Living in tune with nature
Nardep -- Natural Resource Development Project
World renowned project by Vivekananda Kendra.

• Wather shed management
• Rural Housing
• Indigenous Medicines
• Farming

Technological Resource Centre, an institute for training the workers under these four activites, is set up a Kanyamumari. To supplement these activities further, a Gramodaya Darshan Park with live demonstration unit is also established in Vivekanandapuram campus.

Vivekananda Kendra Rural Development Programme

Let new India arise in your place. Let her arise out of the peasants cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts of the fisherman, the cobbler and the sweeper. Let her spring from the grocers shop, from beside the oven of the fritter-seller. Let her emanate from the factory, from the groves and forests, from hills and mountains.

Rural Development Programme

Kendra has adopted 5 Southern district of Tamilnadu namely Kanyakumari,Tirunelvelli, Virudhu Nagar, Thoothukudy and Ramanathpuram for the all round development of men, women and children of these economically backward rural areas. As part of these Rural Development Programmes, Kendra runs 75 Balwadies for 2000 children. Its weekly Balasamskar Vargas are held in 200 places attended by 7000 children. Cultural competitions are organised in nearly 18oo schools run by the Government in which nearly 27,000 children have taken part during the last year. Essay competition for college students are organised in which 4766 college students from 101 colleges took part. Deep Poojas are organised in colorful manner in the temple premises, in which 22,230 rural women took part last year. Besides number of Youth Camps and Personality Development Camps were organised as a regular feature for the rural youths.