News Bulletin: 1 June 2026

Personalia

Revered President Maharaj is in Madurai and will return to Belur Math on 7 June after visiting Ramanathapuram, Rameshwaram and Chennai. Thereafter, he will be visiting Kankurgachhi Math on 28 and 29 June.

Swami Suhitanandaji is in Switzerland. He is scheduled to return to Belur Math on 30 June after visiting England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Delhi and Kankhal.

Swami Bhajananandaji is in Vrindavan.

Swami Girishanandaji is in Chandipur and will return to Belur Math on 13 June after visiting Contai. Subsequently, he will visit Antpur, Durgapur, Deoghar and Asansol from 16 to 27 June.

Swami Divyanandaji is in Russia and will return to Kolkata on 5 June after visiting Delhi. He will visit Sarisha on 12 and 13 June, and Narendrapur from 17 to 22 June.

Swami Vimalatmanandaji will visit Kamarpukur, Jayrambati and Ghatal from 7 to 26 June. All of them are keeping well.

Headquarters

The 130th Foundation Day of the Ramakrishna Mission was celebrated at Belur Math on 1 May. Revered President Maharaj chaired the programme and gave a benedictory address. Swami Girishanandaji and about 400 other monks and devotees attended the programme.

Revered President Maharaj inaugurated Ma Sarada Bhavan, a six-storey guest house, opposite the Belur Math post office, on 16 May, the sacred Phalaharini Puja day, in the presence of Swamis Suhitanandaji, Girishanandaji, Vimalatmanandaji and many monastic brothers and devotees.

Sri Suvendu Adhikari, Chief Minister of West Bengal, visited Belur Math on 21 May. Sri Sujoy Paul, Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, visited Belur Math on 29 May.

Birthdays (August to December 2026)

Swami Ramakrishnananda	10	August	Swami Subodhananda	21	November
Swami Niranjanananda	28	August	Swami Vijnanananda	23	November
Swami Advaitananda	10	September	Swami Premananda	18	December
Swami Abhedananda	4	October	Sri Sarada Devi	30	December
Swami Akhandananda	10	October

News of Branch Centres in India

On 1 May, the sacred day of Buddha Purnima, Swami Suhitanandaji dedicated Sri Ramakrishna Sadhan Peetha, a memorial-cum-meditation hall, at the Budhui Morol cremation ground in Kamarpukur. In his younger days, Sri Ramakrishna would often meditate under a banyan tree there.

Sri Manoj Kumar Gupta, Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, visited Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, on 2 May.

Revered President Maharaj consecrated the new hostel building at Narottam Nagar centre, named Abhedananda Bhavan, on 3 May. Sri Chowna Mein, Deputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, formally inaugurated the building on 4 May.

Revered President Maharaj dedicated the newly built monks’ quarters, named Premananda Bhavan, at Dibrugarh centre on 8 May.

Belagavi ashrama held the concluding function of its silver jubilee (2000-2025) with a three-day programme comprising special worship, spiritual discourses and cultural programmes from 8 to 10 May. Swami Suhitanandaji inaugurated an exhibition on Swami Vivekananda on 9 May. Many monks and over a thousand devotees attended the programme.

An international conference on Bharatiya Samskriti (Indian culture) was held at Delhi centre, in collaboration with another organization, on 18 May. Over 400 monks representing different sects and traditions attended the event.

Revered President Maharaj inaugurated the monks’ quarters, named Swami Ramakrishnananda Illam, and a multipurpose hall at Thirumukkudal centre on 27 May.

Swami Suhitanandaji opened the renovated office at Gurap centre on 26 April.

Swami Suhitanandaji laid the foundation stone for the proposed monks’ quarters at Goa centre on 11 May. Dr Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa; Sri Shripad Naik, Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy; and other dignitaries took part in the event.

Seva Pratishthan and Vrindavan centres observed International Nurses Day on 12 May.

Revered President Maharaj inaugurated the new welcome gate at Chennai Students’ Home on 28 May.

Communication Addresses

Postal Address: Some changes have been made to the address of Gaya Ji sub-centre.
The full postal address of the centre is now:
Ramakrishna Math,
Village Jharha-Matua (near Matua Pahar),
Halka Chilore, Post Gurua,
Dist. Gaya Ji, Bihar 824205.

