Activity report of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya Kallubalu

14 students from VKV Kallubalu attended Samskara Varga Prashikhan Shibir in VK Mysore from 29th March to 1st April. On 1st April Bhoomi pooja was performed to construct Road cum rain water harvesting. Adaraneeya Lalita didi, Adaraneeya Gayathri  didi, Krishnamurthyji [Engineer] and staff were present.
From April 2nd to 12th  Adaraneeya Gayathri didi, Vivekananda  Kendra karyakartha taught Shlokas and prayers to the staff and students. From April 2nd to 12th Adaraniya Gayatri didi conducted workshop on Doll making for students and staff based on the theme Ramayana.  On 13th April on the occasion of Sri Rama navami , from 5:00 am to 6:00 pm Akhanda Ram Nam Japa was conducted.  Important episodes from Ramayana was exhibited by arranging the dolls.  On 14th April Dr. B R Ambedkar jayanthi was observed. On the same day from Pre-kg to class IX Parents–teachers meeting was held in our Vidyalaya. After the meeting  Annual result was announced. Progress reports were given to  the parents. 250 parents received the Progress reports.
From 15th April Personality Development Camp was started. Different activities are:
1. Spoken English
2. Learning on computer
3. Dance
4. Doll making
5. Mallakamba etc. 35 Students attending regularly.
Extra classes were conducted for selected students from class 8th , 9th  and 10th on  Mathematics. 10 students attended.  On 19th April, Adaraneeya Lalita didi and 5 teaches attended a day’s workshop at Priya didi’s, house Attibele. Topics : Lesson plan [enquiry method] and different activities in the class room. On 29th April Art and craft workshop was conducted in Government Higher Primary School Jalahalli, Bengaluru, by students and staff.  On 30th April Karnataka S S L C board announced the result through internet.
Appeared 24
Distinction 02
First class    16
Second class 02
Highest score 92.48 %
School Result 83.03%

Rural Development Programme September Month Activities

1.  “Sri Rama Jaya Rama” Mantra was chanted during Deepa Pooja, Shivalinga Pooja and daily by our Balwadi school children, cultural class students and during monthly meetings by our Balwadi teachers and Social Workers. Every month nearly 7, 83,069 times mantras were chanted in 84 localities.

2. Through 74 Balwadis, 1,898 rural Children were nurtured.  In all the Balwadis, Malt along with hygienically prepared highly nutritive lunch with vegetables was served during the day. And in the evening vitamin-rich cereals were provided to the children.

3. In our Medicare Programme, 2019 patients were examined and treated for various common ailments, through 14 Rural Medical Centers in Kanyakumari, Nellai and Thoothukudi districts.

4. Eye camps were conducted at 2 places, in Kanyakumari, and Nellai districts in which 477 were treated for their eye ailments and 95 were operated for cataract. 78 persons given  eye drops and 49 persons given spectacles.

5. In 179 Samskara Vargas, 7568 students participated.  The students were taught about the values of Indian Culture, through games, lectures & lessons.  The feelings of oneness were strengthened among participants, through patriotic songs and games.

6. Under Adopt a Grannie Programme, 28 destitute and old people were provided with monthly solatiums, in the form of rice, dhal, oil, etc., for their livelihood and 109 persons provided rice only, in Southern four districts of Tamilnadu.

7. Monthly Deepa poojas were organized in 229 village temples in five districts of Southern Tamilnadu, in which 11323 ladies participated and offered prayers for the welfare of self, family and the society.

8. Under Amrita Surabhi Scheme, our Kendra workers collected 1011 Kgs of rice from  Thoothukudi and Ramnad and Virudhunagar districts.

9. Through various branch centers, including Thoothukudi A.O. and book stalls, literature books were sold for Rs. 58,949 /-

10. Vivekavani Subscriptions for 149 were collected.

11. 80 women are being benefited in 4 Self Help Groups in Kanyakumari district.     

12. Yoga Varga has been conducted at 01 places,  Kovilpatti and  Aruppukottai in which 14 persons attended.

13. 4 tailoring units are functioning well in Nellai & Kanyakumari districts with the total attendance of 81.

