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'''Vivekananda Kendra''' is a social organisation closely affiliated with the Hindu nationalist organisation [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS). It was founded by the RSS functionary [[Eknath Ranade]] to commemorate the [[Vivekananda Rock Memorial|Swami Vivekananda rock]]  at Kanyakumari where [[Vivekananda]] sat and meditated for three days in 1892.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pandya|first=Samta P.|date=2014-07-09|title=The Vivekananda Kendra in India: Its ideological translations and a critique of its social service|journal=Critical Research on Religion|language=en-US|volume=2|issue=2|pages=116–133|doi=10.1177/2050303214534999|s2cid=143748202|issn=2050-3032}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Beckerlegge|first=Gwilym|date=2010-03-01|title='An ordinary organisation run by ordinary people': a study of leadership in Vivekananda Kendra|journal=Contemporary South Asia|volume=18|issue=1|pages=71–88|doi=10.1080/09584930903561689|s2cid=145311756|issn=0958-4935}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Gurus of Modern Yoga|last=Beckerlegge|first=Gwilym|date=2013-12-04|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199345892|editor-last=Singleton|editor-first=Mark|language=en-US|chapter=Eknath Ranade, Gurus, and Jīvanvratīs: the Vivekananda Kendra’s Promotion of the “Yoga Way of Life”|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199938704.001.0001|editor-last2=Goldberg|editor-first2=Ellen|chapter-url=https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199938704.001.0001/acprof-9780199938704-chapter-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1013479|title=Public Hinduisms|last=Kanungo|first=Pralay|date=30 June 2012|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=9788132107408|editor-last=Zavos|editor-first=John|series=Hinduism in India|chapter=Fusing the Ideals of the Math with the Ideology of the Sangh? Vivekananda Kendra, Ecumenical Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Attempts at appropriation|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl3002/stories/20130208300201900.htm|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=2019-11-07|website=frontline.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chatterji|first=Angana P.|date=2016-07-24|title=The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism: Mournings|journal=Cultural Dynamics|language=en|doi=10.1177/0921374004047753|s2cid=145785904}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pandya|first=Samta P|date=2015-04-24|title=Governmentality and guru-led movements in India|journal=European Journal of Social Theory|language=en-US|volume=19|issue=1|pages=74–93|doi=10.1177/1368431015579977|s2cid=147428389|issn=1368-4310}}</ref>
'''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 [[Vivekananda Rock Memorial|Swami Vivekananda rock]]  at Kanyakumari where [[Vivekananda]] sat and meditated for three days in 1892.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pandya|first=Samta P.|date=2014-07-09|title=The Vivekananda Kendra in India: Its ideological translations and a critique of its social service|journal=Critical Research on Religion|language=en-US|volume=2|issue=2|pages=116–133|doi=10.1177/2050303214534999|s2cid=143748202|issn=2050-3032}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Beckerlegge|first=Gwilym|date=2010-03-01|title='An ordinary organisation run by ordinary people': a study of leadership in Vivekananda Kendra|journal=Contemporary South Asia|volume=18|issue=1|pages=71–88|doi=10.1080/09584930903561689|s2cid=145311756|issn=0958-4935}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Gurus of Modern Yoga|last=Beckerlegge|first=Gwilym|date=2013-12-04|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199345892|editor-last=Singleton|editor-first=Mark|language=en-US|chapter=Eknath Ranade, Gurus, and Jīvanvratīs: the Vivekananda Kendra’s Promotion of the “Yoga Way of Life”|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199938704.001.0001|editor-last2=Goldberg|editor-first2=Ellen|chapter-url=https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199938704.001.0001/acprof-9780199938704-chapter-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1013479|title=Public Hinduisms|last=Kanungo|first=Pralay|date=30 June 2012|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=9788132107408|editor-last=Zavos|editor-first=John|series=Hinduism in India|chapter=Fusing the Ideals of the Math with the Ideology of the Sangh? Vivekananda Kendra, Ecumenical Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Attempts at appropriation|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl3002/stories/20130208300201900.htm|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=2019-11-07|website=frontline.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chatterji|first=Angana P.|date=2016-07-24|title=The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism: Mournings|journal=Cultural Dynamics|language=en|doi=10.1177/0921374004047753|s2cid=145785904}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pandya|first=Samta P|date=2015-04-24|title=Governmentality and guru-led movements in India|journal=European Journal of Social Theory|language=en-US|volume=19|issue=1|pages=74–93|doi=10.1177/1368431015579977|s2cid=147428389|issn=1368-4310}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 17:27, 30 September 2021

Vivekananda Kendra
Formation7 January 1972 (54 years ago) (1972-01-07)
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersKanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
Region served
India
Websitewww.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]

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

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Beckerlegge, Gwilym (1 March 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. ISSN 0958-4935. S2CID 145311756.
  3. ↑ Beckerlegge, Gwilym (4 December 2013). "Eknath Ranade, Gurus, and Jīvanvratīs: the Vivekananda Kendra's Promotion of the "Yoga Way of Life"". In Singleton, Mark; Goldberg, Ellen (eds.). Gurus of Modern Yoga. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199938704.001.0001. ISBN 9780199345892.
  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 (ed.). Public Hinduisms. Hinduism in India. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9788132107408.
  5. ↑ "Attempts at appropriation". frontline.thehindu.com. Retrieved 7 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Chatterji, Angana P. (24 July 2016). "The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism: Mournings". Cultural Dynamics. doi:10.1177/0921374004047753. S2CID 145785904.
  7. ↑ Pandya, Samta P (24 April 2015). "Governmentality and guru-led movements in India". European Journal of Social Theory. 19 (1): 74–93. doi:10.1177/1368431015579977. ISSN 1368-4310. S2CID 147428389.
  8. ↑ Prabhu, M. J. (7 September 2011). "Power from waste: Vivekananda Kendra shows the way". The Hindu. Tamil Nadu, India. Retrieved 13 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "President confers Gandhi Peace Prize". All India Radio. 26 February 2019.

Further reading

External links

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