Prabuddha Bharata or the Awakened India of the Ramakrishna Order is a monthly English language journal that saw the daylight in July of 1896. The journal primarily focuses on the themes of religion, psychology, history and other cultural topics in the form of articles and translations by monks, scholars and other writers having scholarly knowledge of various streams of humanities, Indian Studies, Vedanta, spirituality, religion, culture and social sciences.
The Prabuddha Bharata also has a section dedicated to book reviews. This section primarily focuses on releases by various noteworthy university presses and publications by writers across the globe. The journal is edited by Advaita Ashrama in Mayavati, Uttarakhand and is published and edited in Kolkata. The Prabuddha Bharata journal is India’s longest-running journal in the English language.
January 31, 2021, marked the 125th anniversary of Prabuddha Bharata, and it is an important topic from the IAS exam perspective. Candidates must go through the details for exam preparation.
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History of the Prabuddha Bharata Newspaper
The four founding members of the prabuddha bharata journal, P. Aiyasami, B.R. RajamIyer, G.G. Narasimhacharya and B.V. KamesvaraIyer, were all closely associated with Swami Vivekananda in Chennai before he departed to America in 1893. At his orders, these four personnel came together to form the Prabuddha Bharata in July of 1896.
Swami Vivekananda was the one to suggest the name of the journal and encouraged his four associates to realize this idea. For two years, the journal was published in Chennai and proved to be very successful. However, due to the sudden and unexpected death of one of the founding members and editor of the journal, B.R. RajamIyer, the publication came to a sudden halt.
Swami Vivekananda had returned to India by 1898 and asked one of his English disciples, J.H. Silver, to aid in the management of the journal’s publication. Silver agreed to Swami’ Vivekananda’s request and also took up the cost for purchasing hand-presses, ink and paper alongside other essential goods required.
The Prabuddha Bharata newspaper resumed its publication in the August of 1898 from Almora, Uttarakhand, under the editorship of Swami’s trusted disciple, Swami Swarupananda. Since then, the journal has been published every month, completing 126 years of its inception this year.
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Policies of the Prabuddha Bharata
The Prabuddha Bharata maintains a very strict policy for publishing papers. Most of the articles and papers published in the journal come from the recommendation of a team of internal referees. Papers that are uninvited or not recommended by this team have a rejection rate of around 80 per cent and can take more than a year to process their legitimacy and status of the publication.
The Prabuddha Bharata also has a wide range of policies when it comes to the journal’s editor selection. After its shift to the Advaita Ashrama in the March of 1899, the first three editors of the Prabuddha Bharata also held the position of President at the Ashrama. From the next term, the President and editors were always different. Time and time again, the President of the Ashrama has been named the managing editor or the joint editor. At the same time, the journal also had a legitimate editor.
The first editor of the Prabuddha Bharata was also one of the founding members, B.R. RajamIyer. Currently, Swami Vireshananda holds the post of ‘Editor of the Prabuddha Bharata Newspaper’ from August 2020.
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Frequently Asked Questions on the Prabuddha Bharata Journal
What is the Ramakrishna Order?
Sri Ramakrishna Order founded the Ramakrishna is a monastic lineage founded in January 1886 at the Cossipore House. The order was formed when Sri Ramakrishna gave the ochre cloth of renunciation to twelve of his closest disciples. The Ramakrishna Order also gave birth to the organizations called the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.
Who addressed the 125th Anniversary celebrations of the Prabuddha Bharata journal?
The Prabuddha Bharata journal completed its 125th anniversary in July of 2021. The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, addressed the journal’s 125th Anniversary celebrations.
Where is the Advaita Ashrama located?
The Advaita Ashrama is located in Mayavati and is a branch of the Ramakrishna Math. The headquarters of the Advaita Ashrama is at Belur Math.
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