Beginning of Bala Vihar

The clarion call that Gurudev made during the Hindu Renaissance drew not just the adults. Everywhere He went, the very young too felt that magnetic pull in His booming laughter, His cheerful spirit, and His extraordinary love. Naturally, in His Jnana Yajnas, a place was made to nourish the children, the future of Chinmaya Mission. With great love and care, the beautiful garden of Bala Vihar took shape first as the tender “Children’s Welfare” sections in different Chinmaya Mission centers during the late 1950s.