The main building - A panoramic
view
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Swami Vivekananda said.
"you have read - 'Look upon your mother as God; look upon your father as
God.' But I say. The
poor, the illiterate, the ignorant, the afflicted - let these be your God.
Know that the service to these alone is the highest religion." |
| It was in response to the
clarion call given by Swami Vivekananda that the public of Madras came
forward to start a Students' Home for the needy and destitute children,
eager for education. |
Prayer Hall
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The boys get a balanced diet including
Milk,
four times a day. |
It was started in 1905 and
run under the guidance of Swami Ramakrishnananda, a direct disciple of
Sri Ramakrishna . From a humble beginning it has grown into a big institution. |
| At Chennai, the Home
has about 350 inmates. Of them 200 are students of the residential
High school and about 150 of the residential Technical Institute
and college section. All the inmates of the Home have not only
free education and training but also free boarding and accommodation,
medical attention and other facilities. |
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The Home also
runs "Ramakrishna Centenary Primary School" for boys
and girls numbering about 250 in Mylapore. |
| Besides imparting education through
curricular and extra curricular activities, the Home enables the
students to participate in gardening, social service, excursion
and vocational training. They receive religious instruction and
spiritual training too. |
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Most of the students
who leave the High school join the Technical Institute, which
offers a three-year Diploma course in Mechanical Engineering.
Some students are admitted to the College section. They stay in
the Home and study in the Higher Secondary School / Colleges situated
in and around the city. |
| Thus once a boy gets admitted
his physical, educational and spiritual needs are taken care of. He stays
in the Home and continues his education till he is ready for facing life.
So far, 6000 such students
and, through them, their families have benefited by the signal service
rendered by the Home. |
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The thousands of students
who have passed through the portals of this Institution bear eloquent testimony
to the lasting influence of the training they receive here in their early
life. They occupy all walks of life some very high, some ordinary, but
they all love to visit the "Home" and recall how greatly they benefited
from the early training they got here. |
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