Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama @ Belgaum

‘DRAVYA YAJNA’ (Distribution of raw food materials to the extremely poor people)

The Second relief for the month of February was given to the identified families & individuals on 8th of February, 09.

Right now we have identified 75 families & individuals from Belgaum & nearby village areas. The total cost of providing food relief to one family comes to Rs. 400 per month. That makes the total expenditure in providing relief to 75 families to Rs. 30,000/- per month.We wish to extend this help to more numbers of family in due course of time as & when we get funds for the same.

 Any contribution however small for this noble service will be thankfully acknowledged.

Note: Cheques / DDs can be drawn in favour of ‘Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Belgaum’.

‘Donations are exempt from Income Tax u/s 80G’

TEMPLE CONSECRATION ANNIVERSARY &

5^th ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS

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RAMAKRISHNA MISSION ASHRAMA, BELGAUM

The Universal Temple of Bhagawan Sri Ramakrishna was ceremoniously consecrated on Jan 23rd 2004, the holy Jayanthi of Srimat Swami Brahmanandaji Maharaj, by Most Revered Srimat Swami Gitanandaji Maharaj, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission.

Since then every year to commemorate the consecration of the Universal Temple of Bhagawan Sri Ramakrishna we are organizing these annual celebrations. The main aim of these celebrations are to spread the life and message of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sharada Devi and Swami Vivekananda among the people, to provide the youths with higher ideals in life and also to promote Indian culture there by promoting harmony.

The Student, Youth & Devotees’ conventions are conducted every year by monks from different branch centres of the Ramakrishna Order who are invited to give talks to students, youths & devotees & inspire them to lead a noble & virtuous life. Several other spiritual leaders from other organizations as well as many notable speakers are also invited to share their ideas.

The cultural programmes are organized to spread the Indian culture & also to motivate upcoming artists. Till now several distinguished artists such as Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt. Shiva Kumar Sharma, Smt. Anuradha Paudwal, Dr. L Balasubramaniam, Smt. Kavita Krishnamurthy, Pt. Ronu Majumdar, Pt. Yogesh Samshi, Sri C Ashwath & others have performed for these programmes. We also  encourage young & upcoming artists from different music fields by inviting them to give performances in the Ashrama.

This year a 2-day celebration consisting of Student conventions, devotees’ convention, and cultural programmes was organized in the Ashrama on 31^st January & 1^st February, 2009.  A brief description of these is given below:

Day 1. Sat 31st Jan, 09

In the morning session of the first day the Students convention was organized in 2 sessions in Kannada & Marathi of duration two & a half hours each. 1,800 Students from various schools of Belgaum participated with their teachers  in these 2 sessions. All the participants were served with cooked prasada.

Special book display & sales counter was set up equipped with inspiring books useful for the students’ & youth community.  

Some images of the Day 1 of the celebrations. 

In the evening Sri Jayateertha Mevundi & accompanying artists rendered Bhajans & Abhangs in Hindustani Classical style. 700 people attended this programme. Sri Mevundi is an extremely talented & upcoming artist. He has won many accolades for his performances. He gave a very classical & entertaining performance & kept the audience spell bound with the Bhajans & Abhangs sung in his youthful voice.

To download the songs sung by Sri Jayateertha Mevundi on this occasion click on the songs (mp3) :

01 Jai jai Ramakrishna Hari..  21.47 MB

02 Roopa Pahata.Lochani..  11.02 MB

03 Kandu Dhanyanade.. 7.25 MB

04 Neene Ballidano.. 9.92 MB

05 Visava Vitthala.. 9.49 MB

06 Narayana Te Namo… 10.51 MB

07 Thumak Thumak Pag… 6.28 MB

08 Har Har Har Bhootanath.. 10.65 MB

09 Teertha Vitthala.. 13.88 MB

10 Nee Karuniso Vitthala.. 7.79 MB

  Day 2. Sunday 1st Feb, 09

Devotees convention was organized in the morning form 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Sri Swami Tridiveshanandaji inaugurated the convention. Sri Swami Nityasthanandaji, Sri Murughendra Swamiji, Sri Kumara Virupaksha Swamiji & Dr. H N Muralidhara addressed the devotees. Around 1,000 devotees attended. All the participants were served with cooked prasada.

Some images of the Day 2 of the celebrations.

In the evening Sri Ravindra Sathe, Smt Vibhavari Joshi & accompanying artists rendered the programme ‘Punya Swar’ consisting of popular Stotras, Bhajans & Abhangs in Sanskrit, Hindi & Marathi. 1200 people attended this programme.

