Visit RKMission-halli.org website on the silent work done by Sw. Vishnumayanandaji

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends

 

Twenty years ago when I went for a survey with RK Math

Bangalore volumnteers, there was abject poverty and misery

in the villages of Shivanahalli and Ragihalli (twin

villages within 40 kms range of Bangalore) - which borders

the Banneraghatta forests (The famous animal sanctuary is

very near to this place). The tribals and the villagers had

only one source of income - working in the stone quarries

and hardly make any earning to meet the daily needs.

 

Recently since I returned to India for good from Malaysia,

I visited them again. But today the situation is completely

different. The place is green and most inhabitants of the

villages are economically sufficient. Not only that the

women have taken control of the house managing their needs

but are also enterpreneurial, thanks to the micro-credit

programmes.

 

All this is possible because of one Swami of the RK

Mission, SWAMI VISHNUMAYANANDAJI, who has been working

silently almost single handedly since the last two decades.

He got them electricity, a school (where syllabus is

determined by the teachers & not the Govt!), Free Medical

camps every week end, a full fledged hospital, School

students being provided nourishing food every day, Grown up

children are taught vocational training, farmers are taught

rain harvesting, assisted them to build tanks to preserve

water and so many other incredible things he has achieved.

Today the villagers of the 16 hamlets around, are beaming

with confidence & pride.

 

Swamiji also is a mobile encyclopaedia of the plants, herbs

and animal life. He has planted trees from almost every

continent/country including China and Brazil!

 

Swamiji has put together a nice website

(www.RKMission-halli.org) highlighting the work done there

and note that some of the contents of the web site changes

regularly with his updates on Nature, downloads and other

features! The downloads of Sw. Ranganathanandaji's lecture,

Sw. Purushottamananda's songs are rare collections indeed!

Also interesting is some of the local herbal plants and

their medicinal values.

 

Swami can also arrange to show some wildlife, as is

appropriate (Note that Elephants visit this place almost

every day).

 

Those of you who want to stay there for a couple of days or

stay quiet for a day, for a quiet retreat, can do so with

due permission from the swami himself (His contact no.

+91-80-7858022) or his assistant Sw. Hridananda.

 

You can send your emails to him - rkmblr or

shivanahalli (Attn: Swami Vishnumayanandaji).

 

Regards

Murali

Bangalore

+91-98452-24995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello,

 

There is a school being run by the Ramakrishna

Mission in Shivanahalli. Under the guidance of the

swamiji educational CDs are being brought out so that

it complements the students curiosity and also

supplements teachers deficiency in the class. This

work was started because it was observed that the

students were intersted in their surroundings and

questioning about them and go beyond the prescribed

school syllabus. It was felt that these rural students

could also fare well in their areas of interest.

 

This work is being done in a generic way so that the

CDs can be distributed for free/nominal cost to other

schools and can also be easily translated into other

languages. IT REQUIRES AROUND 3 TO 4 HOURS OF WORK PER

WEEK BY A VOLUNTEER AND CAN BE DONE REMOTELY AS WELL.

Please the RKMission-halli website to know further and

register if you are interested.

 

Ideas from similar projects done in different parts

of the world are being used in this project. So read

thru the web page and get in touch if you are involved

in such a project and cannot contribute, but guide the

project.

 

regards,

--Sunil