''manav seva madhav seva '' : RSS

RSS was founded in 1925 by Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, who was a doctor in the central Indian city of Nagpur. Hedgewar as a medical student in Kolkata had been a part of the revolutionary activities of the Anushilan Samiti and Jugantar striving to free India from British rul. He had been charged with sedition in 1921 by the British Administration and was imprisoned for a year. After returning to Nagpur, he was briefly a member of Indian National Congress before he left it in 1925, to form the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. After the formation of the RSS, Hedgewar kept the organization from having any direct affiliation with any of the political organisations then fighting British rule. But Hedgewar and teams of volunteers, took part in the Indian National Congress, led movements against the British rule. Hedgewar was arrested in the Jungle Satyagraha agitation in 1931 and served a second term in prison.
The RSS was established as a educational body whose objective was to train a group of Hindus, who on the basis of their character would work to unite the Hindu community so that India could become an Independent country and a creative society

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Balagokulam makes an impact

Sangh Parivar - Vasudhaiva Kutumbhkam


Balagokulam makes an impact

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:51 PM PDT
'Balagokulam’, a Sangh affiliated organisation of children, celebrated
Krishna Jayanti on Ashtami Rohini, September 11, 2009. Named
‘Gitamritham 5011’, the highlights of the celebrations this year were
‘Goupuja’, ‘Vrikshapuja’, ‘Nadhi-puja’ in 5,000 different corners of
the State in which lakhs participated.


On 12th evening cultural pageantry comprising of a large
number of children dressed as Krishna, gopa, gopis, kuchelas, Pandavas
and elephants along with traditional Kerala musical instruments, were
organised in almost 500 centres in the State. A large number of
parents, well-wishers and devotees participated in the cultural rally
singing Hare Rama Hare Krishna and both sides of the road were packed
with viewers. A welcome change from the usual political slogan
shouting.


Balagokulam, Kerala’s largest children’s organisation has
crossed all boundaries of caste, religion, political, social and
economic barriers. Even parents with communist background send their
children to Gita and Purana classes of ‘Balagokulam’ and to the annual
procession. Even comrades have no hesitation in participating in the
procession singing bhajans. Christians and Muslims also crowd in large
number to view the procession and encourage the children dressed in
Puranic costumes.


Malayala Manorama, largest Malayalam daily, gave maximum
publicity to the event giving scores of colour photos both in front
page and in special pull-outs. Other media (print and electronic) gave
wide coverage to the event.


Padma Shri P Parameswaran flagged off the procession in
Thiruvananthapuram, which started at Ganesh temple and ended at
Padmanabha temple. In many centres leading cultural icons, film
personalities, top government and police officials, professionals,
retired army officials etc. inaugurated the rally and participated in
various pujas.
Posted by ആറാമിന്ദ്രിയം at 6:07 AM

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