Appendix B
The Blessed Nine! And the Sisters
B.1 The Nine Originals
As mentioned in the body of this report, the IDRF submitted an
application for a tax exemption certificate to the Internal Revenue
Service of the United States. The Form 1023 filed by the IDRF
in 1989 identifies the following nine representative organizations
that the IDRF sought to support in India:
- Vikas Bharati (Bihar)
- Swami Vivekananda Rural Development Society
(Tamil Nadu)
- Sewa Bharati (Delhi)
- Jana Seva Vidya Kendra (Karnataka)
- Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (Madhya Pradesh)
- Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (Gujarat)
- Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (Nagar Haveli)
- Girivasi Vanvasi Sewa Prakalp (Uttar Pradesh)
- G. Deshpande Vanvasi Vastigrah (Maharashtra)
As detailed below, all of these organizations
belong to the Sangh Parivar.
- Vikas Bharati (Bihar).
Sewa International identifies this as a Sangh organization that
was created for the purpose of 'educating' tribals. On its web
site, Sewa International claims that ‘The Vikas Bharati
stream, which originated in the fountainhead called Sangh (italics
added), has been quietly flowing towards the ocean called society,
gathering many additional streams on the way.’[76]
- Swami Vivekananda Rural Development
Society (Tamil Nadu): The
Sewa International identifies this as a sister organization
of the VHP [77].
While the purported aim of this group also appears to be education
of tribals, special emphasis appears to be placed upon teaching
the tribals Hindu customs, particularly its religious festivals.
[78]
- Sewa Bharati (Delhi):
Sewa Bharati is a well-known Sangh organization and is dealt
with extensively in Appendix D.
- Jana Seva Vidya Kendra (Karnataka):
This is identified as an RSS-affiliated organization in the
Sangh’s own literature [79].
JSVK is purportedly an education society, but it also has the
dubious honor of hosting the All India Meeting of RSS officials
earlier this year, where the infamous RSS resolution of ‘Godhra
and After’ was passed. In this resolution, the RSS puts
the entire blame of the anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat on the
victimized Muslim community and issued the following warning:
‘Let the Muslims understand that their real safety lies
in the goodwill of the majority.’ [80]
- The other five:
The remaining five organizations belong to the Vanvasi Kalyan
Ashram (the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram in MP, Gujarat, and Nagar
Haveli; the Girivasi Vanvasi Sewa Prakalp in Uttar Pradesh and
the G. Deshpande Vanvasi Vastigrah in Maharashtra). Vanvasi
Kalyan Ashram is one of the major Sangh affiliated organizations
active in the tribal regions in India [81].
While VKA and its affiliates claim to work for the ‘welfare’
of the tribal population, they are in fact mainly working to
‘Hinduise’ the tribals and demonize the work of
Christian missionaries in tribal area
B.2 The Eight “Sisters”
A far more extensive set of linkages
between the Sangh and the IDRF emerge when we examine the organizations
that the IDRF identifies as its “sister organizations.”
the IDRF lists nine subheadings under ‘Sister Organizations’,
the ninth of which, called ‘IDRF’s affiliates in India’,
is a collection of 67 other organizations. Combined with the first
eight, the total number of the IDRF sisters/affiliates adds up
to 75. Of these, 60 are clearly identifiable as RSS affiliates
in India. The remaining fifteen organizations are not classified
in this report as RSS affiliates, not because we have evidence
that show that they are not, but because there is very little
information available on them. It is thus possible that some,
if not all fifteen, are part of the RSS as well.
In this section, the eight “sister organizations”
are examined below. In the next section, a list of all 67 organizations
mentioned under “IDRF’s affiliates in India”
is provided along with the criteria used to judge whether they
belong to the Sangh Parivar or not.
- One Teacher Schools (Ekal Vidyalays):
This is a scheme started by the VHP to indoctrinate students
in remote villages (tribal villages)[82].
