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Statue of Vivekananda at the Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre. Vivekananda was born as Narendranath Datta (name shortened to Narendra or Naren) [18] in a Bengali Kayastha family [19] [20] in his ancestral home at 3 Gourmohan Mukherjee Street in Calcutta, [21] the capital of British India, on 12 January 1863 during the Makar Sankranti festival. [22]
Ramakrishna, the spiritual teacher of Vivekananda, desired to see his disciple dedicate his life to the welfare of the society.After the death of Ramakrishna in 1886, Narendranath Datta (Pre-monastic name of Swami Vivekananda) and other disciples founded their first monastery at Baranagar.
According to traditional accounts, before his death, Ramakrishna transferred his spiritual powers to Vivekananda, and assured him of his avataric status. Requesting other monastic disciples to look upon Vivekananda as their leader, [ 9 ] [ 135 ] Ramakrishna asked Vivekananda to look after the welfare of the disciples, saying, "keep my boys ...
Sister Christine or Christina Greenstidel [1] (17 August 1866 – 27 March 1930) [2] was a school teacher, and close friend and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. [3] On 24 February 1894, Christine attended a lecture of Vivekananda in Detroit, United States which inspired her.
Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda, the nineteenth-century Indian Hindu monk, is considered one of the most influential people of modern India and Hinduism. Rabindranath Tagore suggested to study Vivekananda's works to learn about India. Indian independence activist Subhas Chandra Bose regarded Vivekananda as his spiritual teacher.
The Monk as Man: The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-14-310119-2. Prabuddhaprana (2002). Saint Sara: The Life of Sara Chapman Bull, the American Mother of Swami Vivekananda. Sri Sarada Math. ISBN 978-81-86617-33-5. Syman, Stefanie (June 22, 2010). The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America. Farrar, Straus ...
After his father's death at an early age, his mother moved with them to his maternal uncle's house at Mangalore. Pandurang Prabhu studied at Madras (Chennai) Law College, where he had a chance to read the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. He joined at the Belur Math in the first half of 1916 and was initiated by the Holy Mother, in June 1916.
Swami Vivekananda attempted to explain to him that Hindu worship is symbolic worship, but failed to make the king understand. Then Swami Vivekananda saw a painting hanging on the wall, it was the a painting of the Singh's deceased father and asked him to spit on it. Singh became angry and retorted how he could spit on his father.