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PM Modi to visit RSS headquarters: All about Sangh’s two main centres in Nagpur | Explained News

PM Modi to visit RSS headquarters: All about Sangh’s two main centres in Nagpur | Explained News

While in Nagpur, Narendra Modi on Sunday (March 30) will become the first sitting Prime Minister to visit the Dr Hedgewar Smruti Mandir in Reshimbagh, the administrative headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh which also houses memorials dedicated to its founder K B Hedgewar, and second sarsanghchalak (chief) M S Golwalkar. Minutes away is the RSS Karyalaya, the official residence of the organisation’s senior leaders, including sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, which also contains a museum telling the story of the many travails of the once-banned outfit. Here is a look at these two hallowed institutions of the Sangh. Story continues below this ad Memorial of founder, organisation’s HQ Away from the hustle and bustle of the Nagpur traffic, there is a modest but meticulously maintained structure surrounded by green trees and flowering plants: the memorial of RSS founder Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, popularly known as Doctorji. Once a Congress activist, Hedgewar grew disillusioned with the party in the 1920s. Following Hindu-Muslim riots that rocked Nagpur (as well as many other cities) in 1923, Hedgewar on vijayadasami …