Ramakrishna Math President Swami Gautamanandaji Maharaj to visit Hyderabad

Swami Gautamanandaji Maharaj, the president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, is scheduled to visit the Ramakrishna Math in Hyderabad from July 23 to 26. The four-day visit will offer devotees in the city a rare opportunity to interact directly with the head of the Ramakrishna Order, attend spiritual discourses, and participate in a special retreat.

The Ramakrishna Math in Hyderabad has planned a detailed series of spiritual programmes to mark the occasion of the president's visit. For the first three days of the visit, from July 23 to July 25, devotees will have the opportunity to receive darshan and offer their pranams to Swami Gautamanandaji Maharaj. These daily sessions are scheduled to take place at 7:30 PM on the Math premises, commencing right after the evening Sandhya Arati and Bhajans.

The multi-day visit will culminate in a Special Spiritual Retreat on July 26. This concluding programme is scheduled to run from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM at the Vivekananda Auditorium. The retreat will feature spiritual discourses delivered directly by Swami Gautamanandaji Maharaj.

In addition to the spiritual discourses, the retreat programme on July 26 will feature a devotional music performance by Pandit Sri Dattatreya Velankar, a noted Hindustani musician who is travelling from Bengaluru. The event will also feature the release of a new book and a special AI-based video presentation.

Swami Bodhamayananda, the adhyaksha of the Ramakrishna Math in Hyderabad, has appealed to local devotees to attend the retreat. He emphasized that the event represents a rare opportunity for devotees to interact with the head of the Ramakrishna Order. Registration for the July 26 spiritual retreat is currently open at the Math office for a fee of Rs 100.