Different Sangh organizations have raised money for this scheme
and help in the administration of the schools. Some of them
are the Bharat Kalyan Pratishthan, Swami Vivekananda Rural Development
Society, Friends of Tribal Society, and the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram—all
of which have been funded by the IDRF. Recently, the Ekal Vidyalay
Foundation has been set up as an independent organization, but
still remains under the control of Dr. B.K. Modi, the current
president of the VHP-Overseas. [83]
While the stated purpose of the schools is eradication of illiteracy
in remote areas, the One Teacher Schools are heavily involved
in spreading Hindutva ‘education’ with a focus on
stopping conversions to Christianity and encouraging ‘reconversions’
to Hinduism. The VHP advances the doctrine that Indian society
is in grave danger from Christianity, and hence it is necessary
to counter the moves of missionaries to ‘save’ the
nation[84]. A
senior VHP functionary claims, “Ekal vidyalayas can best
counter the designs of the Church because they impart education
based on Hindu samskara [culture].”[85]
VHP’s secretary-in-charge of Gujarat and Rajasthan, Mahendra
Bhat, also asserts that Ekal Vidyalays impart the ‘Hindu
way of life’ till the third class [grade] and that the
focus on tribal areas is ‘necessary if we have to save
the tribals from being misguided and influenced by foreign missionaries.’
[86]
- Vikasan Foundation:
This organization, started by the Hindu Seva Pratishthan and
Jana Seva Vidya Kendra (both affiliated with the Sangh[87]),
claims to stand for the promotion of Indian culture in India
and abroad. However, like all Sangh organizations, it conflates
‘Indian’ culture with its version of ‘Hindu/Vedic’
culture, completely negating the concept of a syncretic Indian
identity that has been influenced by many religions. Vikasan
collects money for funding some gurukuls (Hindu religious schools,
equivalent of the Islamic madrassas) in India and also organizes
the Teen Hindu Heritage Camps in India for teenagers of Indian
descent who have largely grown up outside the country. As the
detailed program of this camp suggests[88],
there is a heavy influence of the RSS organizations on the curriculum
at this camp.
- Yoga Bharati and Vivekananda Kendra
Yoga Research Foundation (the latter currently goes
by the name of sVYASA--Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Samstha
): These organizations have allegedly been created to provide
training in yoga. Yoga Bharati is a subsidiary of the IDRF while
sVYASA is an independent organization headquartered in Bangalore.
Nevertheless, these organizations work together, share instructors,
advisors, and teaching material. Besides, Yoga Bharati (and
the IDRF by extension) collects funds for sVYASA’s research
efforts. However, as with all Sangh Parivar organizations, the
yoga education is suffused with the Hindutva philosophy. Thus,
Yoga Bharati invites David Frawley, a well-known Hindutva ideologue,
to speak at its Bay Area event, while its Yoga Training Camp
has drawn speakers from allied Sangh foundations such as Samskrit
Bharati and the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh[89].
sVYASA, an offshoot of the Vivekananda Kendra and Rock Memorial,
Kanyakumari (also of the Sangh Parivar[90]),
helps organize RSS training camps in India and abroad for international
audiences—camps which actively propagate Hindutva, the
supremacy of Hinduism and the revisionist history of India.
[91]
- Samskrit Bharati: This
organization works for the promotion of the Sanskrit language
and is identified as a ‘Branch’ by the RSS[92].
According to the RSS website, “The Sangh has formed the
Samskrita Bharati, which through several thousand speak Sanskrit
camps have taught people to speak the ‘language of the
gods’ sufficient for their daily use in just ten days.”[93].
In the US, this organization runs Sanskrit training programs
and camps, where it not only imparts language training, but
also a heavy dose of the Sangh ideology. It also participates
in camps and functions organized by other Sangh Parivar groups
in this country[94].
- Sewa International:
This organization, a member of the Sangh Parivar, is examined
in some detail in Appendix C.
- Bharat Vikas Parishad:
This is also listed by the RSS as one of its branches that is
designed ‘to involve entrepreneurs and well off sections
of the society in National service and for protecting Bhartiya
values.’[95]
While their stated task, that of removing discrimination from
society, is noble indeed, their methodology of bringing about
this change by imposing hierarchical upper caste Hindu values
speaks volumes about the reality. According to Vishwa Samvad
Kendra, the public relations site of the Sangh Parivar, ‘They
[Bharat Vikas Parishad] have adopted 60 seva vastis (Slums)
for all round development. They organize competitions on Ramayana
and Mahabharata on All Bharat basis for school children. They
organize competitions for students in chorus singing of patriotic.
