VIVEKANANDA RATHA YATRAS

A total of 10 Ratha Yatras were launched to cover the following States and Territories: 1.Andhra Pradesh, 2.Bihar, 3.Chandigarh, 4.Chattishgarh, 5.Haryana, 6.Himachal Pradesh, 7.Jharkhand, 8.Karnataka, 9.Madhya Pradesh, 10.Maharastra, 11.Pondicherry, 12.Punjab, 13.Tamil Nadu, 14.Uttarakhand, 15.Uttar Pradesh and 16.West Bengal. 

GIVEN BELOW LINKS FOR RATHA YATRAS THAT ARE  ORGANISED BY RAMAKRISHNA MISSION CENTRES WITH THE MEMBER ASHRAMAS OF THE RAMAKRISNA-VIVEKANANDA BHAVA PRACHAR PARISHADS AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA ON THE OCCASION OF 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA:

1. Andhra Pradesh Ratha Yatra by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad: Click the Link here

2. Maharashtra Ratha Yatra by Ramakrishna Math, Pune): Click the link here & Mumbai Ramakrishna Mission : Click the Link here 

3. Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry Ratha Yatra by Coimbatore Ramakrishna Mission: Click the Link here

5. West Bengal Ratha Yatra by Ramakrishna Math (Yogodyan), Kolkata-54: Click the Link here 

6. Karnataka Ratha Yatra by Ramakrishna Math & Mission Centres in Karnataka: Click the Link here 

A Chariot of Swami Vivekananda was flagged off at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Morabadi, Ranchi by Sri Prakash Tatia, Hon. Chief Justice of Jharkhant High Court on 25th April at 9.am.

The Chariot will move through 6 States viz. Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh.

Vivekananda Ratha, Hyderabad  Ramakrishna Math 

Vivekananda Ratha, Mumbai RK Mission 

Vivekananda Ratha, Coimbatore Ramakrishna Mission 

                                                   
                                       

NEW YEAR GREETINGS

HAPPY NEW YEAR.  MAY SWAMI VIVEKANANDA BLESS YOU

Today Swami Vivekananda's Image at Belur Math 

"They alone live who live for others."-Swami Vivekananda

VIVEKANANDA WRITES AND INSPIRES US

LETTER NO.:37

Vivekananda writes

Dear……………..,*

I will give you one advice however. All combined efforts in India sink under the weight of one iniquity — we have not yet developed strict business principles. Business is business, in the highest sense, and no friendship — or as the Hindu proverb says "eye-shame" — should be there. One should keep the clearest account of everything in one's charge — and never, never apply the funds intended for one thing to any other use whatsoever — even if one starves the next moment. This is business integrity. Next, energy unfailing. Whatever you do let that be your worship for the time.

We must reach the masses. The Madrasis are good, energetic, and all that, but the land of Shankarâchârya has lost the spirit of renunciation, it seems.

My children must plunge into the breach, must renounce the world — then the firm foundation will be laid.

Go on bravely. "With the horse will come the reins". Work unto death — I am with you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work with you. This life comes and goes — wealth, fame, enjoyments are only of a few days. It is better, far better to die on the field of duty, preaching the truth, than to die like a worldly worm. Advance!

Yours with all love and blessings,

VIVEKANANDA

*[You may treat these letters as if addressed to you]

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda [Volume-V; Epistles - First Series; Letter no.: LXVI]