MAMMOTH NATIONAL HINDU CONFERENCE IN COLOMBO

SV 150 CELEBRATIONS 

MAMMOTH NATIONAL HINDU CONFERENCE IN COLOMBO

10 FEB 2013 SHALIKA ROUNDS COLOMBO

 First time in the history, thousands of Hindus gathered in Colombo, the capital city of Srilanka. This was an unbelievable sight to the people in Colombo as the Hindus never ever gathered like this. This was the first time Hindus came with a united concept and proved their unity and strength.

 Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh decided to celebrate Swami Vivekanandha’s 150^th birth anniversary in Srilanka and formed committees among the villages, urban councils,municipal councils, District and Island levels .

The inauguration function was held on Feb 26^th of 2012. Consequently 140 conferences held all over the Srilanka. More than 7000 committee members from various parts of the country helped to organize these programs very successfully. Nearly 500,000 of Hindus came into contact by these programs. 200,000 stickers were pasted on the doors of Hindu houses around the country and around 100,000 Hindus took part in these conferences.

The concluding program of SV 150^th year celebrations was held as National Hindu conference at Shalika grounds, Colombo on Feb 10^th of 2013 under the patronage leadership of Hon D.M.Swaminathan M.P. He is the trustee of famous Sri Ponnambalawaneshwarar temple in Colombo and also the grandson of Sri Kumaraswami was the president of reception committee in 1897 to welcome Swamiji when he returned to Colombo from world religion of Parliament.

 A cultural procession with Swamiji’s photograph marched in the main streets of Colombo and ended at the Shalika grounds. An exhibition of various Hindu organizations was held in the ground with fifteen stalls.

Sharply at 3pm program started with hoisting the national flag by Hon Arumugan Thondaman minister of Livestock and Rural development. Swami Sarvaroopanandhaji president of Ramakrishna mission Colombo blessed the program. Brammachari Dharshan Chaithanya of Chinmaya mission and the buddist monk Amarapura Nikaya Gnanesgwara Thero were also present to grace the occasion.

Mananeeya Prof. Anirudhdha Deshpandeji All India general secretary of Swami Vivekananda 150^th birth anniversary celebration committee, Shri S.Rajendranji Dhakshin Kshetra Karyavah, Shri R.B.V.S. Manianji VHP Tamilnadu were the guest speakers in the program.

Hon ministers, deputy ministers, members of Parliament from all parties, provincial ministers, Director of Department of Hindu Religious and cultural affairs, leaders of all Hindu organizations were present in the stage.

About 10 thousands of Hindus attended the program in the disciplined manner. They were totally involved and happy due to the success of the program. They were from all 25 Districts in SriLanka within 150 divisions (Taluks) consisting 640 villages .

Lunch, dinner and essential facilities were provided for all. Traffic and security arrangements were perfect with the help of government authorities. All printing and electronic media gave a good coverage for this program.

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