Ananda Nagar News for December
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Ananda Nagar News (December, 2018) Contents: Twenty four hours Kiirtan Saplings of Farm Department Baby Naming Ceremony Education Training Camp Inauguration of new Dam Workers Relief Camp Three hours Akhanda Kiirtan Visit of Margiis and Chilren Home girls Jangal Mahal Festival Dharma Maha Sammelan Twenty four hours Kiirtan 24 hours Akhanda Kiirtan held at Pundag Bazaar on 1st & 2nd December with collective meal served. Baby Naming Ceremony On 5.12.2018 Naming Ceremony for two babies was held at Damrughutu village, Ananda Nagar. On this occasion there was three hours Akhanda Kiirtan and collective lunch served to 500 well-wishers. Page 2 Inauguration of new Dam A new dam with bridge at Dimdiha-Ghagra Village of Ananda Nagar was inaugurated on 8th December. Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) of Jhalda Sub Division of Purulia District and BDO of Joypur Block of Purulia District presided over this event. The inauguration started with collective sadhana in the early hours of the day. The SDO and BDO distributed 300 blankets to the nearby villagers and finally everyone took part in collective meal. The accumulated water will be useful for agriculture. Three hours Akhanda Kiirtan Three hours Akhanda Kiirtan held on 9th December at Patamjuri Village of Ananda Nagar with collective meal. Page 3 Jangal Mahal Festival Jangal Mahal Festival in Joypur was organised by the Joypur Block Development Office of Purulia District on 11th December. Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha of Ananda Nagar was invited to perform at the cultural programme at this local festival. RAWA (Renaissance Artists and Writers Association) Uma Nivas Girls’ High School presented two songs and four dances of Prabhat Samgiita. The audience appreciated the excellent performances. Page 4 Saplings of Farm Department Ananda Nursery of the Ananda Marga Farm Department has many varieties of saplings of flowers and fruit trees which are available for sale now. Education Training Camp Education Training Camp for Ananda Marga Primary School teachers was held from 16th to 19th December at Ananda Nagar. Prof. Sobhen Duyai,Teacher in Charge of Vijay Pal Memorial B.Ed College was a special guest giving a presentation. Prof. Samiranjan Adhikari, Education Department of Sidhu Kanoh Birsa University of Purulia gave a presentation on Education Psychology and Dr. Somnath Roy, Principal District Institute of Education & Training, Purulia presented a session on Creative Learning. The participants were inspired by the informative and useful classes. Page 5 Workers Relief Camp Workers Relief Camp was held from 21st to 25th December. The camp for men was held at Ananda Nagar and for women at Kotshila. The daily routine included warm ups, PT exercises, parade, martial arts, games and collective Svaccha Bharat (clean India) social services. Page 6 Visit of Margiis and Chilren Home girls Margiis from Norway, Kolkata and Children Home girls of Tatanagar visited Dimdiha-Ghagra check dam, Dead Volcano and Nava Cakra cave on 25th, 26th December 2018. Dharma Maha Sammelan (DMS) Dharma Maha Smmelan was held at Ananda Nagarfrom 29th to 31th December. 72 hours Akhanda Kiirtan was held from 28yh evening to 31st evening and Margiis participated with full devotion. Margiis came from all over the world.Many Margiis visited the renowned and historical places like Asti Hill, Nava Cakra cave, ancientJain temple at Deulghata, the birth place of the first philosopher Kapil near Jhalda etc. A free kitchen served food for about 9000 persons. 300 blankets were distributed at the surrounding villages of Ananda Nagar. Page 7 A medical station was set up near the pandal (huge congregation tent) by Abha Seva Sadan and many villagers and participants benefited. Charming Prabhat Samgiita Cultural programmes by Music College Uma Nivas were staged on all the three evenings. Discourses of MGR on all the 3 days were inspiring the gatherings. Photo 1-5: Cultural programme, Photo 6: Discourse by MGR Shrii Kingshuk Ranjan Sarkar, Photo Photo 7-8: Margiis awaiting in queue for taking food and 9:Margiis taking food. Page 8 N.B.: All monthly Ananda Nagarnews are now available in website -: http://www.Ananda Nagar.org Published by – Ac Narayanananda Avadhuta, Rector Master, Ananda Nagar Contact No. +91-7076432596 / +91-75969-85799 E-mail : [email protected] Face book page: https://www.facebook.com/Ananda Nagar.purulia.westbengal/ .