Swami Vivekananda

                                                  SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Swami Vivekananda’s original name was Narendranath Dutta. He was born to Vushwanath Dutta and Bhubaneshwari Devi. He was born on 12th January, 1863 at Kolkata. Swamiji’s Jayanti i.e. birth anniversary is celebrated as the ‘International Youth Day’).

 Swami Vivekananda was admitted to the school founded by Mr. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar in 1870. While in school he focused both on studies as well as body building. He had great respect for his mother tongue.

He met his guru Shri Ramkrishna Paramhansa. He noticed that Narendra was inspired by religious feelings to such an extent that he was contemplating renunciation in his childhood itself. 

Narendra met Shri Ramkrishna at his neighbor Surendranath’s house itself. Initially for some days Shri Ramkrishna did not allow Narendranath to leave his side even for a moment. He made Narendra sit next to him and gave him much advice & counsel. This turned out to be a turning point in the life of Swami Vivekananda.

Swami Vivekananda along with Taraknath, another disciple of Ramkrishna, established the Ramkrishna Mission.He also founded the Vedanta Society of New York in 1894.

Swami Vivekananda represented India in a world conference was held in Chicago for all religions in the year of 1893. Swami Vivekananda started his speech saying,' Sisters and Brothers of America'. He gave a message of spiritual unity to the world in this conference. He also emphasized on India and Hinduism in his speech.