National Youth Festival
- January 6, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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National Youth Festival
Subject – Art and Culture
Context – PM to inaugurate National Youth Festival on Jan. 12
Concept –
- The National Youth Festival in India is an annual gathering of youth with various activities including competitive ones. Celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of youth icon Swami Vivekananda, it is organized by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India in collaboration with one of the State Governments.
- Swami Vivekananda’s birthday on January 12 is always celebrated as National Youth Day and the week commencing from that day is known as the National Youth Week.
- Thus it is held in a different state each year during National Youth Week, 12 to 16 January every year.
- Prime Minister has hand-picked Puducherry as the venue for the festival.
- Youth from across the country will showcase their culture and talents. People can learn and share several things from the event.
- Festival logo and mascot – “SakshamYuva-ShashaktYuva”.
- As part of the National Youth Festival, the National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) has also been organized since 2019.
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
- He was born as NarendranathDatta on 12th January, 1863.
- Introduced the world to the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga.
- He was the chief disciple of the 19th-century mystic Ramakrishna Paramhansa.
- Laid the greatest emphasis on education for the regeneration of our motherland. He advocated a man-making character-building education.
- Established the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897. It is an organization which works in the area of value-based education, culture, health, women’s empowerment, youth and tribal welfare and relief and rehabilitation.
- He died at Belur Math in 1902. Belur Math, located in West Bengal, is the headquarters of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission.