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Vivekananda Kendra

1 Founder
2 Year & place of founding
3 Aims & ideals
4 Activities
5 Major publications
6 Related Links

Founder

Shri Ekanath Ranade

Year & place of founding

7th Jan, 1972 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India

Aims & ideals

Monastic / Non-monastic

Householders or celibate followers

General philosophical outlook

Spiritual nationalism as preached and practiced by Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual disciplines generally advocated

Administrative set-up

Provision for joining

The whole time workers are of three categories.

Jeevanavrati or

life worker the young men and women who join Kendra for life
Sevavrati who joins Kendra for specific period of time
Vanaprasthi who join Kendra after their retirement

To mould dedicated workers, the Kendra adopts a methodology unique to it by organising 'Yoga varga' (class), 'Bal-samskar varga', 'Swadhyaya varga' and training camps. The training centre is located at Vivekananda Kendra Prashikshan va Seva Prakalpa, Nashik, Maharashtra

Present chief of the movement

Shri P. Parameshwaran

Activities

Conducts Yoga classes, seminars, rural development activities

Religion & Spirituality

Social Field

Schools in Arunachal Pradesh - Arun Jyothi
Vivekananda Kendra Medical and Research Foundation in Arunachal Pradesh

Cultural Field

Vivekananda Kendra Institute Of Culture, Guwahati
Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation, Kodungallur, Tamil Nadu

Relief activities

Province of its influence

Mainly North-East India; Over 200 full-time dedicated workers, 170 branch centres spread over 18 States of India

Major publications

Magazines

Yuva Bharati - English monthly
Kendra Bharati - Hindi monthly
Vivekananda Kendra Patrika

- a thematic six-monthly cultural magazine
Vivek Vichar - Marathi
Jagruti - English & Assamese
Vivek Sudha - Gujarati
Vivek Vani - Tamil

India's contribution to World Thought and Culture
Comprehensive Biography of Swami Vivekananda : Prof. S.N. Dhar in two parts.
Sadhana of Service : A manual for Social Workers
Story of Rock Memorial : Shri Eknath Ranade
The Goal and the Way
Heart Beat of Hindu Nation
Gita for Daily Life

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