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Sajane Laga hai khetri kasba

Diwai sa Jagmagayega Khetri

Vivekananda and Raja Ajit Singh

Vivekananda Khetri ke Den

Niklegi Prabhat Feri

Virasat Jasan

Swami Vivekananda, on his return from America in 1897, reached Khetri for the third time on 12th December, 1897. He was accorded a gala welcome by the then ruler of Khetri, Ajit Singh Bahadur and the people at large at Panna Sha Talab. The public reception was accompanied by a feast amidst dazzlingly illumined town in honour of Swamiji. At the call of Ramakrishna Mission, Khetri, a committee of prominent persons of the town decided to celebrate every year, starting from this year, the historical day of 12th December as ‘Khetri Virasat Divas’. Accordingly, on 12th December, 2011 a morning procession (Prabhat Pheri) of one thousand school children marched through the town to remind people about the significance of the day. In the afternoon a live tableau of Raja Ajit Singh bringing Swamiji in a horse carriage was positioned in a huge procession leading from the border of the town up to Panna Sha Talab. The prominent spots of the town were illumined and people themselves lit candles in their own houses and shops. Some memorable events during Swamiji’s stay in Khetri were enacted in front of a gathering of three thousand people at the Talab. A Bhajan Troup sent as a gesture of goodwill by the department of Art and Culture of Rajasthan Government took over next. The programme was extensively covered by the Newspapers and local TV Networks. As a whole the festival made an indelible mark in the minds of the people of Khetri.

Photos of the event and paper cuttings can be seen here :-
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Some Selected Letters related to Swamiji and Raja Ajit Singh ji

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Rajasthan Mein Swami Vivekananda : Various Letters Part 3

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RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKANANDA SMRITI MANDIR, KHETRI organized foundation laying ceremony for restoration and conservation of the historic ashrama building ‘Fateh Bilas’ and setting up of ‘Vivekananda Museum’ on Tuesday, the 4th October, 2011, at 4:30 pm by Sri Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister, The Government of Rajasthan, in the presence of Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of Energy, Information Technology & Higher Education, Government of Rajasthan and Sri Shishram Ola, Member of Parliament. About 400 people attended the function.

A newspaper report can be found here at this link : -
http://www.patrika.com/news.aspx?id=690300

More Letters in this series

Various Letters by Swami Vivekananda to Raja Ajit Singh in Hindi Language.

A beautiful Article on Swamiji Vivekananda’s stay in Rajasthan.

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AWAKENING INDIA

DOORDARSHAN PROGRAMME

We are glad to inform you that Doordarshan is telecasting a programme on Swami Vivekananda titled “Awakening India” on every Tuesday, from the 6th of September, 2011. The programme is being telecast in the National Network of the Doordarshan at 9:00 a.m. We request you to watch the episodes.

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