14.  Shivalinga Poojas were conducted at 03 places in Kanyakumari District and 214 members participated.

15. Durga Pooja was conducted at 02 places, in Kanyakumari District in which 142 devotees participated.

16. Rural Block level competitions was held in all the five districts as detailed belows:

Total No.of.competitions – 10

No.of.Schools – 74, Students – 1828

No.of.Parents – 50, Teachers – 100

17. Urban District level competitions held at Aruppukottai

No. of Schools – 16, Students – 232

No.of.Parents – 30, Teachers – 29.

18. Universal Brotherhood day celebration was held on 11.09.14 in 69 places in southern five districts and nearly 3133 people participated.

19. Parents Meeting & Mathru Pooja was conducted in Ramnad district at 7 places.

20. 1008 deepa pooja was conducted in Kommadikottai in Thoothukudi distict where 1225 people participated.

21. Navarathiri Sri Sakthi Yagna Pooja celebration was held during 25.09.14 to 03.10.14 . The Poojas were held in a 9 places around Thoothukudi and nearly 225 people participated.

22. Youth camp was conducted at Kovilpatti in Gownian Mat. School 37 students from Hr.Sec. Schools and Colleges participated.

23. Balwadi teachers training campwas held between 11.09.2014 to 20.09.2014. Teachers from Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi & Ramnathapuram districts 28 teachers attended the camp. During the camp all the teachers were well trained.

This month, we have distributed the rice which was collected through Amrita Surabhi and Anna Pooja to Balwadi children, old poor people and the institutions as mentioned below :

1.   Hindu Primary School  Thirumalapuram                   -   100 Kgs

2.   Avwai Ashramam - Sivasailam                     -   100 Kgs

3.  Mounagurusamy Maha Samathi Beedam,

                Lakshmipuram                -   100 Kgs

4. Chithralaya Sevalayam Chitharal                         -     50 Kgs

5.  Mounagurusamy madam, Thootioodu                -    100 Kgs

6. Mahathma Ganthi Arakattalai - Vasudevanallur                                -    100 Kgs

7. Anbu Aasiramam - Tiruchendur                                            -     50 Kgs

ACTIVITY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL AND MAY-2014 MYSORE

Regular activities: Yoga varga- 26 people, Swadhaya varga-14 peole- topic Sadhana of Service. Bhajana every Saturday. 

PAHELIKA– Cultural examination: 

621 first grade college students from  Govt College K R Nagra, Govt Arts College , Hassan and AVK College, Hassan  wrote examination on Life and Message of Swami Vivekananda.

Personality Development Camp:

10 days personality development camp held from 3rd April to 12th April 2014. Yoga , patriotic songs, bhajan, talks on great people, group discussion, games, story telling  etc are the main events in camp. Sri C V Gopinathji, Retd. Additional secretary , Govt of India, Dr A S Cgandrashekar, President V K Mysore, Smt Padma  took boudhik session. 43 students participated in camp.

Sanskrit Sambhashana Shibir: 

10 Days Sanskrit sambhasahana shibir held from 25th April to 4th May 2014. 12 students attended the shibir.  Col. Kumarswamiji, Sanskrit bharati mysore took class. 

Kendra Parichaya Shibir:

On 25th May 2014, one day Kendra parichaya shibir organized at Mysore. 16 people from Mysore city attended the shibir. Yoga, samskara and Swadhaya varg, Bhajan, games conducted for participants. Dr. A S Chandrashekar talked on Rock memorial and Ma, Eknathji. Powerpoint presentation on Rock memorial construction and Kendra activities shown to participants. 

Rural Development Programme in April 2011

With the motto of "Siva Bhave Jiva Seva" Vivekananda Kendra Rural Development program taking various activities. Here are the highlights of Activities in the Month of April.

Through 74 Balwadis, 2,043 rural Children were nurtured. In all the Balwadis, Malt along with hygienically prepared highly nutritive lunch with vegetables was served during the day. And in the evening vitamin-rich cereals were provided to the children.

