Padmasree Swami Shivanand's felicitation ceremony was held in Kolkata recently. The 127-year-old Grihi Sanyasi was present at the ceremo...
Padmasree Swami Shivanand's felicitation ceremony was held in Kolkata recently. The 127-year-old Grihi Sanyasi was present at the ceremony. The guest of honour, former Governor of West Bengal, Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen, emphasized on the harmony of all religions. He said that even though we have lot of materialistic pleasures in today's era, we are losing our sense of values which need to be saved and for this, all religions have to be coordinated. BJP's National Secretary Rahul Sinha said that it is possible to get rid of diseases only through yoga and Swami Shivanand has worked in this direction throughout his life. We all should spread traditions like Yoga, Ayurveda.
Fr.
Franklin Menzes, Pro-Vicar of the Cathedral Church, said we should be proud of
Indian traditions and should spread them. Swami Siddheshwaranand of Ramakrishna
Kathamrit Bhavan said that there is joy in renunciation and there is salvation
in service to mankind. By following the path of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Maa
Sharda and Swami Vivekananda, we can spread humanity all over the world and
further the spirit of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. Swami Achyutananda of the
International Vedanta Society said that peace can be established only by
remaining calm. Former ICCR director Gautam De said that culture is the best
way to reach out to people. Veer Chakra awardee Col. S. K. Puri said that traditions
should not be allowed to disappear.
Nine books and a CD named Aradhana were also released
in the function. Of the nine books six have been translated from Bengali to
Hindi by Gayatri Chakraborty. The books include 'Daivi Kripa Se Rog Mukti Va Samsya
Ka Samadhan' (biography of Swami Sivananda) written by Aseem Krishna Pyne,
'Ananya Vyaktitv Ke Adhikari Purv Rashtrapati Pranav Mukherjee' written by Dr.
Sushil Bhattacharya and 'Adarniya Vykativa Shyamal Kumar Sen', Samir Kumar
Ghosh's 'Amar Aami' (Biography of Chandidas Ghosh) 'Jagatjanani Shrimaa Sharda'
by Shoumik Raha, 'Anya Swaad', a collection of poems of Amritendra Hait, were
released. Apart from this, 'Vastu Ke 45 Devta' 'Navkavya Manjari' (translation
of some poems from Sanchayita poetry collection of former Governor Kesrinath
Tripathi) and 'Kichu Kovita, Kichu Gaan' composed by Gayatri Chakraborty were
also inaugurated.
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CD 'Aradhana' by Asha Audio too was released. In this, Prof. Dr. Sujay Kumar
BIswas, Amitabh Chakraborty, Soumi Majumdar, Sumit Ray & Rupa Sarkar have
given their voice. The lyrics are by former Governor Keshrinath Tripathi,
Gayatri Chakraborty, Sumit Ray. The music is by Sumit Ray, Ashok Das and the
voiceover by Amritendra Hait.
Yoga
was performed by the children and cultural programmes were also organized.
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