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SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS WEST BENGAL DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT KOLKATA 2018 - 19 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 19 This report is dedicated at the Lotus Feet of our Lord and Master Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS, KOLKATA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 19 Foreword Offering my most humble and reverential The Bal Vikas classes designed by none other salutations to my Beloved Master, Bhagawan Sri than our Divine Master, are being conducted in all Sathya Sai Baba, I extend my most sincere the Samithis of Kolkata District with an objective venerations and greetings to all. We are indeed of invoking and nurturing the inherent human blessed to place the First Annual Report of Sri values in the children so as to enable them to Sathya Sai Seva Organization, Kolkata district, become a good and responsible citizen of our West Bengal for the year 2018-19 at the Divine Nation . Lotus Feet of our Beloved Master Bhagawan Sri Bhagawan is the only source of our inspiration Sathya Sai Baba. and guide to enable us to perform the Seva. Sri Sathya Sai Organisation has its motto as However, the contribution of our Seva Dals, “Transforming self to transform the world” and the volunteers and devotees are also immensely best way to attain this is by putting into practice important to us to spread the love of Bhagawan the maxim given by Sathya Sai Baba - “Love All far and wide. Truly, pictures speak for themselves Serve All” and “Help Ever Hurt Never”. and therefore photos with the write-ups in the following pages bring forth the spectrum of the Currently, the Kolkata organization is spread activities conducted by various Samithis ad Bhajan in14 Sathya Sai Samithis and 3 Sathya Sai Bhajan Mandalis of Kolkata District during the year with Mandalis. The various activities undertaken fervor and utmost devotion. broadly covers the three main wings of the Sai Organisation viz. Service, Spiritual and We express our heartfelt gratitude and sincere Educational. The Selfless service activities thanks to the State President, Shri Sujit Prasad undertaken by Kolkata district includes serving the Lahiri - our dear Gobinda da, and his team for their poor by offering them food considering them God valued guidance and unconditional support in all (Narayan), jal chatra, vocational training, free our endeavors. Finally, with all our humility, we coaching classes, running free medical centres offer our humble gratitude at the Divine Lotus with both allopathic and homeopathic facilities Feet for giving us an opportunity to serve HIM and across the length and breadth of district, health choosing us to be a small part in His Divine awareness camps, serving and caring for the Mission. May HE shower HIS blessings on all the destitute, disaster management, gram seva, blood devotees for rendering their service at thy Lotus donation, etc. Feet. Moreover, in order to strengthen its spiritual Ever in Sai Service, foundation, different Samithis and Bhajan Pankaj Dwivedi Mandalis of Kolkata District engage themselves in District President various acts of Community, Social and Personal Sadhana SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS, KOLKATA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 19 CONTENTS Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations ......................... 2 Activities................................................................................. 8 Wings of The Organisation ............................................. 3 Specific Service Projects or Initiatives....................... 10 Administration of the Organisation ............................. 3 Important Events or Conferences .............................. 12 The 9 Point Code of Conduct and 10 Principles ..... 4 Glimpses Of Few Activities ................................... 13 Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Kolkata .......... 5 Office Bearers ........................................................ 20 Brief History .......................................................................... 5 Current Office Bearers of The District ....................... 20 Overview ................................................................................ 6 Past District Presidents ................................................... 21 Sri Sathya Sai Seva Kendra .............................................. 7 SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS, KOLKATA 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 19 Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations The Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, founded by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in the year 1965, is a service organisation with a spiritual core and base to benefit all mankind irrespective of religion, caste, creed or sect. The Organisation serves as a platform for its members to undertake service and other activities motivated by an urge for one's own transformation with the aim of realising one's inherent divinity. Without any distinction of religion, nationality, race, socio- economic status, either for those who work in the Organisation or for those who are served by it, the Organisation transcends all barriers leading humanity towards the ideal of 'Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man'. The concept of fees or membership subscription is alien to the Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, for there cannot be any fee or subscription for one's journey towards his own self. The organisation functions through its primary units called as Samithis and Bhajan Mandalis of which individuals - from different strata of society, different ethnic groups pursuing different religions and faiths -are members bound by the dictum of “Love all, Serve All” and pursue their own sadhana towards self- transformation following the path of selfless service to humanity. At no point is an individual asked to follow a certain religion or rituals. On the contrary each is inspired to follow his own faith so as to ensure that a Hindu becomes a better Hindu, a Muslim becomes a better Muslim, a Christian becomes a better Christian and so on. In fact, this spiritual basis inspires everyone to pursue his own religion better by putting into practice Love and Selflessness. That is why the Organisation features in its emblem the symbols of the major religions of the world. The Organisations named after Me are not to be used for publicising My Name, or creating a new cult around My worship ….They must render seva (service) to the helpless, the sick, the distressed, the illiterate and the needy. Their seva (selfless service) should not be exhibitionistic; it must seek no reward, not even gratitude or thanks from the recipients. Seva is sadhana (spiritual exercise), not a pastime of the rich and well placed. You must have the firm belief that the aim of this Organisation is to remove the obstacles that keep man away from God, that separate maanavathwa (Humanity) from Maadhavathwa (Divinity).. This Organisation must elevate the human into the Divine.” Sri Sathya Sai SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS, KOLKATA 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 19 WINGS OF THE ORGANISATION Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations functions Spirituality and Service are complementary to under three wings viz. (i) Spiritual, (ii) Education, and each other. Spirituality is the motivational force (iii) Service. Each activity in a wing is directed to behind service and service is the fulfillment of facilitate and help the members in their own spirituality. Therefore, spiritual concepts learnt spiritual advancement. Although, the nature of through education must be put into practice in form activities undertaken under different wings appear of service to humanity. Thus, in order to successfully to be distinct and dissimilar, but there is an inherent realise the objective of joining the Sai Organisation, interrelationship amongst all the three wings. The one must participate in activities of all the three three wings stand for Worship, Wisdom and Work. wings. Activities under different wings of the Organisation Spiritual Wing Educational Wing Service Wing •Bhajan •Non-formal education of •Gram Seva •Nagarsankeertan children in the age group of •Slums Service •Study Circle 5-14 years through values- •Medical Camps and Health based educational training, •Sadhana Camps Care •Bal-Vikas •Study of Sai Literature •Sanitation activities •Educare •Meditation, and •Visit to orphanges, old age •Parenting Programmes •Others homes etc. •Disaster relief •Poor feeding •Free Coaching Classes, and •Others ADMINISTRATION OF THE ORGANISATION Headed by an All India President who is at Prashanthi Nilayam, at medical camps, doing supported by the National Vice Presidents and State Narayan seva or the Bal-Vikas gurus who work with Presidents, the Organisation functions like a well- young children to imbibe in them a desire to follow oiled machine, focused on its purpose, clear in its the five human values of Truth, Righteousness, Love, vision and dedicated in its efforts to live up to Peace and Non-violence, or the teachers who Swami's message “Love All, Serve All”. having undergone the training in EHV help in guiding the young minds towards the higher goals The Samithis and the Bhajan Mandalis constitute of life or the Sai Youth who work tirelessly in the Sri a genuine spiritual movement where the members Sathya Sai Village Integrated Programme bound by are united by a common bond Love for God and one goal of practicing the ancient dictum of “Service Service to fellow human beings. to Man is Service to God”. The members of the organisation work as one cohesive unit whether as sevadals providing service SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS, KOLKATA 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 19 THE 9 POINT CODE OF CONDUCT AND 10 PRINCIPLES Every member of