| Names |
Swami Vivekananda
(Birthname: Narendra Nath Dutta) |
| Date of
Birth |
January 12, 1863
– Calcutta, West Bengal, India. |
| Date of
Death |
July 04, 1902
– Belur Math, Near Calcutta, West Bengal, India. |
| Identity |
Hindu Saint and
Spiritual Guru |
|
Date-wise Events |
- May 01, 1897:
He established the Ramakrishna
Mission at Calcutta (now Kolkata).
|
| General |
- He was a key figure in the
introduction of Indian philosophies
of Vedanta and Yoga to the western
world.
- He was also responsible for
raising interfaith awareness,
bringing Hinduism to the status of a
major world religion in the late
19th century.
- Born into an aristocratic
Bengali family of Calcutta, he
showed an inclination towards
spirituality.
- He was a major force in the
revival of Hinduism in India.
- He contributed to the sense of
nationalism in colonial India.
- He was the main disciple of the
19th century saint Ramakrishna.
- Founder of the Ramakrishna Math
and the Ramakrishna Mission.
- He is best remembered for his
inspiring speech beginning with "Sisters
and Brothers of America,"
through which he introduced Hinduism
at the Parliament of the World's
Religions in Chicago in 1893.
- He was a staunch believer of the
philosophy that service to God could
be rendered by service to mankind.
- After the death of his guru, he
toured the Indian subcontinent
extensively and acquired first-hand
knowledge of the conditions that
prevailed in British India.
- He conducted hundreds of public
and private lectures and classes,
disseminating tenets of Hindu
philosophy in the United States,
England and Europe.
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|
Commemorations |
In India, Vivekananda is regarded as a
patriotic saint and his birthday
is celebrated as the National
Youth Day. |
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