Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kannur is a

senior secondary school The senior secondary years are the years of later adolescence corresponding to the later part of secondary education. Although definitions vary, the senior secondary years are sometimes defined as being from approximately age 15 to age 18. The ...

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, India. The school has two campuses in Kannur.

Origin

The foundation stone for Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Cannanore was laid by H.H.

Swami Chinmayananda Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (born Balakrishna Menon; 8 May 1916 – 3 August 1993) was a Hindu spiritual leader and a teacher. In 1951, he founded Chinmaya Mission, a worldwide nonprofit organisation, in order to spread the knowledge of Advaita ...

on 3 February 1977. In 1989 it grew to a full-fledged secondary high school affiliated with the CBSE, New Delhi. In August 1989 Vidyalaya was upgraded into the Senior Secondary level. Students were admitted to the science stream on a merit basis. A commerce stream was introduced in 1995.

Chinmaya Balabhavan

The Chinmaya Balabhavan is a part of Chinmaya Vidyalaya situated at the heart of the city where students from class I-V are taught.

Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Govindagiri

The classes from 1st to 12th are at the main campus in Govindagiri. At , this is one of the largest school campuses in Kerala. The school also sponsors 10 children from Kargil and Ladakh who are unable to pursue their education there due to border conflicts. This school imbues culture in its students and is a School With A Difference.

Alumni

Manju Warrier Manju Warrier (; born 10 September 1978) is an Indian actress, producer, classical dancer and playback singer who primarily appears in Malayalam language films. She is the recipient of several awards including one National Film Award, one Kera ...

, Malayalam cinema actress

References

* https://archive.today/20121128175220/http://164.100.50.30/SchoolDir/appview_dir.asp?affno=930028 * http://www.chinmayakannur.ac.in/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20110727231329/http://www.sahodayank.org/chinmayakannur.htm * http://www.zonkerala.com/Chinmaya-Vidyalaya-Kannur-1611.html {{Educational Institutes in Kannur Private schools in Kerala Schools affiliated with the Chinmaya Mission Primary schools in Kerala High schools and secondary schools in Kerala Schools in Kannur Educational institutions established in 1977 1977 establishments in Kerala