Dreams of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

 

The dreams of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose were different from other contemporary leaders, when India was struggling for independence. After long years study on the life of our great hero, we may highlight his drams in simple and straight way:

01) Complete Independence or Purna Swaraj from the British imperialism

02) An undivided and united Nation, India

03) No discrimination and social division based on Caste, Creed and Religion.

04) India should have a very strong Army of its own for national security.

05) A complete and balanced country sourced with agriculture and enriched by industries.

06) India should be the leader of entire Asia in all aspects.

Nethaji’s dream is to make our India as a top most country in all fields. He thought of making India such an independent nation and she should not depend on any other countries of the world. Our nation must have a Specific Identity for its human resource, spiritual growth, economy, armed security across the world. Netaji had raised Azad Hind Fauj (INA) consisting of people of all religions and regions for armed liberation of India.

Nethaji had wished to travel on a path of light with new dimension and want to reveal our country from long year’s illiteracy, poverty, social injustice and mental darkness through a creative ideas. He had planned which could reach India into new heights in all respects. It’s really sad that we have missed our great hero of our Nation.

Sincerely solicited by

Seva Volunteers

Our heartiest tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

On his 125 th Birth anniversary. 23/01/2021

The relevance of Swami Vivekananda for today’s youth?

 

• Swami Vivekanand is the greatest youth icon produced by India and one that influenced millions of youth across the world.
• In the 21st century, when the youth of India are facing new problems, pushing boundaries and aspiring for a better future, thoughts of Swami Vivekanand have become more relevant.
• His ideas can be understood by this fourfold mantra to live a meaningful life - Physical, Social, and Intellectual and Spiritual quest.

1. Physical Quest

• By physical quest he meant, taking care of the human body and undertaking activities to mitigate physical sufferings.
• Vivekananda was of the view that the youth can lead a successful life only when they are physically fit.
• Vivekananda understood that while most youth aspire not all are equipped with the mental and physical stamina to pursue such a goal.
• Therefore he asked the youth to overcome fears and become stronger physically and mentally. He said, “Power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak. Therefore, arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached."
• He said, "You will be nearer to heaven through football than through the study of the Gita."
• What Vivekananda wanted from the youth was 'muscles of iron' and 'nerves of steel'.

2. Social Quest

• Vivekanand wanted the young to undertake social activities, not merely for the betterment of society but also for their individual evolution and growth.
• The social quest involves undertaking activities to mitigate physical sufferings. Running hospitals, orphanages and old-age homes qualify for this level.
• He advised the youth to 'Serve God in man'. Vivekanand clubbed spiritualism with social service.
• He said, "For the next fifty years this alone shall be our keynote - this, our great Mother India. Let all other gods disappear for the time from our minds."
• He taught that the men and animals around us are our gods deserve our worship and services. He asserted that "the first gods we have to worship are our countrymen. These we have to worship, instead of being jealous of each other and fighting each other."
• The most unique contribution of Swami Vivekanand towards the creation of a new Bharat was opening the minds of Indians to their duty to the downtrodden.

3. Intellectual Quest

• He said, "It is the young, the strong, and healthy, of sharp intellect that will reach the Lord."
• He advocated intellectual quest i.e Running schools, colleges and awareness and empowerment programs.
• Raising one's intellectual level, gaining knowledge and spreading and sharing it with society is the objective.
• He suggested that to rebuild the Indian society, education was the primary means for empowering the people.
• He emphasised on education for all.
• He also said, "Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested, all your life. We must have life-building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas."

4. Spiritual Quest

• He then prescribes the highest level of spiritual service - one of dhyan and sadhna.
• He suggested that youth could learn many things from the West but must have faith in our own spiritual heritage.
• Today, when our youth find themselves gripped by increasing isolation, purposelessness, depression and mental fatigue, despite material success, they must go for a spiritual quest and achieve greater goals.
• He said, "Life is short, but the soul is immortal and eternal, and one thing being certain, death, let us therefore take up a great ideal and give up our whole life to it."
• The transience of triumph and material wealth were central to this philosophy.
• He challenged the youth to live for a noble reason, a mighty ideal and a higher state so that they were able to transcend the impermanence.