More than one lakh students participate annually in this competition.’[96]
The President of Bharat Vikas Parishad is Justice Rama Jois,
who is actively involved in the VHP movement for rebuilding
a Hindu temple at the site of the 16th century Babri Mosque
in Ayodhya that the VHP had demolished in 1992. As reported
in an Indian daily, “Though his formal position in the
Sangh Parivar is as the president of the Bharat Vikas Parishad,
an RSS frontal organisation, Mr. Jois is known more for his
legal assistance in the ‘Ayodhya movement [to build the
temple].’ He has even attended a meeting at the Prime
Minister's house last March when Atal Behari Vajpayee held extensive
consultations in an attempt to deal with the VHP-imposed deadline
of ‘March 12’ [97]”
[this ‘deadline’ refers to the date set by the VHP
for the government to allow it to start the temple construction
or to face a nationwide stir].
- Martyrs for National Integration
Fund: This is an in-house IDRF fund-raising effort
to generate money for “families of security personnel,
and of civilians” in order “to assist those who
have suffered from the terrorist war being waged on our nation”[98]
[the “terrorist war” here refers to the conflict
in Kashmir, particularly along the Indian-Pakistani border].
B.3 The 67 Affiliates
On its web site, the IDRF provides links to
its Indian affiliates, broken down by the state where they are
located. This report uses the following criteria to determine
if these affiliates can be identified as part of the Sangh Parivar:
- Listed by the RSS under ‘Various
Branches’
http://www.rss.org/Variousbranches.html
- Listed by Sewa International as its projects
in different states http://www.sewainternational.org/states.html
- Any obvious affiliations with the One Teacher
School scheme, the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram or other clearly identified
Sangh projects.
- Sharing an address with any Sangh organization.
- Listed in Seva Disha – RSS report
on the Sangh’s sevakarya http://www.hssworld.org/homepage/html/seva/sevadisha/sevadisha1/names_and_addresses.html
- Listed in The Amrut Kumbh of Service Streams,
Ekta Prakashan
(as quoted in The Week, Feb 20, 2000 http://www.the-week.com/20feb20/events6.htm)
The criterion used to identify each organization
listed below as belonging to or affiliated with the Sangh Parivar
is specified (in parentheses). The organizations that could not
be identified as part of the Sangh are italicized. Of the total
67 organizations, 52 can clearly be associated with the Sangh.
IDRF Supported Projects in Kashmir
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/kashmir.html
1. Ved Mandir Saraswathi Vidya Vihar, Jammu
Sri Kumar J&K Siksha Bharati
Jain Bazar
Jammu - 180 001
Jammu & Kashmir
(Seva Disha: Regional HQ of Vidya Bharati)
2. Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission, Jammu
Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission
Ved Mandir, Amphalla Road
Jammu - 180 001
Jammu & Kashmir
Contact: Ved Prakash Gupta
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/jk-6.html
)
3. Bharati Vidya Mandir, Kishtwar
Bharati Vidya Mandir
Kishtwar - 182 204
Jammu & Kashmir
Contact: Ram Sewak
4. Jammu Kashmir Sahayata Samiti, Jammu
Jammu Kashmir Sahayata Samiti
Post Box No. 108, Pacca Darga
Jammu - 180 001
Contact: Vaid Vaishnav Dutt
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/jk-8.html
)
IDRF Supported Projects in Panjab
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/panjab.html
5. Peedit Prakalpa Sewa Samiti, Amritsar
Bazar Bikaneria, Katra Ahluvalia
Amritsar, Punjab - 143 006
Contact: Veer Sen, Secretary
(Same address as the Punjab ABVP http://www.abvp.org/contact.htm
)
IDRF Supported Projects in Arunachal
Pradesh
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/haryana.html
