Vivekananda Kendra
Vivekananda Kendra is a spiritual organisation. Closely affiliated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and RamaKrishna Mission, it is based on the thought-school of Swami Vivekananda.
It was founded on 7 January 1972 in Kanyakumari, India by Eknath Ranade, a senior pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, left responsibility in July 1963, and engaged himself in building Memorial of Swami Vivekananda, which was inaugurated on 2 September 1970 by Shri V.V. Giri, President of India in presence of Srimat Swami Vireshwaranandaji, President of RamKrishna Mission. Its current president is P. Parameswaran.The organisation has constructed a solid waste management and bio-gas plant in Mahabalipuram.
Vivekananda Kendra received the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015 for their contribution to rural development, education, development of natural resources.
Vivekananda Kendra launched Nationwide Sampark Program "" on 50th Year of Vivekananda Rock Memorial, by meeting the current President Shri Ram Nath Kovid on 2 September 2019, followed by Vice President & Prim Minister and plan to meet each state's Governor & Chief Minister, and all strata of Society and common people of India, who contributed ₹80.00,000/- by donating ₹1 coupon in '60s and all state Government contributed ₹1.00,000/-.
