  The conventions were attended by 850 students and 75 professors.  Also, nama sankeerthanam (congregational singing) was held on the premises of the famous Sri Brihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur on 1 May.

Visakhapatnam: A public meeting was conducted on 30 April in which 100 devotees took part.

Outside India

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Swami Gautamanandaji presided over a public meeting held at Batticaloa sub-centre on 20 May.  Also, a Tamil book and an audio CD were released on the occasion.

Mymensingh, Bangladesh: A programme comprising mainly a special address was hosted on 5 May.

Sydney, Australia: Brisbane sub-centre conducted two events: (i) A Harmony Day programme on 18 March in which many government officials and other dignitaries took part, and (ii) A multifaith programme on 30 April where representatives of various religions spoke on Sri Ramakrishna’s message: ‘As many faiths, so many paths’.

The results obtained by the Secondary (Class 10) and Higher Secondary (Class 12) students of our schools are given below.

CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education)

School	Exam	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	3rd Div.	Compart- mental	Failed	Star Marks
Aalo	Class 10	104	69	30	2	3	–	23
	Class 12	123	98	25	–	–	–	42
Deoghar	Class 10	75	75	–	–	–	–	75
	Class 12	65	65	–	–	–	–	60
Gwalior	Class 10	88	49	29	3	7	–	19
	Class 12	120	79	6	–	27	8	26
Hatamuniguda	Class 10	77	51	26	–	–	–	12
	Class 12	98	86	10	–	2	–	35
Imphal	Class 10	91	91	–	–	–	–	89
Katihar	Class 10	113	76	32	2	3	–	44
Narottam Nagar	Class 10	38	33	5	–	–	–	21
	Class 12	32	31	1	–	–	–	14
Viveknagar, Agartala	Class 10	103	103	–	–	–	–	84
	Class 12	60	59	1	–	–	–	46

Viveknagar, Agartala: A class-10 student secured 1st position in the northeast region.

 

Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education /

Directorate of Matriculation Schools

Exam	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	3rd Div.	Failed	Star Marks
Chengalpattu Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Class 10	96	56	24	3	13	28
Class 12	101	74	24	–	3	24
Chengalpattu Boys’ Higher Secondary School
Class 10	157	41	66	21	29	17
Class 12	175	70	75	13	17	23
Chengalpattu Girls’ Higher Secondary School
Class 10	145	81	37	13	14	35
Class 12	143	90	42	3	8	39
Chengam Higher Secondary School
Class 10	46	37	9	–	–	23
Class 12	55	44	5	1	5	25
Chennai Math Girls’ School
Class 10	108	76	25	6	1	48
Class 12	131	96	32	2	1	40

 

 

 

Exam	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	3rd Div.	Failed	Star Marks
Chennai Mission Ashrama Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Class 10	120	85	33	2	–	36
Class 12	96	80	16	–	–	28
Chennai Mission Ashrama Higher Secondary School (South)
Class 10	76	40	28	5	3	15
Class 12	62	36	23	2	1	18
Chennai Mission Ashrama Higher Secondary School (Main)
Class 10	154	106	46	1	1	61
Class 12	174	141	28	4	1	45
Chennai Sarada Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madley Street
Class 10	33	19	8	4	2	16
Class 12	25	21	4	–	–	9
Chennai Sarada Vidyalaya Model Higher Secondary School, Burkit Road
Class 10	153	64	68	6	15	16
Class 12	218	153	30	33	2	48
Chennai Sarada Vidyalaya Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Usman Road
Class 10	229	100	52	54	23	50
Class 12	266	197	64	4	1	89
Chennai Students’ Home Residential High School
Class 10	48	37	11	–	–	16
Coimbatore Mission Swami Shivananda Higher Secondary School
Class 10	185	144	38	2	1	78
Class 12	334	282	50	2	–	167
Coimbatore Mission Vidyalaya High School
Class 10	39	38	1	–	–	25
Malliankaranai High School
Class 10	49	41	7	–	1	24
Nattarampalli Matriculation High School
Class 10	29	18	11	–	–	7
Villupuram Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Class 10	238	209	26	1	2	143
Class 12	201	195	6	–	–	163
Villupuram Matriculation School, Salamedu
Class 10	49	48	1	–	–	34

