The 30th Reunion of the Alumni Association of Ramakrishna Mission Calcutta Students’ Home, Belgharia was held from 24 to 26 December 2024. Near about 500 ex-students of this Students’ Home attended the function. Most revered Swami Gautamanandaji Maharaj, President of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, inaugurated the function on 24 December at 10:00 a.m. in the opening session. Revered Swami Annapurnanandaji Maharaj discussed on the history of Students' Home. Revered Swami Ekavratanandaji Maharaj, Secretary of the Students’ Home delivered the Address of Welcome. The souvenir embellished with various articles, poems, reminiscences etc. was published in the function. In the evening Sri Anirban Roy performed a musical presentation on flute accompanied by Pandit Rupak Bhattacharya on Tabla.
The second session of the alumni association was held on 25 December from 10 a.m. The monks, senior and junior ex-students reminisce their golden days spent at Students’ Home and the present and former students in audience cherished the fun and nostalgia of those days. The joyous moment was captured in a group photo with all the monastic members, former and present students at 12 noon. A religious meeting was taken place at 3:30 p.m. on the day. The topic of the meeting was “The Place of Religion in Education”. Revered Swami Devarajanandaji Maharaj, Senior Monk, Belur Math presided over the meeting while Revered Swami Shastrajnanandaji Maharaj, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission, Narendrapur was present as the Guest-in-Chief. The special attraction of the evening was the drama namely “Shibaji” enacted by the ex-students at the Vivekananda Centenary Hall.
The concluding session was held on 26 December from 10 a.m. “Vidyarthi Ashrama-A Look Back” was discussed in the session. A friendly cricket match between the former and present students delighted everyone at the afternoon. The students of Gadadhar Abhyudaya Prakalpa (GAP) mesmerized all with their recitations, songs, dances, drama etc. The juggling show performed by the students of the Students’ Home and the GAP directed by Sri Abhishek Mitra was simply amazing. The reunion program was culminated with the musical presentation on Guitar by Sri Samir Khasnabish accompanied with his team in the evening. In short, the reunion celebration was a rejuvenating experience for one and all who attended.
