Swami Vivekananda Biography - Birth date, Achievements, Career, Family, Awards

Swami Vivekananda was born on January 12, 1863 in a Kayastha family in Calcutta, West Bengal (India). The name of his childhood home was Vireshwar but his formal name was Narendranath Dutt. His father's name was Vishwanath Dutt and mother's name was Bhuvaneshwari Devi. His father was a famous lawyer of the Calcutta High Court. His mother used to worship Lord Shiva.

Swami Vivekananda died on 4 July 1902 (age 39) after his meditation at Belur Math, Princely State of Bengal, British Raj (now in Belur, West Bengal).

In 1871, at the age of eight, Vivekananda enrolled in the metropolitan institution of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, where he attended school until his family moved to Raipur in 1877. In 1879, after his family returned to Calcutta, he was the only student to score first-class marks in the Presidency Entrance Examination. He was an avid reader in a wide range of subjects including philosophy, religion, history, social science, art, and literature. He was also interested in Hindu scriptures including the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Puranas. Vivekananda was trained in Indian classical music and regularly participated in physical exercises, sports, and organized activities. Narendra studied Western logic, Western philosophy, and European history at the General Assemblies' Institution (now known as the Scottish Church College). In 1881, he passed the examination of the fine art, and in 1884 completed a Bachelor of Arts degree. While studying Western philosophers, he also learned Sanskrit scripture and Bengali literature.

He was the chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was an important figure in introducing the Indian philosophy of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India and conceptualized Indian nationalism as a tool to fight against the British Empire in colonial India. Contributed to. In 1880, Narendra Keshav joined Chandra Sen's Nav Vidhan, which was established after Ram met Ramakrishna and reconciled Christianity to Hinduism. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in Calcutta on 01 May 1897 and the Ramakrishna Math at Belur on the banks of the Ganges river near Calcutta on 09 December 1898.

In 1893, the World Council of Religions was being held in Chicago (USA). Swami Vivekananda reached there as the representative of India. In 1881 Vivekananda first met Ramakrishna, who became his spiritual focus after his father's death in 1884. Vivekananda's first introduction to Ramakrishna took place in a literature class at the institute of the Mahasabha, when he heard Professor William Hasti giving lectures on William Wordsworth's poem, The Exercise. . In 1892, Swami Vivekananda Bhaskar accompanied Ram Sethupathi of Ramnath when he visited Madurai and sponsored Vivekananda's visit to the World Parliament of Religions held in Chicago. For more than five years, he gave extensive lectures in various cities in the US, London, and Paris.

He also traveled to Germany, Russia, and Eastern Europe. The success of Vivekananda led to a change in the mission, namely the establishment of Vedanta centers in the West. Vivekananda attracted followers and fans in the US and Europe, including Josephine Macleod, William James, Josiah Royce, Robert G. Ingersoll, Nicola Tesla, Lord Calvin, Harriet Monroe, Eli Wheeler Wilcox, Sarah Barnhart, Emma Calway, and Herman Ludwig Ferdinand von Halolden von. In Calcutta on 1 May 1897, Vivekananda established the Ramakrishna Mission for Social Service. Vivekananda predicted that he would not live for forty years.

Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary was celebrated in India and abroad. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in India officially observed 2013 as an occasion in an announcement. Year-long programs and programs were organized by the Ramakrishna Math, the Ramakrishna Mission, branches of central and state governments, educational institutions, and youth groups in India. Bengali film director Tutu (Utpal) Sinha made the film The Light: Swami Vivekananda as a tribute to his 150th birth anniversary. His disciples and followers have established more than 130 centers for propagating the messages of Vivekananda and his Guru Ramakrishna throughout the world. National Youth Day in India is celebrated on his birthday, 12 January. The day he gave his excellent speech in the Parliament of Religions on 11 September 1893 is "World Fraternity Day".