5. Nation Building

• Vivekanand advised these four quests as an ideal and goal for the youth.
• The purpose of these services was to raise the individual and national consciousness as a whole.
• That's why he called upon the youth to focus their collective energies towards nation building.
• His vision of India was that of a transformed society inspired by dignity, freedom and individuality and rooted in strength, love and service.
• He dreamed that such a Bharat would be an egalitarian society that would have broken out of the notions of high or low.
• He also talked about the unity of society, something that finds an echo in today's world when we witness conflict at various levels.
• Swami Vivekanand said, "The solution of the caste problem in India is not to degrade the higher castes but to raise the lower up to the level of the higher."

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Our heartiest tribute to Swami Vivekananda, patriotic saint of India 

On his 158 th Birth anniversary. 12/01/2021

LORD SHIVA and Nineteen Avatars

 

Lord Shiva took many avatars in various yugas for sustaining law and balance of nature. In Shiva Purana, the following 19 Avatars of Shiva are mentioned.

 

Adi Shankaracharya said, “Forgive me Oh, Shiva! My three great sins! I came on a pilgrimage to Kashi forgetting that, you are omnipresent. In thinking about you, I forgot that You are beyond thought. In praying to you, I forgot that You are beyond words.”

1. Piplaad Avatar

Lord Shiva took birth in the house of Rishi Dadhichi as Piplaad. But the sage is said to have left the house due to the positioning of the Shani. So, Piplaad cursed Shani and caused the planet to fall from its celestial abode. Later, he forgave Shani on a condition that the planet would never trouble anyone before 16 years of age. Hence, worshipping the Piplaad form of Lord Shiva helps to get rid of Shani dosha.

 

2. Nandi Avatar

Nandi or the great bull is the mouth of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva is worshipped in the form of Nandi in many parts of India. The Nandi avatar of Lord Shiva is seen as the protector of the herds. He is depicted as bull faced with four hands. The two hands are seen holding an axe and an antelope while the other two are joined.

 

3. Veerabhadra Avatar

Veerabhadra came to be after Goddess Sati immolated herself at the Daksha yagna. Lord Shiva became extremely furious. Lord Shiva plucked a hair strand from his head and threw it on the ground. It was from the hair strand that Veerbhadra and Rudrakali were born. This fierce avatar is said to have broken the sacrificial vessels, polluted the offerings, insulted the priests, and finally cut off Daksha’s head, trampled on Indra, broke the staff of Yama, scattered the gods on every side; then he returned to Kailash.

4. Bhairava Avatar

Bhairava avatar was created when Lord Brahma lied about his quest for superiority, Shiva took the form of Bhairava and cut off Lord Brahma’s fifth head. Severing a Brahma’s head made Lord Shiva guilty of the crime of killing a Brahmin (Brahma hatya) and hence Shiva had to carry the skull of Brahma for twelve years and roam as a Bhikshatana. In this form, Shiva is said to guard all the Shakti Peethas.

5. Ashwatthama

When Lord Shiva consumed the deadly poison during the churning of the ocean, the poison started burning his throat. The 'vish purush', personification sprang out of Lord Shiva and the Lord blessed him with a boon. Lord Shiva granted him the boon that the vish purush would be born on earth as the son of Drona and would kill all the oppressive Kshatriyas. Thus the vish purush was born as Ashwatthama.

6. Sharabha Avatar

Shiva Purana narrates that god Shiva assumed the Avatar of Sharabha (part bird part lion) to tame Narasimha – the fierce man-lion avatar of Vishnu. This form is popularly known as Sarabeshwara (Lord Sarabha) or Sharabeshwaramurti.

7. Grihapati Avatar

Lord Shiva was born to a great devotee of Lord Shiva, Shuchismati was his devoted wife who yearned to birth a child, like Shiva. The child was well versed in all the Vedas yet was informed had to die young due to planetary positions. His journey to Kashi was dampened by Indra but Lord Shiva came to his defense and Lord Shiva blessed Grihapati by saying “even Kaalvajra would not be able to kill you.” Grihapati became very pleased. The Shivalinga which he worshipped, later on, became famous as ‘Agnishwar linga’. Lord Shiva made Grihapati the lord of all the directions.

8. Durvasa Avatar

Lord Shiva had taken the avatar of Durvasa on the earth to maintain the discipline of the universe. Durvasa was a great sage known for his short temper.

