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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]
India celebrates National Youth Day on the birth anniversary of the great Swami. [1] The first World's Parliament of Religions was held from 11 to 27 September 1893, with delegates from around the world participating. [2] In 2012, a three-day world conference was organized to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. [3]
Belur Math was established in January 1897, by Swami Vivekananda who was the disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Swami Vivekananda returned to India from Colombo with a small group of disciples and started work on the two one at Belur, and the others at Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas called the Advaita Ashrama. [3]
The Khandana Bhava–Bandhana was written by Swami Vivekananda in Bengali as a hymn to his guru, Sri Ramakrishna. The English translation by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood is used by English-speaking Vedanta Centers in the evening vesper worship services: Breaker of this world's chain, We adore Thee, whom all men love.
Swami Prakashanand Saraswati (born 15 January 1929 – ) Swami Purnachaitanya (born 1984) Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855–1936) Swami Rama (1925–1996) Swami Ramanand (c. 1738 – c. 1802) Swami Ramdas (10 April 1884 – 25 July 1963) Swami Samarth; Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902) Swaminarayan (3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830)
The Hymn of Samadhi or A Hymn of Samadhi was a song written by Swami Vivekananda.The song was originally written in Bengali as Nahi surjo, nahi jyoti or Pralay.Later the song was translated into English and was added into "The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda" as The Hymn of Samadhi.
Swami Vivekananda is a 1998 Indian biographical film directed by G. V. Iyer and produced by T. Subbarami Reddy. [2] It took Iyer 11 years to finish the research work required for the film and to write the screenplay. The film starred Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Swami Vivekananda, the 19th-century Hindu monk, and Mithun Chakraborty as Ramakrishna ...
Daridra Narayana or Daridranarayana or Daridra Narayan is an axiom enunciated by the late-19th century Indian sage Swami Vivekananda, espousing that service to the poor is equivalent in importance and piety to service to God. This exposition was a result of Vivekananda's wanderings in the country for two years, when he personally experienced ...