In our Medicare Program, 6,912 patients were examined and treated for various common ailments, through 15 Rural Medical Centers.

In 230 Samskara Vargas, 6,912 students participated. The students were taught about the values of Indian Culture, through games, lectures & lessons. The feelings of oneness were strengthened among participants, through patriotic songs and games.

Under Adopt A Grannie Parent Programme, 20 destitutes and old people were provided with monthly solatiums, in the form of rice, dhal, oil, etc., for their livelihood and 45 persons provided rice only, in five Southern districts of Tamilnadu.

Deepa Poojas at were organized in 270 village temples in five districts of Southern Tamilnadu, in which 11,366 ladies participated and offered prayers for the welfare of self, family and the society.

Under Amrita Surabhi Scheme, our Kendra workers collected 1,401 Kgs of rice from Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Ramanathapuram and Virudhunagar Districts.

80 women are being benefited in 4 Self Help Groups in Kanyakumari district.

Swadhyaya Varga was organised, one each in Arupukkottai and Ramnad, in which 50 persons participated.

Yoga Varga has being conducted at three places in Thoothukudi, Ramnad and Aruppukottai in which 62 persons attended.

3 tailoring units are functioning well in Valliyoor district and 1 in Kanyakumari district with the total attendance is 93.

Shivalinga Poojas were conducted at two places in Kanyakumari District and 104 members participated.

Durga Pooja was conducted at one place, in Kanyakumari District in which 102 women participated.

Chanting of Sri Rama Jaya Rama Mantra was held during Deepa Pooja, Shivalinga Pooja and also daily by our balwadi school children, cultural class students and during monthly meetings by our balwadi teachers and Social Workers. Every month nearly 5, 01,870 times mantras were chanted in 84 localities.

Swami Vivekanandar pictures were pasted in 80 houses in villages of Aruppukottai District.

Swami Vivekanandar Vizha was celebrated at three places during this month in which 420 people participated.

Gita Jayanthi was celebrated in 7 places & 955 persons attended the function.

Saraswathi didi Memorial Day was observed on the 15th of this month at our Kanyakumari, Valliyoor, Kovilpatti, Ramnad Kendra’s 71 Balwadi schools. PAYASAM & bananas were distributed to the student s of 71 Balawadi schools.

On April 14, 2011, Anna Pooja was conducted at two places in Thoothukudi namely, Sri Kaliamman koil, Karapettai and Ganapathy temple, Chidambaram Nagar. About 4,800 kgs of rice was collected and over 200 devotees graced the occasion. The rice was put as a heap and the idol of Annapoorni was placed on top of it for the puja, where Annapoorni Ashtothram and 11th Chapter of Bhagavath Gita were recited. Smt. Gowri Rajasekar – Kendra well wisher graced the occasion by her presence and also gave a lecture on Pancha Maha Yagnam. She briefed about the family and the importance of its welfare. She also quoted the importance of empathy and benefits that could be reaped.

These two months we have distributed the rice which is collected through Amrit Surabhi and Anna Pooja to Balwadi children, old poor people and also the following institutions, educational institutions etc., as follows:

1. Sri Sarada Devi Anbu Illam, Nagercoil - 100 Kg.

2. Mouna Gurusamy Madam, Thottiyodu - 200 Kg.

3. Avvai Ashram, Sivasailam - 200 Kg.

4. Hindu Middle School, Thirumalapuram - 400 Kg.

5. Hindu Middle School, Kalanthapanai - 100 Kg.

6. Jothi Primary School, Kumbikulam - 100 Kg.

7. Balwadi child and Grannies - 5,175 Kg.

Personality development camps were conducted one each in the districts of Valliyoor & Ramnad where 25 and 58 participated, respectively, whereas, a total of seven camps were conducted in the district of Aruppukottai and 313 participated.

