96 years of The Vedanta Kesari

'The Vedanta Kesari' a cultural and spiritual monthly in English published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai since 1914 is now available in a DVD and for Digital download from the Ramakrishna Math, Chennai website. The magazine started at the behest of Swami Vivekananda, as the Brahmavadin in September 1895 under Sri Alasinga Perumal and later came to be called The Vedanta Kesari: the Lion of Vedanta since 1914 is an Encyclopedic Treasure House of Vedanta. The DVD contains all the articles published from May 1914 to December 2009 a period of 96 years with 14,300 articles by 2,400 authors in 48,000 pages. The DVD can be searched by Articles, Authors, Year wise or using keywords.

The DVD was released at a function on Saturday, October 9, 2010 in Chennai. The photographs of the release function are available here. The DVD has been beautifully produced by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai with digitization and programming by SriRanga Digital Software Technologies ltd., Srirangapatna, Karnataka.

To purchase the DVD online from the estore click here.

To purchase the digital download from the estore click here.

To read the Vedanta Kesari issues online or for subscription information click here.

Great Thinkers on Ramakrishna-Vivekananda

Great Thinkers on Ramakrishna-Vivekananda published by Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park, Kolkata 700029, Pages : 210, Price : Rs. 60 is now available for Download (free soft copy) or Read online from Belur Math website.

The book is divided into 4 parts, which can be read online consisting of

Title and Contents,

Great Thinkers on Ramakrishna,

Great Thinkers on Vivekananda and

Biographical sketch of the Great Thinkers.

This book first published in 1983 as "World Thinkers on Ramakrishna-Vivekananda" containing the thoughts of eminent world personalities and edited by Swami Lokeshwarananda is now made available online for the benefit of all those who want to know more about contribution of the Ramakrishna - Vivekananda to the world civilization.

One can purchase the above book online from Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata or Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai websites.

Another link about 'Great Thinkers on Ramakrishna-Vivekananda' available on Twitter @chetanhegdem

Voice Recording of Swami Vivekananda: an article in Vedanta Kesari, August 2010

On the Internet these days we find a Voice Recording being circulated purported to be that of Swami Vivekananda. Well, was the voice of Swamiji recorded during his famous Chicago Speech? Is there a recording of Swami Vivekananda available? Is the voice being circulated on the internet that of Swami Vivekananda? We get our answers to all our questions courtesy the following article "Swami Vivekananda's Voice Recording by Shri. M S Nanjundiah" published courtesy in the August 2010 issue of 'The Vedanta Kesari' published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.

Open publication - Free publishing - More vedanta kesari

For more information on The Vedanta Kesari please visit: http://www.chennaimath.org/edownloads/emagazines/vedanta-kesari

Sri Ramakrishna Math and Mission center links

For the past many days, I have been going through the Belur Math website Ramakrishna Math and Mission for information on the various branch centers addresses and activities . Being a Library professional I felt the need for consolidating all the websites under one link so that it would be easier for me as well as for others to go through all the branch center sites in one window. At the same time, I came across http://sharetabs.com which lets one add as many as 30 links to get a single link for them all. So I have put across all the links available about all the Branch Centers of Ramakrishna Math and Mission under the following 3 links for easy follow up. The links are given below:

http://sharetabs.com/?srkm or http://sharetabs.com/97s

http://sharetabs.com/?srkm1 or http://sharetabs.com/97w

http://sharetabs.com/?vedanta or http://sharetabs.com/97f

I hope it will be useful for the Devotees of Holy Trio to access all the websites from one single link.

Jai Sri Ramakrishna

Swami Vivekananda Stone-Bench Monument consecration: a report

Consecration Ceremony Photographs:
courtesy Shri. S Sudarshan, Devotee, Bangalore

Dear devotees, Namaskar.

By the grace of the Lord, the consecration of the Swami Vivekananda Stone-bench Monument function went off smoothly on Friday the 27th March 2009.

We are herewith sending a brief report of the event along with a few photographs as attachments.

With good wishes,

yours in the Lord

Swami Harshananda

Ramakrishna Math, Bull Temple Road,

Bangalore - 560019 Ph # 080 - 2661 3149, 2667 1010

Report

On Yugadi day i.e. Friday the 27th March 2009, Swami Vivekananda Stone-bench Monument was consecrated by Srimat Swami Bhaumanandaji Maharaj (President, Ramakrishna Math, Pune). The consecration was done at 7:15 AM followed by special puja, homa, mangalarathi and prasad distribution. The morning session was concluded at 12:30 PM. Around 1200 devotees attended in the morning session.

In the evening there was a public meeting where Srimat Swami Bhaumanandaji Maharaj presided and Dr. Gururaja Karjagi (Director, International Academy for Creative Teaching, Bangalore) was the main speaker. Swami Harshanandaji addressed the gathering explaining the significance of the Stone-bench. Mementos were distributed for the devotees and members who worked for this Stone-bench project. There were about 1600 devotees in the evening session.

Brief report of the Monument

When Swami Vivekananda arrived in Bangalore during December 1892 from Belgaum, he stayed at the Kalappa Choultry in the Majestic area for a few days. During that period he sat and rested quite a few times on a stone- bench attached to the front wall of the house of Sri Sugappa, a jeweller by profession. After discovering later that the sannyasin was none other than Swami Vivekananda, Sri Sugappa and his descendants preserved it carefully with all respect, as a valuable monument. This stone – bench – slab, which was sanctified by Swami Vivekananda, was officially handed over to Ramakrishna Math in January 1997

Swami Harshanandaji Maharaj's Article

Article by Swami Harshanandaji Maharaj, President, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Bangalore in courtesy of Vijaya Karnataka (Kannada daily)....

Sri Ramakrishna Sharadashrama, Ponnampet Website

Sri Ramakrishna Sharadashrama, Ponnampet a branch centre of
Sri Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission now has a website. The centre was started in the year 1927 and is located in the scenic and natural beauty of Kodagu district of Karnataka. To read more about Sri Ramakrishna Sharadashrama, Ponnampet visit the following url: http://rkmponnampet.org/.