YOUTH WELFARE PROGRAMS

The Cultural Wing of SNMS has been arranging discourses on Sree Narayana philosophy on every Chadayam day of every month across various units to increase and enhance the understanding of Sree Narayana philosophy among the members. We believe that the character formation begins at an early age. Values and wisdom need to be imparted during this stage of life. Keeping this in mind we have been setting up various camps for children to inculcate the values and philosophy of Sree Narayana Guru with the sole objective of molding the young minds. Also discourses by various eminent personalities are being arranged to propagate Sree Narayana philosophy. We have also been publishing various books based on the life and teaching of Sree Narayana Guru. SNMS has been publishing a magazine Gururatnam on a quarterly basis which is intended to spread Guru's teachings by providing a platform for talented writers, aspiring writers, poets and intellectuals.

A Seminar on life and teachings of Sree Narayana Guru was held at Chembur on 01.12.1991. Eminent personalities like Justice K.Sukumaran, Prof.Nabeesa Ummal, Muni Narayana Prasad etc. participated in the seminar. A seminar on life and teachings of Sree Narayana Guru was held at Gurudevagiri 5 February 1995. Pro. M K Sanoo, Justice Sukumaran, Swami Saswathkanada participated in the seminar. Swamy Avyananda of Sivagiri Mutt (Varkala) conducted study classes of Guru's teachings t various Guru centers during March 1996. Sachdananda Swamy conducted a 3 day "Dhyanam and Havana Yagnam" in November 1999. Similar programs were organized in 2003 and 2004.

Cultural wing organized during the period from 08.11.2002 to 28.11.2002 classes on Atmopadesa Satakam by Swami Bodhi Teertha of Narayana Gurukulam at Gurudevagiri. This was a mile stone in the history of Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti with regard to its activities on the studies and discussions on Sree Narayana Guru Philosophy.

A parliament of world religions were held at New Delhi on 08.12.2007 as a part of the platinum jubilee celebration of Sivagiri Teerthadanam at Vigyan Bhavan and at India Islamic Cultural Centre on 09.12.2007. The following office bearers viz. Dr.K.K.Damodaran, M,I,Damodaran, Shri.Anish Damodaran, Shri.E.P.Vasu, Shri. K.S.Venugopal, Shri.K.Nadarajan, Advocate. M.K.Vivekanandan, Shri.Sasi Damodaran and Shri.P.K.Venu of the Samiti represented.

Conference on Education and Organization

Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti organized a Conference on Education and Organization at Gurudevagiri on 16.12.2007 as a part of platinum jubilee celebration of Sivagiri teerthadanam. Eminent personalities from the field of education and social organizations participated in the conference. The papers presented by the speakers were collected and released as book for the benefit of the General public.

The Dravidian University, Kuppam conducted a National Seminar on Sree Narayana Guru on 30th & 31st October 2008 at the initiation of Smt.Sathyabai Sivadas. Shri. V.V.Chandran from Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti attended the seminar and presented the paper on the life and Teachings of Sree Narayana Guru. This paper was translated into Hindi and published by the Samiti for the use of our students and general public. A similar National Seminar on Casteless Society –A Dream or Reality - was held on 10th & 11th of August of 2009 in Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad celebrating the 155th birthday of Sree Narayana Guru. S/Shri.C.N.N. Nair and C.C.Sudhakaran, Secretary of the cultural Wing of SNMS, attended the seminar on behalf of Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti. Shri.C.N.N.Nair presented the paper on the impact of Sree Narayana Guru in Malayalam Literature and Shri. C.C.Sudhakaran presented the paper prepared by shri.V.V.Chandran on the Social revolution brought in by Guru through the Temples.

Three Office bearers of Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti viz. M.I.Damodaran, N.Mohandas and K.S.Venugopal and 12 teachers from Sree Narayana Guru High School, Chembur participated as deligates in the National Seminar on Enlightenment through education conducted at NTR Auditorium in Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad on (4th and 5th February. 2012). The seminar was organized by Sree Narayana Educational and Cultural Society, Hyderabad, Guru Dharma Pracharana Sabha, Sivagiri Mutt, Kerala and Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad with the active support of SNMS, Mumbai.