Jagruti Cultural Competitions – 2019-20

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Jagruti Cultural Competitions - 2019-20

Concluding Celebrations of 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Historical Chicago Addresses

As a part of Concluding Celebrations of 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Historical Chicago Addresses, ‘Jagruti’ Cultural Competitions are being held by Ramakrishna Mission, Vijayawada for school students and college students in the districts of West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh from June 2019 to April 2020.

School Competitions (written quiz & recitation) are being conducted based on the book ‘Swami Vivekananda – Jeevitam, Sandesam’ (Life & message of Swami Vivekananda). Swamiji’s first day address (Response to Welcome) at Chicago World’s Parliament of Religions is included in this book. 32,391 students from 257 Schools participated in the competition. All the participants were given the above books worth Rs.3,23,910/-. 6,479 students were awarded prizes in the form of books – “Sri Ramakrishna Prabha- A students’ special edition” worth Rs.97,185/-. Laminated photos of Swami Vivekananda with quotation worth Rs.10,000/- were given to 40 schools who registered 200 or more students from their schools.

College Competitions (written quiz & recitation) are being conducted based on the book “Sri Ramakrishna Prabha – A students’ special edition”. Swamiji’s first day address (Response to Welcome) at Chicago World’s Parliament of Religions is included in this book. 7,000 students from 15 Colleges participated in the competition. All the participants were given the above books worth Rs.1,05,000/-. 700 studentswere awarded prizes in the form of books – “Swami Vivekananda – Naa Atmakatha” (“Vivekananda on Himself”) worth Rs.35,000/-. Laminated photos of Swami Vivekananda with quotation worth Rs.2,500/- were given to 4 Colleges who registered 200 or more students from their colleges. It is significant to note that all the 3000 students of one of these colleges participated in the competitions.

The above competitions were held during June – September 2019. The same will be continued upto April 2020. Apart from the above mentioned districts, the school competitions will also be conducted in the four more districts in Andhra Pradesh i.e. East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam in the coming months.