 9. Lord Hanuman

Lord Shiva was so infatuated by the appearance of Lord Vishnu in his form of Mohini during Samudra Manthan that his semen was released on the ground. This semen was established by the Saptarishis in the womb of Anjani, with the permission of Lord Shiva himself. In this way was born the mighty Hanuman.

 

The great monkey God is also one of the avatars of Lord Shiva. It is said that Lord Shiva took birth in the form of Hanuman to serve Lord Vishnu incarnated in the form of Ram. Until this day, he is known as the biggest disciple of Lord Ram.

10. Vrishabha Avatar

During Samundra Manthan Vishnu tricked all the asuras by creating an illusion of enchanting beauties. When the asuras saw them, they forcibly carried these enchanting beauties to their abode – Patal Lok. After that, they again returned to take control of the Nectar which had been taken by the gods. While Vishnu went to annihilate them in Patal loka he himself got caught up and infatuated by a beautiful women “Maya” and fathered many immoral sons there who created a ruckus for the Gods. It was then Lord Shiva took the form of an ox or Vrishabha and killed all the cruel sons of Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu came to fight the ox but after recognizing that it was Lord Shiva’s incarnation, he left the fight and returned to his abode.

11. Yatinath Avatar

Yatinath Avatar – There was once a tribal man named Aahuk. He and his wife were ardent devotees of Lord Shiva. One day Lord Shiva visited them in the form of Yatinath. Their small hut couldn’t accommodate lord Shiva guised as a guest, so Aahuk decided to sleep outside. Unfortunately, he was killed by a wild animal outside. In the morning, finding Aahuk dead, his wife decided to kill herself. Then Lord Shiva appeared in his real form and blessed her with a boon that she and her husband will be reborn as Nala and Damayanti and Lord Shiva would unite them.

12. Krishna Darshan avatar

Lord Shiva took this incarnation to highlight the importance of yagna and rituals in a person's life. As per the story, there was a king named Nabhag, who had left his home for education in a Gurukul during the childhood. Meanwhile in his absence, his brothers distributed the entire wealth among themselves thus leaving him out of the distribution. As Nabhag returned and came to know about it, he approached the sage Angiras. The sage was trying to perform a Yajna, but was not able to. Nabhag helped him accomplish the Yajna, pleased by which, he gave him the wealth left after performing the Yajna. It was at this point that Krishna Darshan Avatar of Lord Shiva appeared and prevented sage Angiras from donating the wealth. He showed Nabhag the significance of higher spiritual attainment and salvation and hence gave the blessings.

13. Bhikshuvarya Avatar

This incarnation of Lord Shiva protects human beings from all kinds of dangers. Once a beggar was passing by a child who had just then taken birth near the banks of a pond and where his mother had died. While the newborn was crying, the beggar woman hesitated to take the baby in her lap. Lord Shiva then appeared as another beggar and advised the beggar woman to take the child and bring him up.

14. Sureshwar Avatar

Lord Shiva once took the form of Indra to test one of his devotees. That is why he came to be known as Sureshwar. Once a child Upamanyu, the son of sage Vyaghrapad meditated to please Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva, with an intention to test his devotion, appeared there along with Goddess Parvati, both disguised as Indra and Indrani, respectively. They not only attempted to instigate him against Lord Shiva but also promised to bless him and fulfil all his blessings. However, this could not lure the boy and his devotion for Lord Shiva proved to be true. Pleased by this, both the deities revealed their original identity and blessed the child. This form of Lord Shiva was then known as Sureshwar.

15. Kirateshwar Avatar

Lord Shiva descended in the form of a hunter or Keerat while Arjuna was meditating. Duryodhan had sent a demon named Mooka to kill Arjuna. Mooka had disguised himself as a boar. Arjuna was engrossed in his meditation, when suddenly his concentration got disturbed by a loud noise. He opened his eyes and saw Mooka. He and the Keerat struck the boar at the same time with arrows. A fight broke between the Keerat and Arjuna as to who struck the boar first. Arjuna challenged Lord Shiva in the form of Keerat for a duel. Lord Shiva was pleased by Arjuna's valour and gifted him his Pashupata.

 

16. Suntantarka Avatar

Lord Shiva took this incarnation to ask the hand of Goddess Parvati in marriage from her father Himalaya.

