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Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh
Param Poojaneeya late
Dr. Hedgewar, the founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was
involved in various types of seva activities long before he founded the
RSS. Param Poojaneeya Shri. Golwalkar (Sri Guruji) successor to Dr.
Hedgewar encouraged Swayamsevaks to start seva activities as well as to
work in various fields of our national life, such as Labour, Vanavasis,
students, religion etc. A number of organizations were established to work
in various fields.
A Senior, experienced Pracharak was spared in the year 1989 to organize
and co-ordinate seva work through the RSS Shakhas and a Seva Vibhag was
established as a part of R.S.S. work.
“One upa-shakha, at least one seva karya” is the proposal of the RSS. A
regular short course on seva is now included in the annual Training camps
of Sangh so as to expose the trainees to various dimensions of seva karya.
Pracharaks and other workers are appointed at all the Kshetra (Regional)
levels, Prant levels, vibhag levels and at almost all district levels to
look after the conduct and development of seva karya in their respective
jurisdictions. On the eve of the Birth Centenary of late Param Poojaneeya
Dr. Hedgewar in the year 1989, Late Poojaneeya Balasaheb Deoras, the then
Sarasanghachalak of the RSS, declared that the RSS would start 5,000 seva
karyas in the country as a tribute to its founder. On account of the
wide-spread network of RSS branches (SHAKHAS) all over the country the
Seva Vibhag could surpass this number within just three years of its
announcement.
One of the functions of the Seva Vibhag in addition to conducting seva
karyas is to coordinate the seva activities of all individuals and
organizations taking inspiration from the RSS, sorting out and solving
their problems, difficulties and needs, and to encourage and to provide
moral, material and ideological support to them.
Yet another development is the establishment of an International
Organisation titled “SEVA INTERNATIONAL” which now has branches in many
countries. Seva International will look after the interests of seva
related issues not only in the respective countries where they have
chapters but also take up “GLOBAL” level care of seva work carried out
under the Sangh ideology. |
