There was a five day long festival held from the 22nd to the 26th January, 2012. Everyday various programmes were arranged in the afternoon, which included selling Ramakrishna-Vivekananda-Vedanta literature at exceptionally concessional rates. About 200 students from 12 schools participated in the inter school quiz competition on Swamiji on 24th & 25th from 12 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. While the book festival occurred everyday from 2 p.m.- 7.30 p.m. the evening sessions (5p.m. – 8 p.m.) were dedicated to lectures on various topics, devotional songs, folk song, classical dance etc. Some of the speakers included Swami Nityasuddhananda (topic – ‘Swamijir Sevadharma’), Swami Girishananda (‘Swamiji O SriSriMaa’), Swami Sarvagananda (Swamijir Drishitite Sri Ramakrishna’), Swami Balabhadrananda (‘Swamiji O Netajir Bharat Bhabna’) on the 23rd, and (‘Swami Vivekananda O Swami Brahmananda’) on the 25th – the tithipuja day of Swami Brahmananda, Swami Sukhananda (‘Swamijir Dharmachinta’), Swami Bhaskarananda (from Para) (‘Swamijir Pratyasita jana O Nari Jagaran’), Jiban Banerjee (‘Sri Ramakrishner Drishtite swamiji’), Dr. Pabitra Kr. Gupta – Ex-Vice Chancellor, Bidhanchandra Krishi Vidyalaya (‘Swamijir Samajchinta’), and Swapan Banerjee (‘Swamijir Sikshachinta’).