Report of the Activities of Vivekananda Kendra Hyderabad-2010-11

Namaskar,

We are happy to present the report of activities of Vivekananda Kendra Hyderabad for the year 2010 – 11. (April to March)

• Kendra has 4 centers in Hyderabad at Ameerpet, Dilsukhnagar, Baghlingampalli and Kachiguda
• This year we could organize / conduct more than 200 programmes and classes in which more than 15,000 people participated / got benefitted.

Daily Programmes -

• Usually we start the day with Pranayama and Meditation Class of 45 minutes, which sets the Day for us.
• Followed by, two sessions of Yogasanas at Ameerpet and one Session at Dilsukhnagar, Immediately followed by Classes on Spoken English etc.
• Again in the evening regular Yoga/Pranayama Classes at Ameerpet , Dilsukhnagar andKachiguda are conducted. Followed by personality development /spoken English advanced course at Ameerpet.
• A regular, free coaching class for the class ten students is conducted at Dilsukhnagar.

Weekly and Monthly programmes-

• Apart from regular programmes we could conduct many weekly/Monthly programmes of Satsang,Bhajans Sandhyas, Free Medical camps, Eye camps, visits to Old age homes and orphanages , Deep Poojas etc. Competitions for school and college students, personality development camps etc were also conducted from time to time.

Occasional Programmes-

• All celebrations like National Youth Day, Universal Brotherhood Day, Sadhana Diwas, Gita Jyanti, Shankara Jayanti etc were conducted with full piety and grace.
  

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Ref : http://vivekanandakendrahyderabad.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post.html

Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation Activity Annual Report

Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation Activity Annual Report at http://www.vkendra.org/vkvvf-annualreport-arpil2010-march2011

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VKVVF Annual Report 2010-11

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

Activity Report of Vedic Vision Foundation : January 2011

CLEEBRATION OF REPUBLIC DAY

This year The Republic Day coincided with Swamiji’s birthday in the Indian Calendar and the day was celebrated emphasizing the significance of both. Respected Lakshmi Didi hoisted the flag. After the Rashtra Geet the emphasis shifted to Swamiji.

Firstly to acquaint the gathering, which included Sishuvihar children, their family members, a number of yoga participants and our regular team of well wishers, with Swamiji’s life ,a short documentary on Swami Vivekananda’s life was shown. Those who had not seen the Vishwa Bhanu Exhibition were asked to visit the same during the small tea break that followed. After this the elders were asked to pick up small chits containing thoughts of Swamiji, contemplate on it and speak a few words. This was appreciated by many of the participants who felt that the thoughts they chose exactly fitted what they wanted for themselves. The finale was a grand lunch where the variety of dishes were brought by the participants.. The day was a grand success

SPIRITUAL RETREAT

A two days’ Spiritual Retreat (21 & 22 JANUARY 2011) was conducted with Srimad Swami Nirmalanandagiriji as the Acharya. This was more of an Adhyatmic Study class on the theme “Pravritti and Nivritti” based on Bhagavad Gita. From the morning of 21^st to evening of 22^nd devotees got the golden opportunity to be with Swamiji. There were five lecture sessions each day from morning 7:00am to night 9:30pm, with short breaks for breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. After dinner usually a question answer session was kept so that devotees could get their doubts cleared. On the 22nd evening the retreat ended with Guru dakshina. About hundred devotees attended. All of them preferred to stay in the campus making it a residential retreat and giving us the confidence to organize more in depth studies of this kind in future.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA JAYANTHI CELEBRATION

A whole day programme was kept on the 29 January 2011. The morning session was used to conduct Patriotic Group Song and Folk Group Song competitions. Six schools participated. A total of 80 children took part.

In the public programme organized after lunch Prof. Radhakrishnan from Palakad, who has started a vibrant youth forum called Vivekananda Darsanika Samajam and well versed in Swamiji’s literature was invited as the Chief Guest. Dr N,M. Vijayan, Kendra’s long standing well-wisher, presided. The day was also celebrated as the Annual Day of our Sandeepani Sishuvihar. Apart from the main speeches there was also a cultural show by the children of Sandeepani Sishuvihar and Samskar varga. There was a beautiful yoga Demonstration by about twenty two children from HDPY School which won much appreciation.

