Over 3.5 lakh youth took part in these contests and wrote essays on the bold message of Swamiji. The themes for these contests were aimed at instilling self-confidence and creativity among the youth.
The catchy themes were:
HOW TO PERFORM WELL IN TRYING TIMES?, BE AND MAKE, BE PROUD, DO PROUD etc..,
The 7 th YDC contest in 2009 was a State level drawing contest in which over 21,000 from Tamilnadu and even from Srilanka drew Swami Vivekananda's divine form and sketched his thoughts.
Selected portraits from the drawing Contest were displayed at the pictorial Exhibition the first ever one of its kind in the country held in four main cities of Tamilnadu and viewed by over 50,000 people.
YDC Forms Release - 8.7.09
The launching of this All India contest was held at Vivekananda College, Chennai on 8th of July 2009. SWAMI GAUTAMANANDA MAHARAJ, President, Ramakrishna Math Chennai presided over the function.
- SWAMI VIMURTANANDA, Editor, Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam welcomed the gathering.
- YDC forms in Tamil, English, Hindi and Bengali were released by the President and received by the Guests and SWAMI ATMAGHANANANDA, Secretary Vivekananda College.
- Sri N.GOPALASWAMY, former Chief Election Commissioner, Sri N.SUNDARADEVAN, Commissioner for Revenue Administration, Govt.of Tamilnadu, and Sri URC. DEVARAJAN, Secretary, Erode Builders Educational Trust addressed the gathering. Sri SRIRAM proposed vote of thanks.
Salient features of YDC 2010:
- The theme of 8th National Youth Day Contest of 2010 'DRAW SWAMIJI; DRAW ENERGY'. Our youth will draw similar energy by drawing his divine forms and messages.
- This contest of the year 2010 is set to reach 33,000 educational institutions spread over 28 states and Union territories of India.
- Swamiji's energizing ideas will be imprinted in the minds of over ONE LAKH participants cutting across all barriers.
- Swamiji‘s clarion call to the youth to lead the world by the spiritual excellence of their motherland had instilled pride and self-confidence of our youth then as it does even now.
- This is the sole aim of these Youth Day Contests conducted by Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam.
