VIVEKANANDA KENDRAA Spiritually Oriented Service Mission

“SERVICE TO HUMANITY IS WORSHIP OF GOD”

“शिव भावे जीव सेवा”“A hundred thousand men &

women, fired with the zeal ofholiness, fortified with theeternal faith in the Lord, andnerved to lion’s courage bytheir sympathy for the poorand the fallen and thedowntrodden, will go over thelength and breadth of the land,preaching the gospel of thesalvation, the gospel of help,the gospel of social raising up,the gospel of equality.”

- Swami Vivekananda

BE & MAKE

The Main theme of mylife is to take themessage of SanatanaDharma to every homeand pave the way forlaunching, in a big way,the man-makingprogramme preachedand envisaged by greatseers like SwamiVivekananda.

-Eknathji Ranade

A NATIONWIDE ORGANISATION

NATION BUILDERS

PATRONS (Pariposhak)

Supporting the Karya through Karyakartas.

LOCAL KARYAKARTAS

Householders giving time for the service.

ACHARYAS

Teachers of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalayas.

JEEVANVRATI

Fully dedicated for the service of the nation for life time -the Cadre.

SEVAVRATI

One to two years service.

VANAPRASTHI

Retired elders dedicating themselves for service.

JEEVANVRATIS – THE DEDICATED LIFE WORKERS –A NUCLEUS OF WORK

To fulfill the dream of Swami Vivekananda,Vivekananda Kendra has the cadre of those giving theirfull time for the nation building work

Called as Jeevanvratis - These dedicated full timeKaryakartas become the nucleus to organise people inthe society who have concern and desire to contributetheir might to rebuild the Bharat of Swamiji’s vision.

FULL – TIME KARYAKARTAS

Vanaprasthi : VRS / Retired but not tired, Ready toshare valuable experience for the sake of Society& Nation

Sevavrati : After Graduation gives one or moreyears for serving Society without any expectationof pay

Vivekananda Kendra - A Cadre based Organisation

JEEVANVRATI: THE BACKBONE FOR ALL THESE

ACTIVITIES WHO CAN BE A JEEVANVRATI?

Those young men and women who are

With burning desire to work for the society

Minimum Graduate,

Less than 30 yrs in age,

Have no financial liabilities

Ready to go to any part of the country for rendering

service

Aware that it is not a salaried job but a mission

To create the future for all without caring about their

own future

“YOGAKSHEMAM VAHAMYAHAM -I TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS”- BHAGAVAN SRI KRISHNA

For these young men and women who comewithout a thought for their well-being, their needsare taken care of by the society–Janata Janardan.

Parasparam Bahvayantah–Some offer their life andsome sustain that life with generous contributions.This is Yagna.

The way to that is–be a Pariposhak (Patron)

Till Now 1,90,000 Patrons

YAGNA SANKALPNA : DHARMA CHARKA

Vyasthi - Individual

Samashti- Society

Karma

Nurture

KarmaPhal

Yagna

PRACTICE YAGNA : BE A PATRON

ANNUAL DONATING PATRONS

Contribution of Rs. 100/- and above every year.

It is for training , support and maintenance of these dedicated full time Karyakartas of the Vivekananda Kendra Pratishthan

LUMP-SUM DONATING PATRONS

Contribution of Rs. 500/- and above for 10 Years

This amount is kept under fixed deposit for a

period of 10 years, the interest on which is used

for training, support and maintenance of Cadre

After a period of ten years, the deposited

amount may be utilized for the above or any

related purpose

Birth day greeting card Kendra

News Reports are sent every year

PERPETUAL PATRONS

Contribution of 5000/- and above

This amount is kept under fixed deposit for a

period of 20 years, the interest on which is used

for training, support and maintenance of Cadre

After a period of 20 years, the deposited

amount may be utilized for the above or related

purpose.

