CIRD Jamshedpur

Brahmavidyā Dissemination

February: Jnāna Yajna, Poojya Swamiji and Ma

November: Sādhanā Shibiram and Residential Retreat, Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha.

Public talks

• Discourses in the Vijnana Bhavan of the Centre

Residential Retreats

• Morning upanishad classes • “Walking” satsangs in the evening
• Nutan Swamiji with the retreat participants and CIRD Jamshedpur volunteers

• Morning Prayers: Daily; 7.30am – 8.45am
• Evening Prayers: Daily; 6.00pm – 7.00pm
• Sunday Satsang: Every Sunday; 7.30am – 9.00am

• Pushpasamarpanam
• Prabhāta Raśmiḥ
• Bhagavad Gita chanting
• Vishnusahasranāma chanting
• Meditational sitting

Anna Vastra Dāna Satram

It is an annual event in which 3kg-bags of rice are distributed with bedsheet/ blanket and prasada are distributed to needy families.

• At Hatta Tribal Village

• At CIRD

Vishnusahasranama Yajna

• Chorus chanting of thousand names of Lord Vishnu, as advised by Bheeshma to Yudhishthira after Mahabharata War. Chanting is led by the Sannyasins, and accompanied by oblations in the homa kunda and flower petals at base of hundreds of lamps by devotees.

Cultural Heritage Class

Every Sunday, 9.15am for Children from nearby slum areas.

• Students and Teachers celebrating Holi

• Yoga class

• Sannyasins interact with the children during their visits.

• Republic Day and Independence Day Celebrations by devotees and CHC children.

Loka- sangraha activity during COVID Pandemic 2020

CIRD devotees with the blessings of Poojya Swamiji contributed towards the running of community kitchen for 2000 people for one month in a nearby Community Hall.

Poojya Swamiji’s birthday, Gurupoornima and Baba’s birthday are observed in a simple manner where devotees gather, perform Guru Archana and listen to Poojya Swamiji’s benedictory message.

• Devotee couple performing Guru Archana on behalf of all other devotees on Gurupoornima day

Quiz competition at CIRD Jamshedpur (26-November-2023)

On Sunday, the 26th November, as a novel initiative by CIRD, Jamshedpur, for the Ist time a quiz competition on 2nd chapter of Geeta was conducted in the Vignana Bhavan hall. Five teams consisting of 2 members each participated, out of which 3 teams were of ladies and 2 of gents. Sri Manoj Dubeyji was the Quiz Master, Sri Sitaram Sahuji was in the role of Judge and Smt. Seema Sahay was managing the score card.

It was conducted in a very enjoyable and sporting manner in the right spirit of —

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥

Winners and loosers both were elated by their participation in it. It was pleasant to watch that, throughout two ladies teams moved neck to neck leaving the men’s teams far behind. About 25 CHC children were also present in the hall, who chanted Omkara and some shlokas and bhàjans in the beginning and after the end of the quiz programme. Also, it is worth mentioning that even small children were well disciplined throughout.

In the audience, about 30 people (mostly devotees) were also present to witness this interesting and educative programme. It was proposed that such quiz programme be conducted every month. As required by one of the devotees, it was declared that the next month’s quiz will be on Chapter 12 of Geeta. Day and date will be communicated later. Then Prasada was distributed among all present