Two rolling shields were kept for the best school in patriotic song and folk song. The shield for the Patriotic Song was claimed by the H.D.P.Y. Public school and the one for the Folk Song went to Sri Sai Vidya Niketan. Nine meritorious children were given scholarships on the occasion.

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Activity Report of Bangalore Branch : January 2011

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

We are happy to publish Activity Report of Bangalore Branch for month January 2011.

Karya Paddathi

• Yoga Varga : 3 places 85 participants


• Samskara Varga : 4 places 200 partcipants


• Swadhaya Varga : 1 place 10 partcipants

Yoga Satra : 2 place 22 partcipants

Anandalaya : Daily 2 places going on with 90 students and 4 teachers.

Annadhanm : Every Sundays – average 150 children

Bhajan Sandhya : Every Week Anandalaya Children conducting Bhajans at 3 temples and every Saturday at Kendra.

Samartha Bharat Parva ( 25th December 2010 to 27.01.2011) & Vivekananda Jayanti

On January 1st we observed the Kalpataru Diwas. On January 3rd, 11th and 27th, organized Viveka Sandesha – Life and message of Swami Vivekananda in R T Nagar, Vijaya Nagar and Sultanpalya. Nearly 2000 people came and saw the exhibition.

On 7th January 2011, Deepa Pooja was conducted at Shiva Temple, Sultanpalya . 48 people attended the pooja. On 21st January 2011, at Kendra 16 mahilas took part in the pooja.

On 12th January, Swami Vivekananda Jayanti celebrated at Kendra. Swami Gangadharanji presides the program and Smt. Sabita Rao, Retd. Professor talk on the life and message of Swami Vivekananda. Anandalaya boys and girls given some cultural events. 200 people attended the celebration. Same Day , we celebrated Vivekananda Jayanthi at Sheshadripuram college also. Sri Raghu, Welwisher of Vivekananda Kendra was the main speaker. 160people attended the celebration.

On 14th January, Inter school patriotic song, Rangoli, Quiz on Ramayana and Mahabharat and Drama based on Incidents from Life of Swami Vivekananda organized at Kendra. 480 students from 12 schools and 2 colleges participated.

On 16th January, Inter school Kho-Kho competition organized. Sri Kumar Head Master, inuagarated the match. 10 teams from 8 schools participated in this event.

On 23rd Swami Vivekananda Jayanthi celebrated at Viveka Nagar Vistar. 51 people attended, Sri Kanakaraju spoke on Swami Vivekananda in Tamil.

In Vidyranyapura Vistar we celebrated Vivekananda Jayanti on 26th. Dr. T Gopal, was the chief guest. 68 people attended the celebration. Same day there was a Karma Yoga Shloka Sangraha competition. 19 students chanted the shlokas.

Bharat Matha Pooja performed on 26th January. 73 mahilas chanted Vishnu Sahasranama and Lalita Sahasranama shlokas on that day, at the end all offered flowers to Bharath Matha.

Swadhya Examination : On29th January, 50 students from Lalbahabur Shastry Govt College wrote the examination on Swamiji’s life and message.

Republic Day celebrated on 26th, Dr. K C Mishra, Principal of M B A College spoke on the Day.

Free Computer Class : 9 students taking training.

4 cycles given to students. Educational aid distributed to 75 students.

Programmes for the month of February 2011

1. New batches of Yoga class starts from 7th February 2011
   (Morning 5.45 to 6.45 , 10.30 to 11.30 and 6.00 pm to 7.00pm)


2. Ratha Saptami – Samuhika Suryanamaskar on 10th February.


3. Deepa Pooja programme on 13th February


4. Sri Ramakrishna Jayanthi on 18th February


5. Anandalaya Parents Meeting on 20th February


6. Meditation Class


7. Medical Camp on 27th February.

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For more information about various activities at Vivekananda Kendra Bangalore Branch, please drop an email to bangalore[at]vkendra.org or call at (080)-23630773.