Phone Numbers: The telephone numbers of the following centres have been changed as shown below:

Centre	Old number	New number
Bajepratappur, Bardhaman	79080 25167	98302 93282
Habiganj, Bangladesh	29966 05545	29988 37220

Values Education and Youth Programmes

Summer Camps:

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
1.	Ballari	25 April to 5 May	60
2.	Basavanagudi, Bengaluru	19 April to 10 May	166
3.	Davanagere	25 April to 10 May	60
4.	Halasuru	26 April to 10 May	95
5.	Hyderabad	14 to 25 April 26 April to 10 May 11 to 24 May	1300 (altogether)
6.	Indore	13 to 27 March	100
7.	Jalpaiguri	9 to 15 May	48
8.	Kadapa	26 April to 10 May	115
9.	Kochi	19 to 26 April	40
10.	Limbdi	24 to 29 April	325
11.	Manasadwip	11 to 14 May	80
12.	Mysuru	13 to 19 April	60
13.	Porbandar	4 to 16 May	130
14.	Rajamahendravaram	24 April to 17 May	174
15.	Rajkot	7 to 17 May	225
16.	Tirupati	4 to 24 May	57

Other Programmes: The following centres held various programmes mentioned against their names:

Basavanagudi, Bengaluru: Two youths’ awareness programmes on 13 and 16 May, in which a total of 275 students took part.

Dhaleswar, Agartala: A values education camp on 10 May, in which 225 teachers from 35 institutions participated.

Gurugram: (i) Eighteen values education workshops for teachers, principals, professionals and youths in different parts of the country from 8 April to 23 May, in which a total of 293 people were in attendance. (ii) Six online values education programmes from 24 April to 16 May, in which altogether 205 teachers and professionals took part.

Konampatti: A values education camp on 21 May, in which 47 teachers from a local school participated.

Narottam Nagar: A youths’ convention on 5 May, in which 400 youths took part.

Rajamahendravaram: A values education programme on 3 May, in which 90 parents were in attendance.

Silchar: A two-day values education camp on 16 and 17 May, in which a total of 413 students and 78 teachers took part.

Thanjavur: A values education programme on 16 May, in which 100 teachers from a nearby school participated.

Yadadri Bhuvanagiri: A motivational programme on 26 April, in which 75 youths took part.

Eye Camps and other Healthcare Services

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

India:

Balurghat: A cleft lip and palate camp in association with another organization on 24 May, in which 15 patients were examined.

Barisha, Kolkata: An eye camp in collaboration with an eye hospital on 25 May, in which 59 patients were treated.

Chennai Math: An eye camp in Chengalpattu district, with the help of Chengalpattu centre, on 26 April, in which 79 patients were screened; subsequently, 38 were given free spectacles and 5 underwent cataract surgery at an eye hospital in Chennai.

Coimbatore Mission: Five medical camps (1 dental, 1 orthopaedic, 1 ENT and 2 general) in rural and tribal areas of Coimbatore district from 10 to 24 May, in which a total of 232 patients were treated.

Dhaleswar, Agartala: Two medical camps at West Tripura district on 9 and 23 May, in which a total of 220 patients were treated.

Digboi: A medical camp on 26 April, in which 32 patients were treated.

Itanagar: (i) A medical camp on 19 April, through which 71 patients benefitted. (ii) An eye camp on 29 April at a nearby place, in which 170 patients were screened; subsequently, 10 underwent cataract surgery at the centre’s hospital. (iii) Six blood donation camps from 5 April to 24 May, in which altogether 127 units of blood were collected.

Jammu: Two medical camps on 17 April and 23 May, in which a total of 376 patients were treated.

Jamshedpur: An eye camp on 22 March, in which 31 patients were screened; 25 of them underwent cataract surgery at a nearby hospital.

Khetri: Two eye camps on 26 April and 24 May, in which altogether 203 patients were screened; 100 underwent cataract surgery at an eye hospital in Jaipur.

Konampatti: (i) Four medical camps from 3 to 24 May, in which a total of 161 patients were treated. (ii) An eye camp in association with an eye hospital on 24 May, in which 46 patients were screened; of them, 12 underwent cataract surgery in the hospital, and 12 were given spectacles.

Lucknow: Eye camps in April: 3285 patients were examined, of whom 427 underwent cataract surgery and received spectacles.

