Kanyakumari

“Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare!
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare!”

All India Spiritual Retreat was held in Vivekanandapuram, Kanyakumari from 8-14 August 2013. This being Swami Vivekananda’s 150th Birth Anniversary year, this Retreat had a special significance.

“Unity in diversity” is the special feature of our Country.  On 15th August 1947, India attained freedom from the British rule.  So the Independence Day is therefore celebrated with great rejoicing all over the Country.  On this special occasion, rich tributes are paid to the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives and fought to free our mother land from the clutches of shook off the shackles of British rule a

The veneration for all life is the basis of deep ecology and Swami Vivekananda points to this core aspect of all existence - its innate divinity.

Even as we share this month newsletter with you, we are also sharing the pain and grief of all those who lost their dear ones in the Uttarakhand tragedy. This immense human tragedy has made us realize that our pilgrimages are meant to be green pilgrimages as well. They should have in them an in-built institutional respect for the grandness of nature. In fact the immense temple that stands at Kedarnath has been meeting such natural ravages from time immemorial and has withstood them all because those who envisioned this shrine also built it in tune with nature.

On 4th June 2013, at Vivekanandapuram, Kanyakumari, a team of priests from the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) performed the Bhoomi Puja for the construction of Sri Venkateswara Swamy Balaji Temple.

भारत वर्ष  स्वामी विवेकानंद की १५० वी जयंती मना रहे है। स्वामीजी की प्रसगिकता १५० वर्ष बाद भी रहेगी । उनके आदर्शों और आज के युवा को एक - दुसरे का विरोधी माना जाता है , लेकिन ऐसा नहीं है । स्वामीजी ने जीवन का ध्येय निश्चित करने के बाद कभी पलट कर नहीं देखा ।

VK-Nardep Annual Report 2012-13