Education is an important facet of life in this world of competition, said Veereshananda Saraswathi Swamiji, President of Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama in the city recently.
He was speaking after performing the ground breaking ceremony of the hostel by the Aryavaishya officials and professionals association recently.
Educate girls
The leaders of the society should see to that the girls also get education, he added.
Appreciating the association for providing free hostel, he said that involving ourselves in socially helpful activities will give peace and self satisfaction.
M K Nagaraj, G  K Eeshwar Shetty, S Venkatachala Shetty, T N Ashok, Secretary K N Venkatachalapathi, Venkatachala Shetty, Amarvenkatachala Shetty and Y P Krishna Murthy were present. H N Radhakrishna Gupta presided over the function.