Swatch Mangaluru fame Ekagamyananda Swamiji to leave Ramakrishna Math

Swatch Mangaluru fame Ekagamyananda Swamiji to leave Ramakrishna Math

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Feb 13, 2023: Swami Ekagamyananda of Mangaluru Ramakrishna Math, who was instrumental in the implementation of various social activities including the Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan, has announced that he will be leaving the Math to join a prominent Math in Belagavi city.

 

Swami told reporters here on Sunday that he would serve as the Matadheesh of a Math in Belagavi. "Several religious institutions have offered me the posts of ’Uttaradhikari’ and ’Peethadhipati’ in the past. After holding a discussion with my seer colleagues, I have decided to join a Jagaduguru peeta in Belagavi," he said.

Swami Ekagamyananda, who served as a programme coordinator for various events at Mangaluru Ramakrishna Math in the past 15 years, said that he had organised over 300 programmes for devotees, youth, teachers and working people in math.

"I am happy that I could organise 125 programmes as part of the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda between 2011 and 2014. A rally involving 10,000 youths was held as part of the programme. The ’Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan’, which was held from 2014 to 2019 with the participation of thousands of people in the city, remains a revolution in cleanliness. More than 4,000 volunteers dedicated their time to ’shramdaan’, Swachh Gram Abhiyan, door-to-door visits, Swachh Manas and Swachh Soch programmes during the campaign," he said. Though the Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan began without availing funds from the Math, the campaign received a response from the then minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan. He agreed to sponsor the programme through MRPL, he said.

My efforts in the math have been selfless and I have not personally asked anyone to contribute. I have taken up various development works on the Math campus and also developed the concept of a new start-up - Mangala Resource Management, which plays a major role in converting waste into resources. Swachh Mangaluru Foundation has also been established with the participation of enthusiastic volunteers," he added.