12-01-23
12-01-23
At Sri J.J Goodwin Memorial
At Sri J.J Goodwin Memorial
J.J Goodwin is remembered and honoured as a disciple of Swami Vivekananda to whom are owed most of the lectures of the Swami which are written down accurately. Vivekananda had said on Goodwin, He is chosen for my work. What would I do without him! If I have a mission, he is indeed a part of it.
Sri J.J Goodwin (stenographer of Swami Vivekananda) breathed his last at Ooty in the year 1898. On the 125th year of the passing away ceremony of Sri J.J. Goodwin respects were paid at the memorial by Srimat Swami Parahitanandaji Maharaj with 25 devotees and around 75 students from the Breeks Memorial All India Higher Secondary School with Rev S Christopher (CSI, St Thomas Church) and Rev Immanuel Velvendhar (CSI, St Thomas Church), Mr D Radhakrishnan, Former Senior Assistant Director, The Hindu Ooty and Mr K Saravana Chandar, Headmaster, Breeks Memorial All India Higher Secondary School.
All the dignitaries spoke about Mr J.J Goodwin and his relationship with Swami Vivekananda and why his work is so important in the life of Swami Vivekananda. The speeches gave an insight into how the stenographer helped the ex tempore speeches of Swamiji to be recorded and delivered in writing and how without his help most of Swamiji’s Speeches would have been lost.
At Vivekananda Memorial Matriculation school, Mpalada
At Vivekananda Memorial Matriculation school, Mpalada
(2.30 PM at Vivekananda Memorial Matriculation school Ground)
To commemorate Swami Vivekananda’s 161st birthday, Ramakrishna Math, Ooty conducted several competitions at Vivekananda Memorial Matriculation School on the 9th of December, 2022.
The KG classes and grades 1, 2 and 3 had Elocution competition. They had to tell a few sentences about Swami Vivekananda and a few of his Quotes.
Students from Grade 4 and Grade 5 had a story telling competition. They had to narrate a story related to the life if Swami Vivekananda.
Recitation competition was conducted for grades 6 and 7. They had to recite the Chicago address delivered by Swami Vivekananda at the World’s Parliament of religions in the year 1893.
Students of Grade 8 and 9 had a quiz competition on the life history of Swami Vivekananda. There was a written round and an oral round. The Students with the highest scores were chosen as winners.
Through these competitions the students were able to gain a thorough knowledge about the life and motives of Swami Vivekananda. They would definitely cherish this in their memories forever.
On the 12th of January at 2.30 PM prize distribution ceremony was held at the Vivekananda Memorial Matriculation school, Mpalada. The occasion was graced by Srimat Swami Raghaveshananda and Srimat Swami Parahitananda along with Mr Arjunan, the correspondent of Vivekananda Memorial Matriculation. The program started with students singing Vedic mantras. Cultural program on the life of Swami Vivekananda was played where some of the important incidents from the life of Swami Vivekananda was enacted. Next 18 students wearing Swami Vivekananda’s costume enacted Swamiji’s Quotes and speeches.
A 15 minutes each talk on Swami Vivekananda was given by Srimat Swami Raghaveshananda and Srimat Swami Parahitananda highlighting some of the life stories of Swami Vivekananda and what the students should derive from his life.
Winners of the competitions were given prizes with one shield and a certificate. A total number of 33 prizes were distributed to the winning students. Around 300 students participated in the function. The program ended with the singing of the National anthem.
