Mysore/Mysuru: The skilled and mature performance of the Kannada play ‘Mysurige Viveka Bandhavya’ by the students of Yadavagiri’s Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala enthralled the audience, who had gathered at the Open Air Theatre in Vidyashala premises for the 70th College Day celebration of the Institution Saturday evening. The play was a narrative on Swami Vivekananda’s bonding…
[Continued from yesterday] Swami Vivekananda said: “Let New India arise….. Let her arise out of the peasant’s cottage….., out of the huts of the fisherman, the cobbler and the sweeper. Let her emanate from the factory, from marts and from the markets and from groves and forests, from hills and mountains.” Can we not interpret…
Recently I was invited by Swami Muktidanandaji, head of Ramakrishna Ashram, Mysuru, to speak on Swami Vivekananda’s vision for India at the Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education (RIMSE), Yadavagiri. Produced below is an extract of that talk I thought of sharing with ‘Star of Mysore’ readers: The subject of my talk is indeed…
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…
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