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Yamuna, Krishna, Kaveri and other Chennai
rivers. Brni. Bhavana Chaitanya, Chinmaya Tarangini organized
Brni. Sowjanya Chaitanya and
a spiritual retreat for 30 sincere
Brni. Viraja Chaitanya conducted
sadhaks from Dec. 20 to 26, 2017.
the program and chanted mantras.
Swami Ramakrishnananda ex-
About 1,000 devotees took part in
plained the Adhyasa Bhashya of
the program, which concluded with Brahma Sutra, with audio-visual
prasada. In the evening, a proces-
aids to facilitate an easier under-
sion of Lord Rama, Sita, Lakshmana
standing of the subject. Yoga classes
and Hanuman seated in a silver
and ‘Meditation on the Seashore’
chariot passed through the main
were enjoyed by all.
streets of Rajampet for two and a
half hours.
Madurai, T.N.
Tamil Isai Sangam, Madurai,
organized talks by Swami Siva-
yogananda from Jan. 6 to 8.
Swamiji’s explanations of the 570
songs of Saint Pattinathar inspired
the 900-strong audience. Swamiji
drew parallels from various texts
like the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita,
Tirumandiram, Tirukkural and the Swami Sivayogananda explains a point at
songs of Bharathiyar. his yajna in Madurai.

VIDYALAYA NEWS

CIRS, Coimbatore, T.N. emphasized the influence and
exponential growth of IT and its
Swamini Vimalananda inaugu- effect on education. Dr. Rajaram
rated ‘Sutantra Goshti’, a seminar Sharma talked on the ICT
on IT for Chinmaya Vidyalayas at Curriculum, Sri Supreeth Nagaraju
Chinmaya International Residential delineated the ‘Past, Present and
School (CIRS), Coimbatore, from Future of IT in India’, Sri Sudhakar
Dec. 4 to 8, 2017. Ninety-six Ramakrishnan gave a bird’s eye-
delegates from 52 Vidyalayas and view of ‘Past, Present and Future
Vision Schools participated in the of IT in the World’, Sri Shiv Dewan
seminar. Swamini Vimalananda and team threw light on ‘Careers

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