As a fitting and living tribute to Swami Vivekananda in this year of national celebrations of his 150th birth anniversary, Vivekananda Kendra-nardep inaugurated the renovation and revival of selected Teerthams of the holy island of Rameshwaram on January 27th 2013. It was the day of arrival of Swami Vivekananda to Rameshwaram in 1897, after his triumphant visit to the West.
At Head Quarters, in Vivekananda Kendra Vidhyalaya Kanniyakumari, two Sankalp Din programmes celebrated. One is at morning 11 to 12.30p.m. in the presence of our General Secretary, Ma. Bhanudasji and Vice President Ma. Nivedita didi Sadhana Diwas conducted. In this 79 sisters and 96 brothers, totally 175 karyakartas were there from 48 villages from 21 panchayats of Agasteeswaram taluk.
Vivekananda Kendra Rural Development Programme report for the month of November , 2012.
This is the first month of the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. VK-nardep has planned to create a series on how ecological thoughts are integral and implicit in Swami Vivekananda's worldview.