''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

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Balagokulam makes an impact

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:51 PM PDT

'Balagokulam’, a Sangh affiliated organisation of children, celebratedKrishna 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 ofthe State in which lakhs participated.

On 12th evening cultural pageantry comprising of a largenumber of children dressed as Krishna, gopa, gopis, kuchelas, Pandavasand elephants along with traditional Kerala musical instruments, wereorganised in almost 500 centres in the State. A large number ofparents, well-wishers and devotees participated in the cultural rallysinging Hare Rama Hare Krishna and both sides of the road were packedwith viewers. A welcome change from the usual political sloganshouting.

Balagokulam, Kerala’s largest children’s organisation hascrossed all boundaries of caste, religion, political, social andeconomic barriers. Even parents with communist background send theirchildren to Gita and Purana classes of ‘Balagokulam’ and to the annualprocession. Even comrades have no hesitation in participating in theprocession singing bhajans. Christians and Muslims also crowd in largenumber to view the procession and encourage the children dressed inPuranic costumes.

Malayala Manorama, largest Malayalam daily, gave maximumpublicity to the event giving scores of colour photos both in frontpage and in special pull-outs. Other media (print and electronic) gavewide coverage to the event.

Padma Shri P Parameswaran flagged off the procession inThiruvananthapuram, which started at Ganesh temple and ended atPadmanabha temple. In many centres leading cultural icons, filmpersonalities, top government and police officials, professionals,retired army officials etc. inaugurated the rally and participated invarious pujas.
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