6. Arunachal Vikas Parishad, Itanagar
P.O. Box No. 128, Bank Tinale
Itanagar - 791 111
Contact: Sri. Dwarikacharya
IDRF Supported Projects in Uttar Pradesh
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/up.html
7. Uttaranchal Daivi Apda Peedit Sahayata
Samiti, Dehradun
Keshav Bhavan, 111 Moti Bazar
Dehradun - 248 001
Uttar Pradesh
Contact: Nityanand
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/upm-daps.html
)
8. Manikpur Kalyan Kendra, Manikpur
Manikpur, Bandra
Uttar Pradesh
9. Shanti Sewa Ashram, Meerut
Jain Dharmarth Trust
20-B Jain Nagar
Meerut - 250 001
Uttar Pradesh
Contact: Pawan Kumar Jain
10. Girivasi Vanavasi Seva Prakalpa, Ghonawal
Ekalavya Nagar, Ghonawal - 231 210
Janpad (district), Uttar Pradesh
Correspondence Address:
A.D. Prints, New Market
Aasbharo, Varanasi, UP - 221 001
Contact: Krishna Kishore Mehra, President
(VHP org: http://www.vhp.org/englishsite/d.Dimensions_of_VHP/aSewa/NSNS/serviceorientedorganisation.htm
)
11. Saraswathi Shiksha Mandir, Village Nagauri
Village Nagauri, Post Flavda, Dist Meerut
Uttar Pradesh
Contact: Dr. Arun Datt Sharma, Sec/Administrator
12. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Janmabhoomi Smarak Samiti, Deendayal
Dham
Deendayal Dham
(Naglachandra Bhan)
Dist. Mathura - 281 122
(Amrut Kumbh of Service Streams)
13. Sewa Prakalp Sansthan, Rudrapur
Harimandir Marg,
P.O. Rudrapur
U.P. - 263 153
Contact: Lokman Singh
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/upm-sps.html
)
14. Sewa Samarpan Sansthan, Kanpur
Veesa Munda Vanvasi Chhatravas
Ravatpur Gaon, Kanpur - 208 019
Contact: Suryaprakash Bhan
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/upa-seva.html
)
IDRF Supported Projects in Himachal Pradesh
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/himachal.html
15. Himgiri Kalyan Ashram, Solan
Himgiri Kalyan Ashram
Balmukund Hospital
P.O. Solan
Himachal Pradesh - 173 212
Contact: Dr. Rajiv Bindal
(Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram address from Seva Disha)
16. Saraswathi Vidya Mandir, Shimla
Saraswathi Vidya Mandir
C5/19, Vikas Nagar
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Contact: Subash Sood
( Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/hp-4.html
)
IDRF Supported Projects in Bihar
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/bihar.html
17. Friends of Tribal Society, Calcutta
Friends of Tribal Society
52 Zakaria Street, Calcutta -700073
(Serving Bihar)
Contact: Bimal Lath, Gen. Secretary
(From Seva Disha http://www.hssworld.org/seva/sevadisha/sevadisha1/vanavasi_kalyan_ashram.html
)
18. Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Lahardaga
Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram
Ekalavya Nagar, Lahardaga
Bihar - 835 302
Contact: Mahrang Uranv
(Listed with the RSS)
19. Vikas Bharathi, Bishnupur
Vikas Bharathi
Bishnupur, Dist. Gumla
Bihar - 835 331
Contact: Ashok Bhagath
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/integrate.html)
20. Birsa Seva Prakalpa, Hazaribagh
Birsa Seva Prakalpa
Mangal Bazar, Malviya Marg
Hazaribagh, Bihar
Contact: Hari Charan Sahu, Secretary
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/bih-bsp.html)
IDRF Supported Projects in Rajasthan
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/rajas.html
21. Bharathi (Sanskrit Only), Jaipur
Bharathi Bhawan
B-15 Vijay Khanna Nagar
Nai Basti
Jaipur - 302 001
(From Seva Disha: Head quarters of the RSS Seva Vibhag in Rajasthan)
22. Rajasthan Vanvasi Kalyan Parishad, Udaipur
1, Kamal Gali, Mamashah Marg
Udaipur - 1
Contact: Rameshwar Kumavat
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/chi-rvkp.html
)
IDRF Supported Projects in Delhi
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/delhi.html
23. Sewa Bharathi
10196/A Jhandewala Temple Complex
New Delhi - 110 055
Contact: Vishnu Kumar, Organising Sec.