Madurai: An eye camp on 17 May, in which 165 patients were screened. Of them, 36 were operated on for cataract in an eye hospital, and 34 were given spectacles.

Manasadwip: (i) Conducted three eye camps from March to May, in which altogether 257 patients were treated. (ii) Arranged cataract surgery at an eye hospital for a total of 37 patients from March to May.

Nattarampalli: An eye camp on 17 May: 253 patients were checked; subsequently, 102 were operated on for cataract in an eye hospital, and 48 were given spectacles.

Porbandar: An eye camp on 8 May, where 20 patients were checked; later on, 8 were operated on for cataract in an eye hospital.

Ranchi Morabadi: Eye camps from 21 April to 21 May: 189 patients were checked, and 4 underwent cataract surgery.

Salem: Two eye camps at nearby places on 3 and 17 May: in all, 210 patients were checked; 81 of them were operated on for cataract in a local eye hospital, and 29 were given spectacles.

Silchar: An eye camp at a nearby place on 14 May: 149 patients were checked; subsequently, 21 were operated on for cataract in an eye hospital.

Thanjavur: A medical camp on 17 May, in which 94 patients were treated.

Varanasi Home of Service: Medical camps in three districts of Uttar Pradesh and one district of Uttarakhand in April, benefiting a total of 806 patients.

Viveknagar, Agartala: (i) Three medical camps from 12 April to 10 May at Gomati and West Tripura districts, in which a total of 150 patients were treated. (ii) A dental cum health awareness camp on 20 May at Gomati district, by which 60 patients benefitted.

Outside India:

Batticaloa (a sub-centre of Colombo branch), Sri Lanka: Medical camps at Kiran, Sittandy and Kudumimalai in May, in which altogether 784 patients received medical aid.

Durban, South Africa: A medical camp on 24 May, in which 410 patients were treated.

School Results Bulletin: 1 June 2026

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 – Class 12)

School	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	Compart-mental	Failed	Star Marks
Aalo	101	92	9	–	–	40
Deoghar	64	63	1	–	–	52
Gwalior	83	36	–	11	36	15
Hatamuniguda	78	78	–	–	–	51
Narottam Nagar	31	31	–	–	–	14
Viveknagar, Agartala	76	76	–	–	–	57

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	71	57	14	–	–	33
Class 12	98	69	26	3	–	20
Chengalpattu Boys’ Higher Secondary School
Class 10	152	111	33	3	5	42
Class 12	179	85	70	15	9	21
Chengalpattu Girls’ Higher Secondary School
Class 10	91	68	23	–	–	28
Class 12	144	108	35	1	–	43
Chengam Higher Secondary School
Class 10	51	41	8	–	2	28
Class 12	46	39	4	1	2	22
Chennai Math Girls’ School
Class 10	95	83	12	–	–	36
Class 12	115	112	2	–	1	72
Chennai Mission Ashrama Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Class 10	137	118	18	–	1	51
Class 12	104	98	6	–	–	51
Chennai Mission Ashrama Higher Secondary School (South)
Class 10	65	50	15	–	–	9
Class 12	75	55	20	–	–	17
Chennai Mission Ashrama Higher Secondary School (Main)
Class 10	122	88	33	–	1	40
Class 12	168	120	43	4	1	48
Chennai Sarada Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madley Street
Class 10	22	17	4	–	1	8
Class 12	20	20	–	–	–	16
Exam	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	3rd Div.	Failed	Star Marks
Chennai Sarada Vidyalaya Model Higher Secondary School, Burkit Road
Class 10	147	89	46	3	9	34
Class 12	200	125	69	1	5	36
Chennai Sarada Vidyalaya Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Usman Road
Class 10	176	110	59	3	4	46
Class 12	233	185	44	4	–	67
Chennai Students’ Home Residential High School
Class 10	37	32	5	–	–	21
Coimbatore Mission Swami Shivananda Higher Secondary School
Class 10	172	151	19	1	1	117
Class 12	313	276	34	1	2	150
Coimbatore Mission Vidyalaya High School
Class 10	40	40	–	–	–	33
Malliankaranai High School
Class 10	51	49	2	–	–	27
Class 12	53	49	4	–	–	22
Nattarampalli Matriculation High School
Class 10	22	22	–	–	–	18
Villupuram Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Class 10	143	130	12	1	–	91
Class 12	113	106	7	–	–	68
Villupuram Matriculation School, Salamedu
Class 10	25	23	2	–	–	16

