Heads of the lucknow and Dehradun branches of the Ramakrishna Mission met Uttarakhand Governor Krishan Kant Paul at the Raj Bhawan here on Wednesday. The mission’s lucknow head Swami Muktinathananda, Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Dehradun head Swami Aseematmananda and along with them, the managing trustee of the Himalaya Sewa Foundation Trust, Almora, Sikandar Joshi spoke about the arrangements for the programme on January 12 to mark the 154th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in Dehradun. A national youth fest is slated to be held on the occasion with the governor KK Paul as the chief guest. The governor sought information regarding the activities undertaken by the Trust representd by Sikandar Joshi from Almora. He also sought information about the progress in the development of the under-construction Vivekananda tourist circuit in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. The said circuit is being developed by the state’s culture department.
later, the governor also met the Uttarakhand sub area general officer in commanding, Major General Balraj Mehta who informed him about the ‘mini-marathon’ slated to be organised on January 15 by the cantonment board on the Mahendra Ground. The governor is slated to flag off this planned mini-marathon.