 

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education: Class 10

Sl. No.	School	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	3rd Div.	Failed	Star Marks	Highest Marks #
1.	Asansol	106	100	6	–	–	78	679
2.	Baranagar Mission	149	138	10	1	–	102	675
3.	Jayrambati	115	114	1	–	–	78	670
4.	Jhargram	47	37	10	–	–	16	609
5.	Kamarpukur	142	124	17	1	–	94	685
6.	Malda	108	108	–	–	–	103	691
7.	Manasadwip	102	71	28	3	–	36	666

 

Sl. No.	School	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	3rd Div.	Failed	Star Marks	Highest Marks #
8.	Medinipur	124	118	6	–	–	98	683
9.	Narendrapur: (a) Vidyalaya	128	128	–	–	–	128	689
	(b) Blind Boys’ Academy	13	13	–	–	–	13	617
10.	Purulia	98	98	–	–	–	98	688
11.	Rahara	237	217	20	–	–	134	673
12.	Ramharipur	132	89	40	3	–	48	663
13.	Sargachhi	105	64	33	8	–	40	670
14.	Sarisha: (a) Boys’ School	148	73	27	46	2	45	679
	(b) Girls’ School	130	106	24	–	–	49	661
15.	Taki	82	63	16	3	–	32	690

# Marks out of 700

State ranks in Class 10 Examination:

Rank	School	No. of Students		Rank	School	No. of Students
2	Malda	1		8	Kamarpukur	1
3	Malda	4			Malda	2
	Taki	1			Narendrapur	2
4	Narendrapur	1			Purulia	1
5	Purulia	2		9	Narendrapur	2
6	Malda	2		10	Malda	2
	Narendrapur	2			Medinipur	3
	Purulia	2			Narendrapur	4
7	Malda	2			Taki	1
	Narendrapur	1
	Purulia	1

 

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education: Class 12

Sl. No.	School	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	Star Marks	Highest Marks #
1.	Baranagar Mission	77	75	2	58	479
2.	Jhargram	66	65	1	51	472
3.	Malda	86	86	–	75	487
4.	Medinipur	57	57	–	48	466
5.	Narendrapur: (a) Vidyalaya	106	106	–	106	496
	(b) Blind Boys’ Academy	10	10	–	10	440
6.	Purulia	48	48	–	48	478
7.	Rahara	153	145	8	88	490
8.	Sargachhi	58	54	4	37	480
9.	Sarisha	71	71	–	54	471

^# Marks out of 500

State ranks in Class 12 Examination:

Rank	School	No. of Students		Rank	School	No. of Students
1	Narendrapur	1		7	Rahara	1
4	– do –	1		8	Narendrapur	1
6	– do –	1		9	– do –	2
7	– do –	3		10	Malda	1

 

Other Boards

Exam	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	3rd Div.	Compartmental / Supplementary	Failed	Star Marks
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh Board)
Class 10	81	61	10	–	1	9	26
Class 12	81	63	8	–	8	2	27
A Class-10 student of the above school secured 10th rank in the state.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha Board of Secondary Education)
Class 10	39	33	6	–	–	–	11
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education)
Class 10	12	12	–	–	–	–	9
Class 12	19	5	2	–	1	11	2
Indore (Madhya Pradesh Board)
Class 10	99	79	16	–	3	1	21
Class 12	73	54	13	–	5	1	21
A Class-10 student of the above school secured 9th rank in the state.
Bistupur School, Jamshedpur (Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations)
Class 10	77	77	–	–	–	–	64
Burmamines School, Jamshedpur (CISCE)
Class 10	41	35	6	–	–	–	22
Indranagar School, Jamshedpur (CISCE)
Class 10	48	35	13	–	–	–	15
Sakchi High School, Jamshedpur (CISCE)
Class 10	47	35	11	–	–	1	21
Sidhgora School, Jamshedpur (CISCE)
Class 10	168	105	47	2	–	14	105
Class 12	98	40	39	2	–	17	16
Bistupur High School, Jamshedpur, (Jharkhand Academic Council)
Class 10	83	75	8	–	–	–	31
Indranagar High School, Jamshedpur, (Jharkhand Academic Council)
Class 10	129	111	18	–	–	–	44
Burmamines High School, Jamshedpur, (Jharkhand Academic Council)
Class 10	91	81	10	–	–	–	27
Sakchi High School, Jamshedpur, (Jharkhand Academic Council)
Class 10	119	99	19	–	1	–	49
Chenab Road High School, Jamshedpur, (Jharkhand Academic Council)
Class 10	97	90	6	1	–	–	52
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education)
Class 10	13	13	–	–	–	–	11
Kalady (Kerala Board)
Class 10	171	161	10	–	–	–	103
Class 12	146	120	10	–	–	16	110

