Presided by
: Mann. Nivedita Didi, Vice President, VRM
& VK
We celebrated the 158th
Janma Diwas of Swami Vivekananda and National Youth Day on 12/01/2021 in a grand
manner. The programme began at 4.00 pm. It was compered by Smt.P.Jeya, Teacher
of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya.
Initially, a drama and a puppet show
on life of Swami Vivekananda were presented by South Zone Cultural Centre,
Thanjavur under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
The celebration was initiated with
an invocation song sung by Shri.Manikumar, Teacher of Vivekananda Kendra
Vidyalaya.
Shri. S.Abraham Lingom, Principal,
Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya presented the welcome address.
Teachers of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya
gave a feast to the ears of the audience through a melodious song.
Students of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya also welcomed the gathering through a welcome dance.
Mann. Nivedita Didi., Vice President.,
VRM & VK, gave the presidential address. In her address she emphasized the
following points “Raise yourselves, face the situation, bring change in
yourselves, each difficulty is a challenge, an occasion, an opportunity for you
to improve yourselves” and she also quoted
Swamji’s words “ You can bring change only by bringing change in
yourself” and “If I think I can, I can”.
Shri. P.R.Krishnamoorthiji, Organizing
Secretary of Sanskruthi Bharathi, Bengaluru and his team portrayed beautiful
rangolis as the part of this celebration.
Also there was a dance performance by
students of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya and Villu pattu by South Zone Cultural
Centre, Thanjavur.
Vote of thanks was proposed by Shri.T.Sundara
Baskar, Programme unit Officier, South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur.
The
programme concluded with Kendra prarthana.