3.6.13

NEWS: SWAMIJI150 CELEBRATION IN TAMIL NADU

Selvi J Jayalalithaa
On 8 April, Selvi J Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, announced the creation of higher research and education centres in the name of Swami Vivekananda in nine universities of Tamil Nadu, namely Madras University, Madurai Kamaraj University, Bharathiyar University, Bharathidasan University, Mother Teresa University, Alagappa University, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Periyar University and Tiruvalluvar University.

Selvi J Jayalalithaa

Ramakrishna Math, Mumbai organized a programme on 31 May in commemoration of the 120th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s historic voyage from the Gateway of India (Mumbai) to the West for participating in the Parliament of Religions at Chicago.

Sri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India; Sri K Sankaranarayanan, Governor of Maharashtra; Sri L K Advani, former Deputy Prime Minister of India; Sri Manohar Joshi, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, and some other dignitaries addressed the public meeting held at Mumbai University.
Two books brought out on Swamiji were released by Sri Sankaranarayanan.  Besides, a small programme was held at the Gateway of India.  Altogether about 1000 people attended the programme.

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