Speakers during the seminar

The Dignitories who will be delivering the talks at Ernakulam

1. Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Former Chairman of ISRO

2. Sri P. Parameswaranji, President of Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari


3. Rev. Swami Bhadreshanandaji of Ramakrishna Math, Vyttila

4. Sri C. Radhakrishnan, Well known Scientist and Novelist

5. Prof. Jayasree Sukumaran, Well known thinker


6. Sri N. Krishnamoorti, Senior Life worker of Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari

The uniqueness of the programme at Ernakulam will be Dr. Madhavan Nair would be interacting with the prize winning children from different schools. There will be speech and essary writing competitions for the higher secondary and college students

The Dignitories who will be delivering the talks at Trissur

1. Amrita keerti M. P. Veerendra Kumar, Chairman, Matrubhumi

2. Padma Bhushan Prof. N.S. Ramaswamy, Director, Indian Heritage Academy, Bangalore


3. President of Ramakrishna Math, Trissur

4. Susri. Lakshmi Shankar, Young talented speaker

5. Sri P.V. Krishnan Nair, Kerala Sahitya Academy, Trissur


6. Dr. K. Subramanyam, Retd. Principal, Vivekananda College, Madurai

The Dignitories who will be delivering the talks at Kodungallur seminar

1.Smt Lela Menon of Janma Bhumi and well known social activist

2. Prof. Lakshmi Kutty, well known speaker and orators

3. Special YOGA  demonstration by the different schools 

Seminars in the Month of January

You may be aware that the Govt. of India and several organisations like Ramakrishna Mission and Vivekananda Kendra are getting ready to celebrate the 150th Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in a befitting manner. The focus of the celebrations is the youth of our country, as it was in the youth that Swamiji placed his faith for the regeneration of our Motherland. Programmes for students in schools and colleges, for elderly people engaged  in a variety of Nation building exercises and programmes for the empowerment of women, all these have been envisaged as parts of the celebration.

In this connection Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation plans to conduct a number of seminars and workshops at Ernakulum and Trissur, and Kodungallur based on Swamijis novel approach harmonizing spiritual and worldly lives, as enunciated in his Practical Vedanta.

Modern science has once again shown that its concept of truth is far away from Truth. And modern science is about to do another somersault. The great rishi of modern science Einstein may soon be pushed to a back seat and a new icon may be put in his place. It is the need of the hour that India upholds her Vedantic Vision of the Ultimate Reality and its universal relevance and thus be a guide leading mankind to a new destiny.

We invite you to be a part of our team for reinstating the valuable message of Swami Vivekananda among our people, in this critical hour in our nation’s destiny. 

An enchanting and enriching experience:

By the grace of Swamiji I was given a wonderful opportunity to study Swamijis works in detail, when the most famous publishers of Kerala D.C. Books requested me to compile Swamijis message for daily reading covering the whole year,essentially 366 pages of Swamijis inspiring thoughts, if necessary with a footnote or commentary. My first thought was, oh!! What is there? I can just pick up 366 quotations and present them. Then came the detailed letter that each message should be one full page, it must include special pages for important days, it should contain stories,letters etc. That brought the realization that it is not an easy joke. First effort was to find out someone to copy down from Malayalam complete works. Fortunately one of our well-wishers Smt Padma who is extremely fond of writing came forward, followed by another friend Sri. Sudhakar to check up with and compare with English. Step 2 was to bring some order into the arrangement of thoughts. A lot of mental shuffling went on till a beautiful pattern emerged. That was to arrange the thoughts, taking inspiration from the magnificent gateway to Vivekananda Literature which Swamiji himself has provided. His famous quotation “Each soul is potentially divine……etc.,”. That brought to mind the picture of “the ascent of man” from small m to capital M, passing through the gate way and on to the ladder of Swamijis life giving and soul stirring message. The gate way first leads us to one’s own Self and then to unravel the mysteries of the world without. Then starts the real ascent through Karma, Bhakti,Raja yoga and Jnana.

As I started this ascent myself I could feel giddiness at the immensity of the ascent and some resting places had to be created. And there they were when Swamiji speaks of our great Bharat and her glory. Then comes his message to the youth to ready themselves for the regeneration of the country. The ascent continues from Karma to one moves to Bhakti yoga which naturally circumambulates Sri Ramakrishna and Swamijis observations of his Master. Then comes the Raja Yoga, just a sample to excite the interest common reader. Again comes a landing platform to ease the stress on our mind meditating on Sri Buddha and Swamijis adoration for the great Master. At last we are the foot of the steep ascent of Jnana Yoga. Swamijis, wonderful insights into the Upanishadic lore and how climbing on to the Everest of Advaita is a must to establish peace and happiness in the world at large. In the light of this knowledge religion assumes a different form altogether, of Self-realization. At last the soul is ready to merge with the Source from where it came out. And there ends the story of the ascent of man into Godhood.


Dr. M. Lakshmi Kumari
Director