The Divine life Society (DlS), Odisha on Sunday decided to observe the Swami Chidananda birth centenary for three years from 2014 to 2016, culminating on September 24, 2016.
Addressing a Press conference here, Siva Chidananda Saraswati, advisor of the Centenary Committee Celebrations said Puri Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingh Deb is the chairman of the committee. A 29-member executive committee has been formed at a meeting of disciples held at the Sivananda Sanskritik Kendra here, he said. During the centenary celebrations, the DlS would undertake a missionary campaign for dissemination of spiritual knowledge aimed at creating an atmosphere of spiritual, ethical and selfless services in the State, Swami Siva Chidananda said.
He said the disciples would undertake five programmes which include organising spiritual conferences, inculcating morality and spirituality among the youth, publication of spiritual and moral literature written by Swami Sivananda and Swami Chidananda in Odia language and creation of an atmosphere to take up service-oriented works in education, health and other sectors to create an awareness to lead a good and moral life.
While an advisory committee has been formed taking the 14 senior spiritual leaders of the Divine life Society , Choudhury Gaurahari Mishra has been given the charge as vice-president (administration), Bipra Charan Patra as vice-president (coordination), Jayachandra Nayak general secretary, Pravakar Das joint secretary and Premchand Gupta as treasurer.