Vivekananda Kendra is a Hindu nationalist social service and nation-building organisation, claiming to represent the heritage of Swami Vivekananda. the organisation is based near the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari.[1][2]
| Formation | 7 January 1972 |
|---|---|
| Legal status | Active |
| Headquarters | Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India |
Region served | India |
| Website | www.vrmvk.org |
The organisation was founded on 7 January 1972 by Eknath Ranade, a senior pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Its current[when?] president is A. Balakrishnan.
The organisation has constructed a solid waste management and bio-gas plant in Mahabalipuram.[3]
Vivekananda Kendra received the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015 for its contribution to rural development, education and development of natural resources.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kanungo, Pralay (8 February 2013). "Attempts at Appropriation". Frontline. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020.
- ^ Pandya, Samta P. (9 July 2014). "The Vivekananda Kendra in India: Its ideological translations and a critique of its social service". Critical Research on Religion. 2 (2): 116–133. doi:10.1177/2050303214534999. ISSN 2050-3032. S2CID 143748202.
- ^ Prabhu, M. J. (7 September 2011). "Power from waste: Vivekananda Kendra shows the way". The Hindu. Tamil Nadu, India.
- ^ "President confers Gandhi Peace Prize". All India Radio. 26 February 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
Further reading
edit- Beckerlegge, G. (2003). "Saffron and Seva: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Appropriation of Swami Vivekananda". In A. Copley (ed.). Hinduism in Public and Private. Oxford University Press. pp. 31–65. ISBN 0198062826.
- Beckerlegge, Gwilym (2010). "'An ordinary organisation run by ordinary people': A study of leadership in Vivekananda Kendra". Contemporary South Asia. 18 (1): 71–88. doi:10.1080/09584930903561689. S2CID 145311756.
- Pandya, Samta (2014). "Seva and Institution Building in Hindu Inspired Faith Movements". Global Journal of Human-Social Science Research. 14 (3).
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