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education: Class 10

Sl. No.	School	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	3rd Div.	Star Marks	Highest Marks #
1.	Asansol	93	93	–	–	87	688
2.	Baranagar Mission	129	128	1	–	118	678
3.	Jayrambati	114	113	1	–	93	686
4.	Jhargram	60	42	17	1	10	604
5.	Kamarpukur	141	138	3	–	104	690
6.	Malda	135	134	1	–	124	685
7.	Manasadwip	119	113	6	–	77	679
8.	Medinipur	140	136	3	1	121	687
9.	Narendrapur: (a) Vidyalaya	134	134	–	–	134	695
	(b) Blind Boys’ Academy	12	12	–	–	12	625
10.	Purulia	96	96	–	–	96	691
11.	Rahara	240	239	1	–	222	692
12.	Ramharipur	118	115	3	–	94	684
13.	Sargachhi	122	120	2	–	83	673
14.	Sarisha: (a) Boys’ School	122	108	14	–	76	685
	(b) Girls’ School	143	128	15	–	66	670
15.	Taki	99	96	3	–	67	686

# Marks out of 700

Rank	School	No. of Students
3rd	Narendrapur	1
5th	Narendrapur	1
6th	Rahara	1
7th	Narendrapur	1
	Purulia	1
	Rahara	1
8th	Kamarpukur	1
	Narendrapur	2
Rank	School	No. of Students
9th	Kamarpukur	1
	Narendrapur	1
	Purulia	2
	Rahara	1
10th	Asansol	1
	Narendrapur	1
	Purulia	4
	Rahara	1

State Ranks in Class-10 Examination:

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	104	104	–	103	487
2.	Jhargram	67	67	–	66	457
3.	Kamarpukur	53	53	–	53	486
4.	Malda	101	101	–	98	489
5.	Manasadwip	81	81	–	58	468
6.	Medinipur	55	55	–	55	484
7.	Narendrapur: (a) Vidyalaya	121	121	–	121	496
	(b) Blind Boys’ Academy	10	10	–	10	456
8.	Purulia	64	64	–	64	495
9.	Rahara	130	129	1	98	473
10.	Ramharipur	8	8	–	7	465
11.	Sargachhi	82	81	1	57	456
12.	Sarisha: (a) Boys’ School	67	67	–	61	475
	(b) Girls’ School	104	104	–	79	472

# Marks out of 500

Rank	School	No. of Students
1st	Narendrapur	1
2nd	Narendrapur	2
	Purulia	1
3rd	Narendrapur	1
	Purulia	3
4th	Narendrapur	1
5th	Narendrapur	2
	Purulia	3
6th	Narendrapur	4
	Purulia	4
Rank	School	No. of Students
7th	Purulia	1
8th	Malda	1
	Narendrapur	2
	Purulia	1
9th	Narendrapur	2
	Purulia	3
10th	Baranagar Mission	1
	Malda	2
	Narendrapur	4
	Purulia	1

State Ranks in Class-12 Examination:

Jhargram: A class-12 student secured 1st position in the state with Santhali as the first language.

Other Boards

Exam	Students appeared	1st Div.	2nd Div.	3rd Div.	Failed	Star Marks
Bhubaneswar (Odisha Board of Secondary Education)
Class 10	49	27	21	1	–	11
Bistupur School, Jamshedpur (Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations)
Class 10	99	81	18	–	–	35
Burmamines School, Jamshedpur (CISCE)
Class 10	42	40	2	–	–	19
Indranagar School, Jamshedpur (CISCE)
Class 10	45	34	11	–	–	12
Sakchi High School, Jamshedpur (CISCE)
Class 10	37	33	4	–	–	16
Sidhgora School, Jamshedpur (CISCE)
Class 10	148	106	32	2	8	38
Class 12	52	48	3	–	1	22
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education)
Class 10	13	13	–	–	–	13
Kalady (Kerala Board)
Class 10	171	148	22	–	1	78
Class 12	168	153	10	–	5	123
Kozhikode (Kerala Board)
Class 10	381	319	47	1	14	199
Class 12	176	141	15	–	20	87
Thrissur (Kerala Board)
Class 10	177	135	39	–	3	65
Class 12	194	108	16	–	70	39
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education)
Class 10	44	42	2	–	–	35

(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).

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