 

 

Exam	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	3rd Div.	Compartmental / Supplementary	Failed	Star Marks
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh Board)
Class 10	135	103	32	–	–	–	28
Kozhikode (Kerala Board)
Class 10	459	402	54	–	–	3	247
Class 12	179	147	12	–	–	20	84
Mysuru Vidyashala (Karnataka Board)
Class 10	104	104	–	–	–	–	103
Class 12	56	56	–	–	–	–	55
Narainpur (Chhattisgarh Board)
Class 10	178	91	75	1	9	2	25
Class 12	149	117	29	1	2	–	36
Thrissur (Kerala Board)
Class 10	181	134	38	9	–	–	39
Class 12	203	136	19	0	–	48	33
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education)
Class 10	53	36	9	3	–	5	20

(In all these figures, Star Marks means 75% or more marks, 1st Div. 60% or more marks, 2nd Div. 45% or more but less than 60% marks, and 3rd Div. less than 45% marks).

Narainpur centre hosted a sports meet from 31 March to 5 April in which 1483 students from several schools in Rowghat area of Chhattisgarh participated.  Further, the new dispensary building at the Kundla tribal development centre and the indoor stadium on the main campus were inaugurated on 20 April and 5 May respectively.

Kanchipuram centre opened a dispensary on its campus on 1 May.

Following a major renovation, Sri Ramakrishna temple at Koyilandy centre was reconsecrated on 5 May.  About 600 devotees and 40 monks attended the programme.

Kochi centre celebrated its 75th anniversary from 12 to 14 May with Sri Ramakrishna Bhagavata parayanam, bhajans, narayana seva, a public meeting and cultural programme.  Sri Arif Mohammed Khan, Governor of Kerala, was the chief guest at the function which was attended by many dignitaries, 50 monks and 200 devotees.  The General Secretary addressed the public meeting through a recorded video.

The new monks’ quarters building at Mekhliganj centre was inaugurated on 23 May.

Six students of Hatamuniguda school secured gold medals in an art competition on the theme Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) conducted by National Education and Human Resource Development Organization, Mumbai, in January 2023.

Haripad centre inaugurated a few newly built rooms on 30 April.

Thanjavur centre distributed buttermilk among 2000 devotees on the occasion of the chariot festival at Sri Brihadeeswara Temple on 1 May.

Madurai centre distributed buttermilk among 2500 devotees on the occasion of the chariot festival at Meenakshi Devi Temple on 4 and 8 May.

A new computer laboratory set up at the Vocational Training Centre of Asansol ashrama was inaugurated on 12 May.

Vrindavan Sevashrama observed the International Nurses Day on 12 May.

The newly built Vivekananda Bhavan (students’ home) at Mymensingh centre, Bangladesh, was inaugurated on 5 May.

United Nations Department of Global Communications (UN-DGC) granted the status of an associate to Vedanta Society of New York, USA.  In their role as associates, civil society groups such as the Vedanta Society help the DGC in its work of promoting global awareness and understanding of the work of the UN using various communication tools.

The following centres held programmes mentioned against their names:

Gurugram: Values education programmes which Delhi centre had been conducting regularly for many years have now been moved to Gurugram centre.

Three workshops on values education in offline mode and one in online mode were conducted from 2 to 20 May; in all, 235 school teachers from different parts of India participated.  Further, two workshops for senior citizens and two women empowerment programmes were held between 19 and 26 May in which 73 people from Gurugram took part.

Halasuru: A workshop for parents on 14 May attended by 50 people.

Hyderabad: A course for parents from 25 April to 20 May which was attended by 155 people.