(From RSS: http://www.rss.org/SEWA%20BHART.htm
)
24. Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram
M-31, Malkaganj, Delhi - 110 007
Contact: Janardan Singh
(Obvious)
IDRF Supported Projects in Bengal
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/bengal.html
25. Manav Seva Prathisthan, Calcutta
Manav Seva Prathisthan,
14, Princep Street,
Calcutta - 700 072
Contact: L.N. Todi, Managing Trustee
26. Poorvanchal Kalyan Ashram, Calcutta
Poorvanchal Kalyan Ashram,
161/1 Mahatma Gandhi Marg,
Calcutta - 700 007
Contact: Gajanan Vapat
(From Seva Disha : Regional HQ of VKA)
27. Vanabandhu Parishad, Calcutta
Vanabandhu Parishad
(Friends of Tribal Society)
52, Zakaria Street, Calcutta 700073
(From Seva Disha: http://www.hssworld.org/seva/sevadisha/sevadisha1/vanavasi_kalyan_ashram.html
)
28. Vastuhara Sahayata Samiti
Keshaw Bhawan
9A Abhedananda Street
Calcutta - 700 006, Bengal, India
(From Seva Disha: Regional Headquarters of RSS Seva Vibhag)
IDRF Supported Projects in Meghalaya
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/purvanch.html
29. Kalyan Ashram, Shillong
Village Laitkor,
Shillong - 793 010
Contact: Dr.Vishwamitra
(Sewa Intl: http://www.sewainternational.org/me-ka.html
)
IDRF Supported Projects in Assam
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/purvanch.html
30. Sishu Shiksha Samiti Assam, Guwahati
Sishu Shiksha Samiti Assam
Keshav Dham
K.B. Road, Paltan Bazar
Guwahati - 781 008
Assam
(Seva Disha: Regional HQs of RSS Seva Vibhag)
31. Kalyan Ashram, Guwahati
Kalyan Ashram
Usan Bazar, B.C. Road
Gauhati - 1
Contact: Ramgopal Gupta
(Seva Disha: Regional HQs of VKA)
IDRF Supported Projects in Manipur
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/purvanch.html
32. Kalyan Ashram Manipur
Kakching Manipur
NR. Model High School
Sumak Leikai Kkching
Manipur - 795 103
Contact: Tomal Singh
(Obviously related to VKAs?)
IDRF Supported Projects in Miscellaneous
Regions
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/purvanch.html
33. Janajati Vikas Samiti
Room No. 101, Majestic Apartments
Circular Road
Dimapur - 797 112
Contact: Ramesh Babu
IDRF Supported Projects in Gujarat
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/gujarat.html
34. Shri Apang Parivar Kalyan Kendra, Bhavnagar
Swastik Society, Ambawadi, Bhavnagar
Gujarath - 364 001
Contact: Banessih Chauhan, President
35. Muni Seva Ashram, Goraj
Post Goraj, Dist. Vadodara
Gujarath - 391 765
Contact: Anuben G. Thakkar, President
36. Kutch Kalyan Sangh, Bhuj, Kutch
(Behind Santhosh Maa Mandir)
Bhuj, Kutch - 370 001
Gujarath
37. Sri Gujarat Vanvasi Kalyan Parishad, Ahmedabad
Sri Gujarat Vanvasi Kalyan Parishad
Shrilekha Bhawan
Paldi, Ahmedabad - 1
Contact: Nagarbahi Goswami
(Regional office of ABVP: http://www.abvp.org/address.html
)
IDRF Supported Projects in Madhya
Pradesh
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/mp.html
38. Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram,
Jashpur Nagar
Jashpur Nagar, Dist. Raigarh
Madhya Pradesh - 496 331
(Serving whole INDIA)
Contact: R.K. Deshpande
Kripa Prasdji
(Obvious: listed with the RSS)
39. Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram,
Ranchi
Old Commissioner Comp.
Ranchi - 834 001
Contact: Pranay Dutt
(Obvious)
40. Bharatiya Kushta Nivaran Sangh, Sonapara
Shri Pardeep Kumar Sao Bhavan
Sonapara, P.O. Champa
District Bilaspur - 495 671
Contact: Pardeep Kumar Sao
(Sewa intl: http://www.sewainternational.org/mpc-bkn.html
)
41. Vanvasi Vikas Parishad, Bhopal
Maharana Pratap Nagar
Gayathri Mandir
Bhopal - 462 011
Contact: Balram Malviya
( Sewa Intl: http://www.sewainternational.org/mpmb-vkp.html
)
42. Vanvasi Vikas Parishad, Jabalpur
955/5 Right Town, Madan Das Road
Jabalpur - 482 002
Contact: Maniram Pal
(Sewa Intl: http://www.sewainternational.org/mpj-van.html
)
43. Vanvasi Vikas Samiti, Raipur
Opp. Panchvati Rohinipuram
Raipur - 492 010
Contact: Nishikant Joshi
(Sewa Intl: http://www.sewainternational.org/mpc-vs.html
)
IDRF Supported Projects in Orissa
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/orissa.html
44. Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram,
Bhubaneswar
Post Box No. 2
Bhubaneswar
Orissa
Contact: Ghanshyam Pradhan
(obvious)
45. Sookruti (One Teacher School), Bhubaneswar
218, Kharvel Nagar, Unit - 3,
Bhubaneshwar – 751001
(Linked to One Teacher School, according to IDRF)
IDRF Supported Projects in Maharashtra
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/mahar.html
46. Devi Ahilyabai Smarak Samithi, Nagpur