17. Brahmachari Avatar

Lord Shiva took this avatar to test Goddess Parvati's love for him. After sacrificing herself in the fire of Yajna, Sati was born again as Parvati, the daughter of the Himalayas. As Parvati, she wanted to marry Lord Shiva. It was as Brahmachari that Lord Shiva had tested her determination to marry him.

18. Yaksheshwar Avatar

To remove ego and self-pride from the minds of many gods, Lord Shiva took this form. This avatar shows that whoever may be, they should not act in a wrongful manner and should show kindness among others.

 

During the time when ocean was being churned first of all poison appeared from it. The deities were very terrified to see the tremendous heat it generated. They went to lord Shiva and requested to protect them from the heat of that poison. Lord Shiva drank all the poison but did not let it pass down his throat.

 

After the poison, Nectar appeared from the ocean, which was drunk by the deities. The demons too wanted to drink the nectar, so a tremendous battle ensued between them and the deities. The deities became victorious in this battle because they had become immortal due to the effect of the Nectar. This victory made the deities very arrogant.

Lord Shiva was very concerned about their arrogant nature. He went to them in the guise of a Yaksha. He asked as to what was it that had made them so arrogant. The deities replied that their arrogance stemmed from victory over the demons. Lord Shiva who was disguised as Yaksha replied- “Your pride is based on false notion, because you did not achieve victory due to somebody’s grace and blessing.”

 

The deities disagreed with him. Lord Shiva then asked them to cut the grass if they considered themselves so mighty. He then kept a grass leaf in front of them. Each of the deities tried to cut that grass with their respective weapons but remained unsuccessful in their attempts. They were all amazed. Suddenly a heavenly voice was heard which said that the Yaksha was none other than Lord Shiva himself. The deities realized their mistakes. They apologized to lord Shiva. After vanquishing the false pride of the deities lord Shiva disappeared. This form of Lord Shiva then came to be known as Yaksheshwar.

19. Avadhut Avatar

This incarnation was taken by Lord Shiva to crush the arrogance of Lord Indra.

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KABIGURU SEVA MISSION

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Celebration of Ratha Yatra

The most famous festival of Rath Yatra or Car Festival Puri commences on the 25th June, Sunday 2017 and Return Car Festival or' Bahuda Jatra' falls on 3rd July Monday 2017. Also known as Chariot Festival or Car festival, this is one of the most awaited Hindu festivals of the Odisha state as well as the country. The celebration of this day starts much earlier that comprises the construction and decoration of the Raths or Chariot by numerous devotees & volunteers. The three chariots that are the highlights of the entire Yatra are pulled by strings. The chariot of Lord Jagannath which is 45.6 feet high, high comprises 18 wheels and is referred as Nandighosa. Balabhadra’s chariot is made 45 feet high with 16 wheels is called Taladhvaja. The chariot of Subhadra known as Devadalana has 14 wheels and is 44.6 feet high. All these chariots are decorated with various designs and colors by the artists of Puri that showcases their enthusiasm for the Yatra.

The famous festival that is celebrated usually in the month of June or July commences when the chariots of Lord Jagannath accompanied by his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Devi Subhadra are brought out on to the Main Street of Puri known as Bada Danda. The Chariots are then taken to the Shri Gundicha Temple to their aunt’s house where the deities enjoy a nine days stay and are served with sweet pancakes.

Chhera pahara is the most famous ritual associated with the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2017. During the festival, the Gajapati King sweeps all around the deities and chariots. He then cleanses the road with a broom (gold-handled) and sprinkles sandalwood water and powder. The custom showcases that in the eyes of Lord Jagannath every devotee is equal be it the king or a commoner. This ritual is held on two days, firstly on the Rath Yatra Puri when the three deities goes to their aunt’s house and lastly on the day when they are ceremoniously brought back to the Puri Temple.

At the Gundicha Temple, the deities stay for a period of nine days and enjoy their vacations at their aunt’s house and have fun all the while. On their way back to the Temple, the deities are offered Poda Pitha when their chariots halt at the Mausi Maa Temple. This sweet is a kind of baked cake that is meant to be consumed by the poor sections only. The celebration and observation of the Puri Rath Yatra Festival date back to the period of the Puranas and the descriptions of the same can be found in Brahma Purana, Padma Purana, and Skanda Purana and Kapila Samhita.

