Samartha Bharat Parva started with state
level online Gita chanting competitions for students from Classes I to VI. The
12th chapter of Bhagavad Gita was chosen for the competition. 80 students from
12 schools from all over Kerala participated. The concluding function was on
Gita Jayanthi day on the 25th December with an hour long online programme.
Online Bhajan Sandhya was conducted on 30th
December. 29 families took part. Mainly the youth of
Kodungallur, who are either the relatives or those who
are in samparka with the regular yoga varga karyakartas, participated in
the hour long online Bhajan Sandhya held from 6.30 pm to 7.30pm. Matru
puja was conducted on 3rd of January. 6 senior children actually performed the
puja at Anandadham. The rest of the children mainly tiny tots of Sishuvihar and
Samskarvarga children performed it online through Zoom meet. 14 families were
present.
Online state level Solo
patriotic songs was also conducted in two categories.70 students from
10 schools all over Kerala registered and 46 of
them participated. Each participant had to send the video of
their song based on which the judges gave their remarks. 4 local yoga
practitioners from Kodungallur and nearby areas, accompanied by the fulltime
workers of VKVVF attended the Yoga Sastra Sangamam to enrich themselves in the
yoga way of life.
Swamiji Jayanti
The Yoga Varga members of the
morning batch were addressed by Ma. Lakshmi Didi who explained to them
mentioning about the life and message of Swami Vivekananda about the need
of the hour. Along with one's own mental, physical and spiritual health, one
has to be aware about the health of the society too. Then only one can
call oneself as 'men with capital 'M'. An online one and a half hour programme was arranged from 11 a.m. to 12.30.
50 people, including students who participated in the patriotic song competitions,
along with and their family members, other local karyakartas and well-wishers
were present.
The programme started with invocation by local karyakartas Smt
Anumol and Kum Lakshmi. Kum Drishya our Samskarvarga sikshak and her two little
sisters sang a melodious song on Swami Vivekananda. Sri Sudhakarji welcomed all
who were attending the programme, introduced Ma. Lakshmi Didi. The winners of
the patriotic song competitions beautifully presented their songs. Ma. Didi in
simple but powerful words introduced Swamiji and His message, his
expectations from the students and youth of India. Smt Mridula Manoharan a very
close well-wisher gave away the vote of thanks after the announcement of the
prize winners. The first prize winner of category I (class V to VII) was
Kum Purnima K Manoj of Bhavan's Vidya Mandir Elamkkara. Prize winners
would receive their prizes through post and E- certificates would be
sent to all the students who participated. Programme ended with shanti mantra.
