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.’