Vivekananda Kendra

Vivekananda KendraFormation| 7 January 1972 (54 years ago) (1972-01-07)

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Legal status| Active
Headquarters| Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India

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Website| www.vrmvk.org

Vivekananda Kendra is a social and religious organization that has been awarded the nonpartisan Gandhi Peace Prize. It was founded by Eknath Ranade to commemorate the Swami Vivekananda rock at Kanyakumari where Vivekananda sat and meditated for three days in 1892.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Appreciation
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 Further reading
* 6 External links

## History

Vivekananda Kendra was founded on 7 January 1972 in Kanyakumari, India by Eknath Ranade, a senior pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

The organisation has constructed a solid waste management and bio-gas plant in Mahabalipuram.[8]

Vivekananda Kendra launched Nationwide Sampark Program "Ek Bharat Vijayi Bharat" on 50th Year of Vivekananda Rock Memorial.

## Appreciation

Vivekananda Kendra received the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015 for their contribution to rural development, education, development of natural resources.[9]

## See also

* Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
* P. Parameswaran

## References

1. ↑ Pandya, Samta P. (2014-07-09). "The Vivekananda Kendra in India: Its ideological translations and a critique of its social service" (in en-US). Critical Research on Religion 2 (2): 116–133. doi:10.1177/2050303214534999. ISSN 2050-3032.
2. ↑ Beckerlegge, Gwilym (2010-03-01). "'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. ISSN 0958-4935.
3. ↑ Beckerlegge, Gwilym (2013-12-04). "Eknath Ranade, Gurus, and Jīvanvratīs: the Vivekananda Kendra’s Promotion of the “Yoga Way of Life”". in Singleton, Mark (in en-US). Gurus of Modern Yoga. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199938704.001.0001. ISBN 9780199345892. https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199938704.001.0001/acprof-9780199938704-chapter-16.
4. ↑ Kanungo, Pralay (30 June 2012). "Fusing the Ideals of the Math with the Ideology of the Sangh? Vivekananda Kendra, Ecumenical Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism". in Zavos, John. Public Hinduisms. Hinduism in India. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9788132107408. https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1013479.
5. ↑ "Attempts at appropriation". https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl3002/stories/20130208300201900.htm.
6. ↑ Chatterji, Angana P. (2016-07-24). "The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism: Mournings" (in en). Cultural Dynamics. doi:10.1177/0921374004047753.
7. ↑ Pandya, Samta P (2015-04-24). "Governmentality and guru-led movements in India" (in en-US). European Journal of Social Theory 19 (1): 74–93. doi:10.1177/1368431015579977. ISSN 1368-4310.
8. ↑ Prabhu, M. J. (7 September 2011). "Power from waste: Vivekananda Kendra shows the way". The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India). http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture/power-from-waste-vivekananda-kendra-shows-the-way/article2432984.ece.
9. ↑ "President confers Gandhi Peace Prize". All India Radio. February 26, 2019. http://www.newsonair.com/News?title=President-confers-Gandhi-Peace-Prize&id=360273.

## Further reading

* Pandya, Samta (2014). "Seva and Institution Building in Hindu Inspired Faith Movements". Global Journal of Human-Social Science Research 14 (3). http://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/1061.

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