Devi Ahilya Mandir, Dhantoli
Nagpur, Maharashtra - 440 012
Contact: Leela Deshpande, Secry
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/vid-das.html
)
47. Gopal Navjeevan Kendra, Pune
C/O Padmakar Vasudev Chandekar
166 Kasba Peth, Poona
Maharashtra - 411 011
Contact: P.V. Chandekar, Secry
(Sewa Intl: http://www.sewainternational.org/m-4.html
)
48. Vatsalya Trust, Bhandup
C/32, II-Floor
Shree Vijaya Kunj Coop Housing Society
Kanjur Village, Bhandup
Mumbai - 400 042
Contact: G.A. Damle, Secretary
49. Dr. Hedgewar Raktapedi, Nagpur
2, Sitaram Smrithi
Paschim Uch Niyayalya Marg
Dharampeth
Nagpur - 440 010
Maharashtra
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/vid-hr.html
)
50. Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, Dadra & Nagar
Haveli
18, Housing Society
Near Swami Narayan Mandir
Silvassa - 396 230
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
(Obvious)
51. Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission, Nagpur
2, Central Bazar Road
Ramdas Peth
Nagpur - 440 010
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/vid-svm.html
)
52. Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Nagpur
8, Hindu Dharm Sanskriti Mandir
Dhantoli, Nagpur - 440 012
Contact: Ramesh Padhye
(Obvious)
53. Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Nasik
15, College Road
Krishi Nagar, Nasik - 422 005
Contact: Suresh Kulkarni
(Obvious)
54. Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Andamans
Post Box 244, Port Blair
Andamans - 744 101
Contact: Radha Krishnan
(Obvious)
55. Vivekanand Medical Foundation, Latur
Janakalyan Samiti
Latur
Contact: Dr. Ashok Kukade
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/m-jan.html
)
56. Janakalyan Samiti, Pune
Moti Bag, Shanivar Pet
Pune
(Seva Disha: Regional HQ of the RSS Seva Vibhag)
57. Krantiveer Chapekar Smarak Samiti, Pune
Kra. Chapekar Sadan, Chinchwad Gao
Pune 411033
58. Late Mohan Thuse Eye Hospital, Narayangaon
Narayangaon 410504
Tal. Junner, Dist. Pune, India
Contact: Dr. M.K.Dole
IDRF Supported Projects in Andhra Pradesh
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/ap.html
59. Vatsalya Sindhu, Hyderabad
Vatsalya Sindhu (Orphanage Centre for Boys)
24-143/1, Anandbagh
Malkajgiri
Hyderabad - 500 047
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/andhra.html
)
60. Vaidehi, Hyderabad
Vaidehi (Orphanage Centre for Girls)
Shri Saraswati Shishu Mandir
Madhav Nagar
Saidabad, Hyderabad - 500 659
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/an-28.html
)
61. Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Hyderabad
Keshav Nilayam,
Barkatpura, Hyderabad - 500 027
At&Po Mattam
Hukumpet Mandal
Dist. Vishakha Patnam
Andhra Pradesh - 531 077
Contact: K. Parsuram
(Obvious)
IDRF Supported Projects in Karnataka
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/karnatak.html
62. Seva-in-Action, Bangalore
2487, 25th Cross, 17th Main
Banashankari II Stage
Bangalore - 560 070
Karnataka
Contact: Indumathi Rao, Proj. Director
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/ka-sa.html
)
63. Vanvasi Kalyan, Sirsi
Sanghe Dham, Banvasi Road
P.O. Sirsi
District Uttar Kannada
Karnataka - 581 401
Contact: Prakash Kamath
(Obvious)
64. Swami Vivekanand Seva Pratisthan, Belgum
2032, Kore Galli,
Shahaput, Belgum-3
Karnatak, India
Contact: Prakash Kamath
IDRF Supported Projects in Kerala
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/kerala.html
65. Kerala Vanvasi Vikas Kendram, Calicut
Payyadimathal, P.O. Pantheerankavu
Calicut - 673 019
Contact: Naresh Kumar
IDRF Supported Projects in Tamil Nadu
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/tamil.html
66. Swami Vivekananda Rural Dev. Society,
Madras
43 Ramanujam Street, T. Nagar
Madras - 600017
Tamil Nadu
Contact: S. Vedanthan, Exe. Secretary
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/vhptamil.html
)
67. Vanvasi Sewa Kendram, Karumathurai
P.O. Karumathurai, Taluka - Attur
Dist. Salem, Tamilnadu - 636 138
(Sewa International: http://www.sewainternational.org/sevaktamil.html
)
76. http://www.sewainternational.org/integrate.html
77. http://www.sewainternational.org/vhptamil.html
78. In
a report to the IDRF, SVRDS states that it conducted competitions
for Krishna Jayanthi (a Hindu Festival) in which the school children
participated enthusiastically. http://www.idrf.org/reports/svrds/svrds.html
It should be kept in mind that these tribals do not consider themselves
Hindu, nor do they usually observe Krishna Jayanthi.
