Archive · 11 Nov 2025
Brahma Kumaris Inaugurate Global Enlightenment Retreat Centre in Kolkata
A spiritual group called the Brahma Kumaris has opened a new center in Kolkata, India.
This center is a special place for people to find peace and learn how to be better leaders.
They also started a program called the 'Year of Unity & Trust' to help people get along better.
To help everyone on their journey, they released a meditation guide with 51 steps.
Important people, like a judge and a government minister, came to the opening and said it was a great place.
The center will offer quiet retreats and workshops to help people find inner strength and balance.
Brahma Kumaris Eastern Zone headquarters inaugurated the Global Enlightenment Retreat Centre (GERC) in Ramkrishnapur, Kolkata on Saturday.
The GERC is designed to be a sanctuary for inner transformation, ethical leadership, and collective well-being.
The 'Year of Unity & Trust' initiative was launched to promote harmony, faith, and mutual understanding.
A trilingual meditation guide, '51 Steps to Soulful Awakening,' was released during the event.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by approximately 800 guests, including dignitaries like Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury and minister Dilip Mondal.
- Who
- Brahma Kumaris Eastern Zone headquarters
- What
- Inauguration of the Global Enlightenment Retreat Centre (GERC) and the launch of the 'Year of Unity & Trust' initiative.
- When
- Saturday
- Where
- Ramkrishnapur, Kolkata
- Why
- To serve as a sanctuary for inner transformation, ethical leadership, collective well-being, and to foster harmony, faith, and mutual understanding.
- Location
- Ramkrishnapur, Kolkata
- Inauguration Date
- Saturday
- Key Initiatives Launched
- Global Enlightenment Retreat Centre (GERC), Year of Unity & Trust
- Published Material
- 51 Steps to Soulful Awakening (trilingual meditation guide)
- Attendance
- Around 800 guests