Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari, Branch: Bangalore ANNUAL REPORT FROM 01.04.2010 TO 31.03.2011

Karyapaddathi (Regular Activity):

Yoga Varga: 3 places with 100 people.

Swadhaya Varga: 1 places with 20 people.

Samskara Varga: 4 places with 100 children.

Yoga Satra: 14 yoga satras. 168 people benefited.

Meditation Class: 10 days meditation class organized 28 people attended the class. Every weekend meditation class going on regularly.

Anandalaya - Value based education for Economically backward class : 2 places with 78 children from class 1 to 10th standard

Free Medical Service: 12 camp organized. Nearly 780 people benefited and one operated.

Free Computer class: 54 students got trained. 2 students trained in tally.

Annadhanam: Every Sundays we are organizing Annadhanam. 960 people took part.

Bhajan Class: Anandalaya children performs bhajan in nearby 3 temples every week.

Deepa Pooja: 6 times performed Deepa pooja at Kendra and nearby 2 temples. Nearly 600 people performed pooja. Deepa pooja conducted at 2 slums, nearly 75 ladies attended.

Shiva Pooja: On Shivaratri Day Shiva Pooja performed nearly 180 people performed Pancha Limga Pooja.
Education Aid distributed to 400 students in this year. 7 cycles distributed to needy children.

Utsavas:

Gurupoornima: Gurupoornima utsava celebrated at 2 places.

Universal Brotherhood Day celebrated at 3 places with 700 people. Sri Jagadish Bapat, Professor Amrutha Institute of Technology. Anandalaya children and samskaravarga children performed cultural programmes.

Sadhana Diwas: 19th of November all karyakartas gathered and took their daitwa. 70 karyakartas are attended.

Geeta Jayanthi: celebrated at 3 places. Sri Srinivasaiahji was the main speaker in this event. At Vidyaranyapura center we celebrated Geeta Saptaha.

Samartha Bharata Parva/ Vivekananda Jayanti: 8 places organized vivekananda Jayanthi and Viveka Sandesha – Exibition on Swamiji’s life and message. Nearly 8000 peoples attended the programme. On 12th January, Smt. Sabita Rao. Retd. Professor talked about Samartha Bharat and achievements of bharat in different field.

Other festivals:

Sri Krishna Janmastami, Mahashivaratri festivals celebrated in grand manner.

On Rathasaptami Day, 101 Samuhika suryanamaskar performed by all yoga participated, anandalaya children. 128 people performed suryanamaskar.

Swadhaya Copmetition

At 3 colleges we organized swadhaya examination on the life and message of swami vivekananda. 128 students wrote the examination.

Cultural competition:

On the occasion of U B Day and Samartha Bharata Parva, organized cultural meet at school and college level. Patriotic song, Essay, Quiz, Drawing, Rangoli, Elocution and Drama on incidents from the life of Swami Vivekananda are the main topics in the cultural meet. 980 students from 18 schools and 58 students from 3 colleges participated.

On 18th December, we celebrated Anandalaya Annual Day.

Sports meet: On occasion of Swami Vivekananda Jayanti, organized sports meet, 98 students from 9 schools participated in kho-kho match. Annual anandalaya Sports celebrated in the month of December.

Free Bhratanatya class: 18 students learning classical dance.

Ref : http://www.vkendra.org/vkBangalore-ANNUAL-REPORT-March2010-April2011