79. It
is listed as a Sangh organization in Amrut-Kumbha of Service Streams,
Ekta Prakashan, Pune according to an article, Winds
of Change, by Anosh Malekar, The Week, Feb 20, 2000
80. http://www.vskgujarat.com/rss_resolution_godhra.htm
81. http://www.hssworld.org/seva/sevadisha/sevadisha1/vanavasi_kalyan_ashram.html
82. http://www.vhp.org/englishsite/d.Dimensions_of_VHP/bekal%20vidyalya/list_ekalvidyalaya.htm
83. The
funding by the IDRF of the various organizations can be learnt from
its various Annual
Reports at its website. EVFI’s website, http://www.ekal.org/foundation.shtml
lists the trustees of Ekal Vidyalay Foundation, including BK
Modi.
84. Religious
Regeneration: The Only Solution to Various National Problems, by
Mohan Joshi, Joint Secretary of the VHP http://www.vhp.org/englishsite/d.Dimensions_of_VHP/cDharamPrasaar/religiousregeneration.htm
85. VHP
stepping up its drive to Hinduise tribal belts of Bihar, Ashish
Sinha, Hindustan Times, July 29, 2000
86. VHP
plans to outdo missionaries on their turf, Tanvir Siddiqui,
Indian Express, February 1, 1999
87. The
VHP lists Hindu Seva Pratishthana as its organization in the field
of education. http://www.vhp.org/englishsite/d.Dimensions_of_VHP/aSewa/NSNS/intheserviceofpoor.htm
. For Jana Seva Vidya Kendra, see under part (a) above.
88. http://www.vikasan.org/camp/2002/program_KVA2.htm
89. A
quick search through various Yoga Bharati fliers announcing training
camps and events reveals its connections with sVYASA. http://www.yogabharati.org/fliers/july_2002/raghu2.pdf
(Yoga Bharati raising money for sVYASA) http://www.yogabharati.org/2002/may_2002.html
--David Frawley’s lecture, http://www.yogabharati.org/reports/CampJonesReport.html
--report of a camp organized by Yoga Bharati
90. Listed
as such in Amrut Kumbha of Service Streams, Ekta Prakashan, Pune,
quoted in the article, Wings
of Change, Anosh Malekar, The Week, Feb 20, 2000
91. See
report filed on the HSS site of an HSS training camp held in Los
Angeles in July 2002, Hindu Youth Training Camp Commended http://www.hssworld.org/users/usevak/file4.htm.
Another report of an RSS training camp for NRIs—NRIs flock
to RSS camps to become Global Hindus, Johnson T A, August 11, 2002
http://www.hvk.org/articles/0801/66.html
92. http://www.rss.org/Variousbranches.html
93. http://www.rss.org/rssstor.htm
94. For
example, see http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1996_2/msg00047.html
for an example of Sanskrit Bharati participating in an HSS function,
http://www.yogabharati.org/reports/CampJonesReport.html
for a report of its participation in a camp organized by Yoga Bharati
95. http://www.rss.org/BHARAT%20VIKAS%20PARISHAD.htm
96. http://www.vskgujarat.com/like_minded_organization/bharat_vikas_parishad.htm
97. VHP
lawyer appointed Jharkhand Governor, The Hindu, July 7th, 2002 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/07/07/stories/2002070704210100.htm
98. http://www.idrf.org/otherorg/mnif/mnif.htm
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