Birth day greeting card and Kendra News

Reports are sent every year

The Yajna of Rebuilding of Nation

by Vivekananda Kendra is carried

out through all these various

activities.

Here are the glimpses

800+ Activity CentersPalitana in West to Khonsa in East : Kashmir in North to Kanyakumari in South.67 Schools – More than 28,000 students9 Periodicals in 6 languages300+ Balwadis And Anadalaya for informal education 6 Vocational Training Centers 14 Various Projects under Rural, Medical, Cultural, Education and Research

More information visit : http://www.vivekanandakendra.org

Donate Online : http://www.vivekanandakendra.org/my-

contribution-donation

Mail : info@vkendra.org

Glimpse ………………………..

67 - VIVEKANANDA KENDRA VIDYALAYA –MORE THAN 28,000 STUDENTS

ARUNACHAL – 34, ASSAM – 19, ANDAMANS – 9, NAGALAND – 1, TAMIL NADU – 3, KARNATAKA – 1

INTENSIVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

TAMIL NADU, ASSAM AND ORISSA

NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTTECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCE CENTRE / GRAMODAYA DARSHAN PARK / GREEN

RAMESHWARAM / ALLOPATHIC AND SIDDHA MEDICAL CENTRES IN KANYAKUMARI.

ARUN JYOTIDEVELOPMENT THROUGH CULTURE -ARUNACHAL PRADESH

VIVEKANANDA KENDRA INSTITUTE OF CULTURE GUWAHATI

(ASSAM), ITANAGAR (ARUNACHAL) AND NEW DELHI.

VIVEKANANDA KENDRA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

2 - ASSAM, 1 – MADHYA PRADESH, 1 - ODISHA

VIVEKANANDA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

NEW DELHI

Vimarsha : 61Seminar and Conferences : 32Talk and Lecture : 26 Interaction : 171Book Release : 24

VIVEKANANDA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

NEW DELHI

VIVEKANANDA KENDRA VEDIC VISION FOUNDATION

KODUNGALLUR, KERALA

PUBLICATIONS,PERIODICALS AND BOOKS IN MORE THAN 9

LANGUAGES

NEW TITLES IN MEJSP

Hindi – 9

English – 5

Marathi – 9

Gujarati – 7

Telugu – 2

Bengali – 4

Panjabi – 1

CAMPS – YOGA, PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT,SPIRITUAL RETREAT

VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES FOR TRIBAL WOMEN

KHATKATTI (ASSAM), SEIJOSA, WAKHRO, DUMPORIJO AND WAKHA

(ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

WAKE UP BHARAT ! ENLIGHTEN THE WORLD !!

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

MANANEEYA EKNATHJI JANMA SHATI PARVA

19TH NOV. 2014 – 19TH NOV. 2015

Safal Yuva Yuva Bharat

Vimarsha – Seva, Dharma, Indian Womanhood

Janjati Nettrutva Sammelan

Yuva Prerana Shivir

Yuva Seva

Sarthak Yuva Samarth Bharat Shivir

Special postal cover

on Eknathji Ranade

LAUNCHING OF MEJSP

WELCOME TO VIVEKANANDA KENDRA PRATISHTHAN FAMILY

Patron amount can be deposited through core banking

Indian Bank, Kanyakumari A/c 700526447

State Bank of India A/c 11305877258

Cheque/Demand Draft drawn in favour of

"Vivekananda Kendra Pratishthan" and payable at State bank of India, Vivekanandapuram Branch,

Code no. 3780,Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu-629 702, INDIA.

Online : http://www.vivekanandakendra.org/english/content/be-patron-partake-national-yajna

Through Online Payment Gateway

DONATE To Vivekananda Kendra Through STATE BANK COLLECT OPTION.

All donations to Vivekananda Kendra Pratishthan are

exempted under section 80-G of the Income Tax act.

"Vivekananda Kendra Pratishthan" is registered under

Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and

the Registration Number is 075900613