Vivekananda Kendra

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]

Vivekananda Kendra
Formation7 January 1972 (1972-01-07)
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersKanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
Region served
India
Websitewww.vrmvk.org

The organisation was founded on 7 January 1972 by Eknath Ranade, a senior pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Its current 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

References
  1. Kanungo, Pralay (8 February 2013). "Attempts at Appropriation". Frontline. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Prabhu, M. J. (7 September 2011). "Power from waste: Vivekananda Kendra shows the way". The Hindu. Tamil Nadu, India.
  4. "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
  • 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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