Similar to the Previous AIADMK Government move to vacate Queen Mary's College.Now the DMK Government wants the historic Vivekanandar Illam (Vivekananda House) on Beach Road vacated. Government engineers have offered to help the present occupants, the Ramakrishna Mutt, find an alternative location; a businessman, on behalf of DMK leaders, has advised the Mutt to leave by Thursday, April 24.
The lease was given on condition, according to ‘government order 89’ of the higher education department on February 24, 1997, that the building be used for a museum highlighting Swami Vivekananda’s teaching. The building was renovated and on December 20, 1999, Karunanidhi extolled Swami Vivekananda, and called the Ramakrishna mission “an Everest among NGOs”. The 10-year lease was given a month later.
The mission collected Rs 65 lakhs for a permanent exhibition, plus another Rs 30 lakh as corpus. The exhibition is now a major attraction for visitors to Chennai.
A businessman, close to both the CM and the Mutt, advised the monks to clear out by April 24. The DMK, it is said, wants to set up a classical Tamil centre. The Mutt has sought legal advice. The Mutt has a place in Mylapore, which they took in 1906 after moving out of Castle Kernan.
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