To download the songs sung by Sri Ravindra Sathe & Smt Vibhavari Joshi on this occasion click on the songs (mp3) :  

01 Gurustuti   5.95 MB  

02 Madhurashtakam  9.15 MB

03 Jyoti Kalash Chhalake  5.48 MB

04 Runujhunu Runujhunu  5.94 MB

05 Bilvashtakam  11.17 MB

06 Shriramachandra Kripalu  7.49 MB

07 Payoji Maine  4.67 MB

08 Prabhu Tero Naam  6.44 MB

09 Janakinath Sahay Kare  9.49 MB

10 Thumak Chalat   7.97 MB

11 Divyatvachi Jetha Prateeti  6.68 MB

12 Majhi Renuka Mavuli  7.77 MB

13 Jhala Mahar Pandharinath  7.29 MB

14 Indrayani Kaathi  8.54 MB

15 Vitthai Kittai Majhe   5.43 MB

16 Anadi Duniya   6.98 MB

17 Majhe Mahera Pandhari  7.15 MB 

 With best wishes and prayers for the welfare of you all,

Yours in the Lord,

Swami Raghaveshananda

(Secretary)

‘DRAVYA YAJNA’ (Distribution of raw food materials to the extremely poor people)

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama launched a new service activity named ‘Dravya Yajna’ on 28th Dec, 08. Under this scheme we provide raw food materials to the extremely poor families & destitutes.

The food items consisting of 5 kg rice, 5 kg wheat flour, 1 kg edible oil & 1 kg toor dal will be given on monthly basis. The beneficiaries are asked to come & collect the monthly ration on a specified date. They are also provided with a photo identity card & a cloth bag to collect the food items which they have to carry when they will come again to collect the next months ration. Those who have to travel long distance or are not physically fit to come & collect, for them we will be providing food items at their place.

The first relief for the month of January were given to the identified families & individuals on 28th of December, 08.

Right now we have identified 75 families & individuals from Belgaum & nearby village areas. The total cost of providing food relief to one family comes to Rs. 400 per month. That makes the total expenditure in providing relief to 75 families to Rs. 30,000/- per month.We wish to extend this help to more numbers of family in due course of time as & when we get funds for the same.

 Any contribution however small for this noble service will be thankfully acknowledged.

Note: Cheques / DDs can be drawn in favour of ‘Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Belgaum’.

‘Donations are exempt from Income Tax u/s 80G’

The 156th Jayanti of Holy Mother Sri Sharada Devi was celebrated in the Ashrama on Thursday 18th December with due solemnity.

The pictures of Holy Mother in prayer hall & in Shri Sarada Mantapa were tastefully decorated with garlands & flower vases. so were the pictures of Sri Ramakrishna & Swamiji.

In the morning programme there were recitation of Shri Lalita Sahasranama, Vedic chanting, Special Homa, Bhajans, discourse on life of Holy Mother & Mahamangalaarati. After these cooked prasada was served to about 700 devotees who participated in the programme. In the evening there was recitation of ‘Devi Stuti’ and Bengali & Kannada bhajans were sung in praise of the Holy Mother.

 

Holy Mother’s Jayanti celebration (18th Dec, 08)

Also, like previous years, this year on Sunday 21st of December Sarees were distributed to 200  poor women as a part of the 156th Jayanti celebrations of the Holy Mother. All the recipients were also given books on life & teachings of the Holy Trio & a food packet consisting of a Bun, Banana & a sweet. Many dignitaries participated & distributed the sarees to the recipients.

21st Dec, Saree distribution to poor women.

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama is dedicated to serve the poor & needy in whatever way possible through its various service programmes.Continuing to do the same this year also we distributed blankets to 200 poor people from nearby areas & villages.

The chief guest for the programme was Sri Vishwanath Angadi (Principal district Judge, Belgaum) . Some of the other dignitaries invited were Dr. M R Chandrashekhar (Director, Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences), Dr. Ashok Murgod (District Surgeon, Belgaum), Sri Ganapathi Mathur (CEO, Cantonment Board, Belgaum) & Sri Abdul Salam Saudagar (A local businessman & a long standing patron of the Ashrama).

The distribution programme was conducted in the main prayer hall of the Universal temple of Sri Ramakrishna. Amidst the Vedic chanting the chief guest for the programme Sri Vishwanath Angadi , the other invited dignitaries & Swami Raghaveshanandaji distributed the  blankets to the poor who had been selected beforehand & were provided with a coupon for the identification. They were also given food packet consisting of a Bun, Banana & Sweet). Books on the life of Holy Trio in very simple language were also given to all the recipients.

*As a part of the Holy Mother Sri Sharada Devi’s 156th Jayanti celebration we’ll be distributing sarees to 200 poor women at 4.00 pm on Sunday, 21st December 2008 in the Ashrama.

‘Donations in cash or kind for the celebrations & the Service activities will be thankfully acknowledged.’