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AN OVERVIEW OF THE SAMITI AND ITS ACTIVITIES

In the Samiti building, the first floor houses Sri Ramakrishna Mandir, a shrine-cum-prayer hall for the Holy Trinity whereas the ground floor houses a Library-cum-Reading room and an Office-cum-Bookstall (Swami Vivekananda-Ramakrishna-Vedanta literature).

The value of the site together with the two-storeyed building in the heart of the city is about Rs.80 lakhs. SRSSN also has 40 cents of vacant land (worth about Rs.120 lakhs) for usage for service activities as desired.

In the last 41 years, a variety of programmes on the social, educational and spiritual fronts have been organised by the SRKSSN as given below.

•  In the last 25 years, with the initiatives taken by Sri Narasimha Rao S.V., SRKSSN conducted major activities in the form of Annadaana (Narayana Seva for about 600           people and Vastradaana (distribution of blankets and clothes to the patients in Govt. hospitals) every year on the eve of the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Jayanti.

• In the last 8 years, Sri Ramakrishna Divyothsavam is celebrated annually. A Swamiji from the Ramakrishna Order graces the occasion as the Chief Guest.

• Since 1984, intercollegiate events such as elocution, essay-writing, drawing, painting, music and devotional songs competitions are held on the eve of  Swami                  Vivekananda Jayanti celebrations.

•  Under the guidance of Dr.M.Mohan Raju, the President, the SRKSSN has been on the forefront in conducting a good number of health  camps in Rural/ Backward areas      for  the last 5 years even as medicines are distributed for the needy people free of cost.

• On the eve of Sri Krishna Janmashtami, “Svaraarchana” is held by conducting Group Singing and  musical concerts. Bhadrachala Ramadasu Keertanalu and other                  devotional songs are sung on Sri Rama Navami.

• Recently, “Vivekajyothi” competitions were held by the Samiti under notification to about 50 colleges (including 27 engg. colleges) in the district. SRKSS held essay-         writing, quiz, and elocution competitions based on which youth were screened at district level and detailed for the state-level competitions in Hyderabad as candidates     to undergo the semi-final and final competitions for the Rs50,000/-, Rs.35,000 and Rs.25,000/- prizes and many other awards under the aegis of R.K.Math,                     Hyderabad.

• In Oct 2009, about 50 devotees went on pilgrimage to Belurmath, Dakshineswar, Shantiniketan, Kamarpukur, Jayarambati, Antpur, Tarakeshwar, Nabadweep,  Mayapur      under the aegis of SRKSSN.

The executive committee members, general body members and other volunteers are instrumental in running the Samithi. “Seva” (Volunteer work) is the guiding motto for us. We receive no financial support from the Ramakrishna mission. The Samiti  and Nellore citizens are blessed by the occasional visits by the monks of the Ramakrishna Order The organlisation lays emphasis to help the needy children, and general student folk. The samiti  has no in-house publications which usually partially contributes to the upkeep of a few Samitis in other places such as Bapatla where the publications encompass translation into Telugu of the books by Vivekananda and other authors, songs by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, moral stories, and socially, spiritually relevant topics in Telugu as well as in English. 

The Samithi has no paid employees. The work and teaching is voluntarily done. Some teachers from the local school and college are benefited from the Samithi. A computer is available in the Samiti. All in all, it will be a very rewarding visit for anybody and it will be commendable if you join together with us for the upbringing of the Samiti's activities..  The volunteers who are very dedicated to their work are, in fact, needed.

Though not much related to this Samiti, we have pleasure to inform below the devotees about two other establishments working towards the ideals set by the Holy Trinity and for arousing the general public towards the same.

• • Another Samiti "Bhagwan Sri Ramakrishna Seva Samiti" is also run in Bhaktavatsala Nagar, NGO Colony (Near Kondayyapalem Gate), Nellore to be within the reach of the general devotees nearby.  The initiatives for establishing it were from Venkateswarlu V. (Cell:94900-80899), Inspector, Central Excise, GOI and Sarma R.O.L. (Cell:99591-38973), presently Lecturer in Gomati School, Gomati Nagar, Magunta Layout, Near Kondayyapalem, Nellore. Contact Persons are: Aravind (Cell:99633-98102), Siva Prasad (Cell:98480-21250), Narendra (Cell:94409-22777). Presently, the Arati and the Satsang are held at the residence of Sri. Aravind, Door No: 26-1-282, (Near Krishna Mandiram, Near Saibaba Mandiram) Bhaktavatsala Nagar , Nellore, Pincode: 524 004.

• There is also a Sri Ramakrishna Ashramam (Estd. 1985) with about 1 acre and a half of land located near Navalaakula Gardens (bus stop in travel by bus towards Pallepaadu village: 3rd Mile bus stop). The pvt. bus services plying from Atmakur busstand, Nellore-to-Narukuru go via the 3rd mile bus stop in Navalakula Gardens, Nellore-2. This bus stop is the approach point to reach this Ashrama. A Monk of the Ramakrishna Order by name Swami Purnananda Maharaj established it and it is in its development state. He is the Peethadhipati. The revered Swamiji was born in Karnataka and got initiation into Sannyas in R.K.Math, Tamil Nadu by His Guru Swami Chidbhavananda Maharaj.  He was educated in America. He also endeavored to establish similar Ashrams in other places such as  Nizamabad, A.P. and Bhimanarayanagudi, Gulbarga. Occasionally, Brahmachari Maharajs are also resident there.