The Rath Yatra at Puri is a significant event in the entire Odisha state that is witnessed by numerous tourists both foreigners and Indians. During the Rath Yatra, Puri is colored in the most vivid hues of sheer joy & enjoyment and is flocked with devotees who wish to pay their honor to the deities and seek their blessings. 

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME – Maithreyi

KSWCT has a strong belief that communities can develop and sustain if their citizens are adequately empowered with knowledge and skill sets. In line with this, we have engaged in several initiatives.

Maithreyi is a Women Empowerment, Economic independency and Personal development programme organized by Kabiguru Social Welfare and Charitable Trust. We are working to provide quality living through different vocational education and social awareness programme to the underprivileged women in our area. Our mission is to enhance Women’s Economic status, Dignity and Decision making within their families.  

Maithreyi, Rural Women Development and Empowerment project is to strengthen processes that promote economic development of woman and create an environment for social change.  The specific area of work is to establish women’s self help group (SHG), increase the income of poor women and improve the access to better health, education and child labor reduction facilities. 

Our responsibility towards women empowerment with the progress of communities being dependent on the working generation, Our Trust focused its initiatives on the welfare and well-being of women from the sections of underprivileged society. The underlying objective was to give them the opportunity to raise their standard of living. 

Our Trust believes that empowering a woman means empowering her whole family. We continues to support vocational Training course in tailoring to promote self-sufficiency amongst underprivileged women, especially girl student dropouts, widows, divorcees and women from Below Poverty Line segment in and around the villages of Nadia, Murshidabad, Hooghly etc.

During self counseling session, most of the women showed enthusiasm in learning some skills to supplement their household income. They showed interest in learning basic stitching skills and advance tailoring, fashion designing, Creative art, Craft and more. To facilitate these kinds of vocational training, we has joined hands with different women self help groups in our area.

STREET CHILDREN PROGRAMME – Anchal

Project Objective

ü  To rehabilitate children abusing substances

ü  To develop an effective intervention model

ü  To create awareness about the issue amongst children and stakeholders

Rationale

Research studies show that the presence of Street children is an urban phenomenon all over the world today. The problems surrounding street children are growing in big cities and towns as a consequence of the growth in size and complexities of cities. The accelerating processes of urbanization, rural-urban migration, globalization and family disintegration have caused many social problems including that of marginalized children.

Among the broad category of marginalized children, a group of street children stands out due to their specific characteristics and lifestyle

• Street children are an extremely vulnerable group because of the way they are forced to live homeless on the streets.
• They are roofless, rootless and alienated from the society.
• They are roofless, rootless and alienated from the society.
• They grow up on the margins of the society without love, care, protection and supervision of adults.
• Moreover, they are deprived of their basic rights of survival, protection, development and participation.
• They have to fend for themselves for their own survival and sometimes for the survival of their family as well.
• Civic amenities like latrines and bathing facilities are beyond their reach.
• Malnutrition and hunger is widespread among them.
• Due to constant exposure to the unhealthy conditions of living on the streets, children suffer from a range of ailments.
• Owing to the lack of guardian control over their lives children indulge in various addictions like smoking, sniffing glue, and Xerox solutions leaving them debilitated.
• Street children become the victims of the sub-culture of the street: drug abuse, gambling, drinking, vagrancy, thieving and prostitution. They are high-risk group for HIV/AIDS.
• Street children are subjected to harassment and eviction by the municipal authorities because of their unauthorized occupation of city roads and vacant places. Street children are also
• They are victims of physical and sexual abuse.

Target Group (at Present)

Children who reside and work within the premises of railway stations, inside the train and surrounding area.

Work Area

Railway stations from Sealdah to Ranaghat, Sealdah to Sonarpur, Sealdah to Bongao and the surrounding communities.

Methods

Regular counseling and therapy sessions both with individuals and groups are essential aspects of the project. The project comprises of an array of other activities, such as: identification of new children indulging substance abuse, establishing strong rapport with all the substance-abusing children, assessment of their perception and needs and organizing activities like life skill workshops, heath camps, counseling with parents, parent meetings, art and craft classes, etc.

Education is also provided to these children through the system of non-formal education. Keeping the focus on the children’s best interest, they are either sent to a shelter home or rehabilitation centre.