A memorial meeting on Swami Aksharananda, late principal of Dhaka Ramakrishna Math and Mission, was held at National Press Club in the capital on Friday.
Vivekananda Shikkha O Sangskriti Parishad organised the memorial meeting for Swami Akhsharananda who died on April 18 last.
Paying rich tributes to Swami Akhsharananda, speakers at the memorial meeting said he would remain as one of the light house of humanity in the country to establish interfaith among different religious people.
Professor Nurul Islam, chairperson of the Department of World Religion and Culture of Dhaka University, Professor Syed Anwar Hossain, also the editor of the Daily Sun, Dhaka University teachers Professor Aminul Islam, Professor Qazi Nurul Islam, Professor ANM Roise Uddin, Professor Ajoy Kumar Das, Professor Paresh Chandra Mondol, Professor Anisuzzaman, Professor Sukomol Barua, principal of Notre Dame College Benjamin de Costa, took part in the discussion.
Assistant secretary of Dhaka Ramkrishna Math and Mission Swami Sthiratmanandaji, Swami Gnyanprakashanandaji, Dr Chandranath Poddar, general secretary of Bangladesh Buddha Kristi Prachar Sangha Promode Barua and leaders of the Parishad Karuna Kishore Chakraborty, Nirmal Chaterjee and Akhil C. Bhoumik, spoke among others, on the occasion.
The speakers recalled the contribution of the late monk to the society particularly his relief services in remote areas in the country during natural disasters and making the Dhaka Ramkrishna Math and Mission as center for education, vocational training and healthcare services.
Source: New Age
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