Sarvodaya movement
Sarvodaya movement
Gandhi's ideals have lasted well beyond the achievement of one of his chief projects, Indian independence (swaraj). His followers in India (notably, Vinoba Bhave) continued working to promote the kind of society that he envisioned, and their efforts have come to be known as the Sarvodaya Movement. Anima Bose has referred to the movement's philosophy as "a fuller and richer concept of people's democracy than any we have yet known." Sarvodaya workers associated with Vinoba, Jaya Prakash Narayan, Dada Dharmadhikari, Ravishankar Maharaj, Dhirendra Mazumdaar, Shankarrao Deo, K. G. Mashruwala undertook various projects aimed at encouraging popular self-organisation during the 1950s and 1960s, including Bhoodan and Gramdan movements. Many groups descended from these networks continue to function locally in India today.
Beginning on the one year anniversary of the immersion of Gandhi's ashes, an annual Sarvodaya mela or festival has been held at Srirangapatna[1] and at Tirunavaya. At the latter site, it was instituted by K. Kelappan (Kelappaji).[2][3]
Further reading
- The Sarvodaya Movement: Gandhian Approach to Peace and Non Violence, by S. Narayanasamy. New Delhi, Mittal Publications, 2003. ISBN 81-7099-877-8.
See also
- Indian Opinion
- Hermann Kallenbach
- Totaram Sanadhya
- Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, a Sri Lankan organization based on the principle of Sarvodaya.
- ↑ Sharath S. Srivatsa, "A confluence by the Cauvery", The Hindu, 12 February 2006.
- ↑ T. Madhava Menon, A handbook of Kerala, Volume 2, Thiruvananthapuram: International School of Dravidian Linguistics, 2002, ISBN 9788185692272, p. 617.
- ↑ Tourist Guide to Kerala, Chennai: Sura, 2008, ISBN 9788174781642, p. 40.
