Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda to Receive National Eminence Award on Dec. 25, 2012

Central Chinmaya Mission Trust is pleased to announce that PujyaGuruji Swami Tejomayananda will be conferred Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati National Eminence Award (NEA) for Spiritual Leadership by the South Indian Education Society (SIES) on December 25, 2012 at Shanmukhananda Hall in Mumbai. The award ceremony will be telecast live on Sankara TV from 6.00 P.M. onward on 25th December, 2012. We will inform you if it is telecast live on any other TV Channels.

Pujya Guruji was unanimously selected by the NEA Committee, of which the Chief Patron and Patron are His Holiness Jagadguru Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal and His Holiness Shankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal, respectively. In his congratulatory notification letter to Pujya Guruji, SIES President V. Shankar wrote (excerpts below),

"As the Head of Chinmaya Mission worldwide, you have steadfastly pursued Swami Chinmayananda's grand spiritual and organizational vision. Swami Chinmayananda was far ahead of his time. You have fully justified the confidence that the Master had in you. The Chinmaya International Residential School in Coimbatore, the Chinmaya Centre of World Understanding in New Delhi, the Chinmaya International Foundation in Kochi, the Chinmaya Heritage Centre in Chennai, Chinmaya Vibhooti in Pune are testimonies to your devotion and dedication. Your jnana yajnas have inspired countless listeners to realize and understand the purpose of life, and brought transformation in them. Your gentle, affable nature and accessibility to all remind us of Swami Chinmayananda. Indeed, Chinmaya Mission has spread its activities far and wide under yourleadership to benefit mankind"

This year's other three NEA recipients are Amitabh Bachchan for community leadership, Dr. Sam Pitroda for achievement in science and technology, and Sushma Swaraj for public leadership. The NEA has been previously conferred on 48 distinguished Indians, including Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.