A joyful nine days (Feb, 6-14) celebration of Swami Vivekananda’s historic stay at Vivekananda House, Chennai, after His triumphant return from the

West in Feb. 6th, 1897. Evening programmes will be on all days.

PROGRAMMES - 6.2.19 to 14.2.19 6.2.19 Wednesday – 4.30 – 7.30 p.m.

4.30 pm Unveiling of 9 metres (29 ft.) of ceramic tile

Mural Statue of Swami Vivekananda

and Inauguration of Vivekananda Navaratri

Celebrations of 2019

Chief Guest: His Excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu Thiru. Banwarilal Purohit 5.00 pm Guests of Honour:

Srimat Swami Sukhadevanandaji Srimat Swami Padmasthanandaji Padmasri Nalli K.Kuppuswami Chetti Sri. K.N.Ramaswamy, Director, Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Chennai

Sri. Balasubramaniyam, Brooke Fields Pvt. Ltd.,

Coimbatore

Benediction: Srimat Swami Gautamanandaji Maharaj, Vice President, Worldwide Ramakrishna Math &

Mission, Belur Math, Kolkata.

6.30 pm Devotional Music:

Kalaimamani Smt. Nithyasri Mahadevan

7.2.19 Thursday5.05 pm Bhajans by Padma Sheshadri Bala Bhavan

Students, Chennai-17.

5:45 pm Lecture by Swami Paramasukhananda

6.05 pm Chief Guest: Dr.Vasumathi Rajan, Head of Programmes, Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai

6:25 pm Drama by Dummies - ‘ATHITI’ - A Social Tamil Drama

8.2.19 Friday 5:05 pm Lecture by Swami Nilamadhavananda

5.25 pm Chief Guest: Sri. Bhagawan Singh Executive Editor, Deccan Chronicle

5.40 pm Musical Drama & Cultural Events by DAV School, Chennai-88.

6.30 pm Harikatha on Swami Vivekananda in Chicago by

Smt. P.Suchitra Balasubramanian

9.2.19 Saturday5:05 pm Programme by ‘Manikka Manavargal’ of Nallorvattam, Chennai5.35 pm Programme by Students of ‘Sarada Grama Mangalam’, Meyyur6.10 pm Nadaka Kavalar Kalaikudam Presents “Sri Bhakta Andal”

- A Tamil Drama by Nadaka Kala Bhushanam Sri K.R.S. Kumar

10.2.19 Sunday5:05 pm Bhajans by Visually Challenged Students from

‘Gnanadharshan Seva Foundation for the disabled’, Chennai

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5.35 pm Speech by Swami Mahamedhananda

6:00 pm ‘Nattiya Mela’ by Students of Dr.Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti

Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Korattur

6:45 pm Special Musical concert : ‘Sthree Vaadhya Tharangam’ By Five Popular Women Artists

11.2.18 Monday

5:05 pm Sargam Choir Led by Dr.Sudha Raja

5.50 pm Chief Guest: Sri. C.Velan ED & CEO,

TRIL Infopark Ltd.

6.10 pm Guest of Honour: Dr.Lalitha Balakrishnan Principal, M.O.P. Vaishnav College for women,

6.30 pm Special Talk : Dr.Sudha Seshayyan Vice Chancellor, Dr.MGR Medical University

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12.2.19 Tuesday

5:05 pm Programme by students of Meenakshi

Sundararajan Engineering College, Chennai - 24

5.45 pm Short Speeches by young achievers from

Mugavari Foundation, Chennai

6.05 pm Guest of Honour: Dr.M.S.Nagarajan Head, Asia Pacific special Olympic

6.20 pm Chief Guest: Kalaimamani Sri. Abirami Ramanathan,

President, Abirami Papers

6.35 pm Special Nama Sankirtanam:

Govindapuram Sri. Vittaldas Maharaj

13.2.19 Wednesday

5.05 pm Special programme by Kannaki Nagar students

5.40 pm Speech by Swami Satyaprabhananda

6.00 pm Lecture by Sri. CA.M.Sathya Kumar

6.20 pm Discourse on Swami Vivekananda & Hinduism

by Srimath Swami Omkarananda

14.2.19 Thursday

5.15 pm Musical programme by J.G. & G.K.Shetty Hindu Vidyalaya

Hr.Sec. School, West Mambalam, Chennai.

6.00 pm Guests of Honour: Sri.T.T.Srinivasaraghavan

Managing Director, Sundaram Finance

6.15 pm Sri. S.N.Pandey Managing Director, CPCL

6.25 pm Benediction: Swami Gautamanandaji Maharaj

6.45 pm Special Talk : Sri. Suki Sivam : ‘ ’