Rajamahendravaram: An orientation program for parents on 21 May in which 102 parents participated.

Rajkot: A parents’ meet on 7 May attended by 250 people.

Ramanathapuram: A teachers’ training programme from 17 to 20 May in which 20 teachers serving in the centre’s school took part.

Sarisha: A two-day youths’ camp on 27 and 28 May in which 102 students participated.

Swamiji’s Ancestral House, Kolkata: A teachers’ convention on 20 May which was attended by 350 teachers of government and private schools from different districts of West Bengal.

The following centres held summer camps for students.  The programmes included chanting, bhajans, yogasanas, values education classes, etc.

Sl.	Centre	Duration of the camp		Participants		Remarks
1.	Aurangabad	1 to 10 May		97
2.	Basavanagudi	23 April to 7 May		145
3.	Belagavi	15 April to 17 May		335		In three batches
4.	Chennai Math	1 to 31 May		180		Held on the main campus
		1 to 10 May		57		Held on Vivekananda House campus
		1 to 31 May		30		Held on Meyyur campus
5.	Halasuru	14 to 21 May		45
6.	Hyderabad		10 to 23 April		142		For college students
			24 April to 23 May		1405		For school students
7.	Indore		28 to 30 April		93
8.	Kadapa		3 to 17 May		90
9.	Limbdi		1 to 6 May		120
10.	Madurai		21 April to 12 May		105
11.	Mysuru		23 to 30 April		100
12.	Narainpur		15 to 20 May		52		Residential camp
13.	Pala		16 April to 7 May		66
14.	Ponnampet		23 to 29 April		65		Residential camp
15.	Rajamahendravaram		1 to 28 May		355
16.	Rajkot		1 to 15 May		273
17.	Ramanathapuram		15 to 25 April		30
18.	Thanjavur		21 to 27 May		40		Held at City Centre
			22 to 27 May		20		Held at Village Centre
19.	Visakhapatnam		1 to 15 May		150

The following centres conducted medical camps.  A summary of the services provided by them is given below.

Bankura: Eye camps from 26 March to 24 May in which a total of 978 eye patients were screened, 157 were operated on and 111 were given spectacles.

Coimbatore Mission: Eight medical camps (1 cardiology, 1 orthopaedics, 1 dental and 5 general camps) in rural and tribal areas of Coimbatore district from 30 April to 21 May in which a total of 370 patients were treated.

Digboi: A cataract screening camp on 28 May in which 23 people were checked.

Jamshedpur: Two eye camps on 19 April and 13 May in which a total of 62 patients were screened and 15 were operated on.

Jhargram: A blood donation camp on 6 May in which 128 people donated blood.

Kamarpukur: 613 eye patients were checked, 123 were operated on and 115 were given spectacles from 28 April to 29 May.

Khetri: A total of 133 eye patients were screened and 66 were operated on for cataract in April and May.

Manasadwip: An eye camp on 28 May in which 159 patients were treated.

Mayavati: (i) A pediatric medical camp in March wherein 44 children were treated; (ii) An eye camp in April – 1123 patients were checked and 357 were operated on; (iii) A health awareness camp in which 200 students took part; and (iv) Four medical camps in villages in March & April – a total of 827 patients were treated.

Naora: (i) Eye operation camps on 8 & 28 April in which a total of 17 people were operated on, (ii) Two ayurvedic medical camps on 14 and 28 April in which 77 patients in all were treated, and (iii) A dental camp on 14 April attended by 45 patients.

Narottam Nagar: A medical camp on 21 May in which 9 specialist doctors treated 222 patients.

Porbandar: An eye camp on 12 May – 28 patients were treated and subsequently 9 were operated on for cataract.

Rahara: A medical camp at Chowberia village in North 24 Parganas district on 30 April in which 783 patients were treated.

Salem: An eye camp on 16 April in which 138 patients were checked, 37 were operated on for cataract and 39 were given spectacles.

Thanjavur: (i) Two dental check-up camps on 5 & 27 May; a total of 110 people underwent check-ups, and (ii) A medical camp on 14 May in which 30 patients were treated.

Viveknagar, Agartala: A blood donation camp on 23 May in which 51 persons donated blood.