Thiruvananthapuram: One of the country's tallest Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders, ideologue, author and founder of Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram (BVK) P. Parameswaran breathed his last at his friend's residence in Kerala's Palakkad district on Saturday midnight, according to an RSS leader.
He was 93 and was resting at his friends place after undergoing an Ayurveda treatment.
The last rites would be held at his home town at Muhama, in Alappuzha district, on Monday evening, after demands came that the body of the departed should be placed at the BVK, here, where he lived a major portion of his life.
Earlier it was fixed to have the last rites, Sunday evening. Often referred to as Parameswarji, he was an excellent orator and began his career as a pracharak (organizer) of the RSS.
In 1957, he was entrusted with the task of building up the Bharatheeya Jan Sangh in Kerala and went on to be the vice president of the Jana Sangh.
After being jailed during the Emergency period, he moved from politics to areas of social thought and development and became director of the Deendayal Research Institute at New Delhi for four years.
In 1982, he returned to the state capital where he founded BVK. He had very close links with top BJP leaders like L.K. Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi, who often called on him when they were in the state capital.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the demise of veteran RSS ideologue P Parameswaran, calling him "a proud and dedicated son of Bharat Mata" who devoted his life to "Indias cultural awakening".
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Shri P Parameswaran was a proud and dedicated son of Bharat Mata. His was a life devoted to India’s cultural awakening, spiritual regeneration and serving the poorest of the poor. Parameswaran Ji’s thoughts were prolific and his writings were outstanding. He was indomitable!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 9, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Shri P Parameswaran was a proud and dedicated son of Bharat Mata. His was a life devoted to India’s cultural awakening, spiritual regeneration and serving the poorest of the poor. Parameswaran Ji’s thoughts were prolific and his writings were outstanding. He was indomitable!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 9, 2020Shri P Parameswaran was a proud and dedicated son of Bharat Mata. His was a life devoted to India’s cultural awakening, spiritual regeneration and serving the poorest of the poor. Parameswaran Ji’s thoughts were prolific and his writings were outstanding. He was indomitable!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 9, 2020
"Shri P Parameswaran was a proud and dedicated son of Bharat Mata. His was a life devoted to Indias cultural awakening, spiritual regeneration and serving the poorest of the poor. Parameswaran Ji's thoughts were prolific and his writings were outstanding. He was indomitable!" Modi tweeted.
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An institution builder, Parameswaran Ji nurtured eminent institutions such as the Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram, Vivekananda Kendra and others. I am fortunate to have interacted with him many times. He was a towering intellectual. Anguished by his demise. Om Shanti. pic.twitter.com/DMo2fBiL3r
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 9, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">An institution builder, Parameswaran Ji nurtured eminent institutions such as the Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram, Vivekananda Kendra and others. I am fortunate to have interacted with him many times. He was a towering intellectual. Anguished by his demise. Om Shanti. pic.twitter.com/DMo2fBiL3r
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 9, 2020An institution builder, Parameswaran Ji nurtured eminent institutions such as the Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram, Vivekananda Kendra and others. I am fortunate to have interacted with him many times. He was a towering intellectual. Anguished by his demise. Om Shanti. pic.twitter.com/DMo2fBiL3r
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 9, 2020
"An institution builder, Parameswaran Ji nurtured eminent institutions such as the Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram, Vivekananda Kendra and others. I am fortunate to have interacted with him many times. He was a towering intellectual. Anguished by his demise. Om Shanti," the Prime Minister added.
The country decorated him with Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.
With inputs from ANI
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