Pratap Simha recalls Rabindranath Tagore’s words on Swami Vivekananda to Romain Rolland Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has said that the Viveka Memorial that is coming up on Narayana Shastri Road will be like a ‘Kalasha’ (crown) to Mysuru. He was addressing the gathering at the foundation laying ceremony for Viveka Memorial in city yesterday….
After November 2019, I was hibernating (or was it hiding?) in my house afraid of the rakshasa (demon) called COVID-19. It was only in the last two months I chose to attend selected public functions. I attended one such selected public function yesterday. It was the foundation laying ceremony for Swami Vivekananda Memorial Cultural Youth…
A painful journey. When is the arrival? It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”…
Mysore/Mysuru: Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, which is being held as National Youth Day, was celebrated across city this morning. As part of the 160th birth anniversary of the wandering monk, Sri Ramakrishna Ashram had organised a function at Cheluvamba Park. It was inaugurated by Sri Ramakrishna Ashram President Swami Muktidanandaji by offering floral tributes to…
Mysore/Mysuru: Observing that Swami Vivekananda’s preachings and ideas are like an ocean of thoughts, Swami Sarvajayananda of Mysuru Ramakrishna Ashram said that Vivekananda had always advocated that anything concerned with India’s development should take place on the strong foundations of Dharma and Spirituality. He was delivering a special lecture at the launch of ‘Yuva Saptaha’…
Mysore/Mysuru: “Swami Vivekananda led an inspiring life and his life was devoted to public services, serving humanity and upliftment of society. We should try to inculcate his teachings in our lives and try to be better human beings and citizens,” said University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar. He was speaking after inaugurating…
“Failing to propagate Swami Vivekananda and Sir M. Visvesvaraya’s achievements is nothing but opposing nation’s growth” Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that failing to propagate the preachings of Swami Vivekananda and achievements of Sir M. Visvesvaraya to the coming generation is akin to opposing the nation’s growth, acclaimed writer and Saraswati Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa opined that…
Mysore/Mysuru: Voluntary blood donation, garlanding idol and felicitation marked the 158th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda which is celebrated as National Youth Day, in city this morning. At a function organised at Mahajana First College, Dr. B.S. Manjunathswamy, Additional Deputy Commissioner, called upon the youths to develop the habit of questioning as it was panacea…
Mysore/Mysuru: Samartha Bharata, as part of Swami Vivekananda’s 158th birth anniversary, had organised a walkathon with the theme ‘Be Good—Do Good’ in city this morning. More than 200 persons took part in the walkathon, which was flagged off by City BJP President P.S. Srivatsa in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at 6 am. The participants,…
Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached is a slogan popularised by Swami Vivekananda, whose giant-size cut-out now stands tall in the beautifully laid-out Vivekananda Railway Park at Vontikoppal Traffic Signal Junction near Sri Lakshmi Venkataramanaswamy Temple and next to the Railway Hospital on KRS Road, Mysuru. This neglected piece of land…
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