Mysuru: Over 1,000 people took part in ‘Namothon – Run for Narendra,’ organised by Namo Bharath Mysuru to mark the 156th birth anniversary celebrations of Swami Vivekananda, in city this morning. The Run began from Akashavani Circle after garlanding the statue of Swami Vivekananda at Cheluvamba Park and offering floral tributes to the iconic spiritual…
Rally, Cycle Jatha mark Vivekananda Jayanti
January 12, 2019Mysuru: A rally of school children, cycle jatha by college students and various other programmes marked the 156th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in city this morning. People of various walks of life including children and youths paid tributes to India’s iconic spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda whose birth anniversary on Jan.12 is observed as National…
Where is Vivekananda’s India?
September 18, 2018By T.J.S. George Here is the noblest summing up of civilisational values by an Indian: I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation…
Hundreds participate in ‘Muscles of Irun’
September 16, 2018Mysuru: Marking the 125th anniversary of the iconic speech delivered by Swami Vivekananda at the All-Religion Conference in Chicago, USA, Yuva Brigade Mysuru had organised a run titled ‘Muscles of IRuN’ in city this morning with a thematic question ‘Do you have muscles of iron? Over 500 people including women and children participate in the…
Swami Vivekananda’s speech in Chicago changed the perspective of scholars abroad on India
September 16, 2018Mysuru: Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama had organised a function at its premises in Yadavagiri on KRS Road here recently to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the memorable speech delivered by Swami Vivekananda on Sept.11, 1893 at the All Religion Conference held in Chicago, USA. Speaking on the occasion, Karnataka Police Academy (KPA) Director Vipul Kumar recalled…
National Seminar on Vivekananda
September 12, 2018Mysuru: A National seminar on “Swami Vivekananda’s approach to Humanism – A Philosophy of Consolidation” will be held on Sept.17 and 18 at 10 am at EMRC auditorium in Manasagangothri. The event has been organised by the Vivekananda Chair (established in 1996) at the Post-Graduate Department of Philosophy, Mysore University. Dr. S.Venkatesh, Chairman of the…
Don’t chant Vande Mataram if you spit paan, throw garbage on roads: Modi
September 11, 2017New Delhi/Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed students across the nation from Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, this morning. Modi stressed on his Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan and said that Indians do not have the right to chant Vande Mataram if they go on to spit paan and throw garbage on roads. “As I entered, I…
Seeing God in Man…
July 5, 2017By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam This incident happened a few years ago. I was walking towards Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama in Mysore and was waiting at a signal-light to cross the road. Being a 4-way junction, the wait seemed to be a long one. It was then that I noticed a middle-aged woman selling bananas by the…
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