An all-India convention of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Bhava Prachar Parishads was held at Belur Math on 12 and 13 February in which 78 Conveners and Joint Conveners of different Parishads and 81 monks, mostly Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Parishads, took part. Swami Prabhanandaji, General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, delivered the welcome address. The convention mainly discussed the programmes that may be conducted by different unaffiliated ashramas under the Parishads to commemorate the 175th birth anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna and the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
