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Mama, 59 years old and the oldest chimpanzee and the matriarch of the famous chimpanzee colony of the Royal Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands, was gravely ill. Jan Van Hooff (emeritus professor behavioral biology at Utrecht University and co-founder of the Burgers colony) who has known Mama since 1972, visited her in the week before she died of old age in April 2016.

Vivekananda Kendra Gratefully Remembers and Invites the Hundreds and T

Vivekananda Kendra Ludhiana celebrated Universal Brotherhood day at Victoria Public School, Dehlon for the students of class 10, 11th and 12th.  A lecture of teachings of Swami Vivekananda was delivered as part of celebration. There was another program in Khalsa Girls college of Ludhiana, appx 100 students participated in the  program. A lecture of teachings of Swami Vivekananda was delivered.

स्मारक के निर्माण में भारतभर से इतने लोगों का सहयोग रहा कि इसका उद्घाटन कार्यक्रम 2 सितम्बर 1970 से प्रारम्भ होकर दो महीना चलता रहा। भारत के लोगों ने एक होकर इस स्मारक का सफलतापूर्वक निर्माण किया। इस भव्य स्मारक का निर्माण सघन सम्पर्क के कारण हो सका, इसलिये इसके 50वे वर्ष में यह सोचा गया कि ‘एक भारत विजयी भारत’ शीर्षक के अन्तर्गत राष्ट्रव्यापी सम्पर्क किया जाये।

One day I asked the kids to chant Rama Nama for getting rain. We chanted Sri. Rama Jeyam with that intention. Really there was rainfall in the evening. We were all happy and enjoyed the rain. The next day a girl named Ushakavi recalled that and insisted me to chant Mantra to get rain. Her faith made me happy.

In August 2018, the Mobile Medical Team of Vivekananda Kendra Arun Jyoti visited Wakka for Medical Camps. Our Nagar Sanyojak, Sri Saikhang Sir informed us about an eight years old boy, Kr Danggang Gangsa of Wakka village. Wakka is in Longding Dist of Arunachal Pradesh, about 90 Kms hill track from Dibrugarh which takes around 5-6 hrs with own vehicle and more than 12 hrs by Govt bus.

Herewith we are pleased to inform you all that the Gandhi Peace Prize amount was handed over to the Defence Minister of India Mananeeya Rajnath Singh ji by Kendra's Vice Presidents Mananeeya A Balakrishnan ji and Mananeeya Nivedita Didi at his residence on 8 Aug 2019. Sri Bhanudas ji and Sri Pravin Dabholkar ji also were present. 

Deepa Pooja at Ottapidaram, we had staged a skit on “Awake Hindus”. After seeing the skit, a lady came to me and congratulated me for acting humorously. She also told that all the Hindus must see that because many of them didn’t know how a Hindu should be. She assured me that next time she would bring all her neighbors to the mass pooja. I felt proud on hearing the effect of our effort.

Acharya Prashikshan Shibir, an annual program organised by Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari every year to update the learning and teaching skills of the teachers of VKVs. Further inculcate the value systems and make them aware about the Bharatiya Sanskriti and Kendra activities.

In 1963, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset, slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (MND), that gradually paralysed him over the decades. Even after the loss of his speech, he was still able to communicate through a speech-generating device.