Swami Vivekananda
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Swami Vivekananda’ s original name was Narendranath Dutta, and his ancestral house was Gour Mohan Mukherjee Lane, Simla Street—a north Calcutta localit! Naren, or "#ila’ as he was $ondl called, was %orn on &' (anuar &)*+ to #huvaneswari Devi and Viswanath Dutta, a welltodo attorneatlaw in the Calcutta -igh Court! -e was their si.th child and $irst surviving son /o$ the elder $ive, $our died in childhood! -e also had two ounger %rothers!0! Naren’s e.ce1tional a%ilities, intelligence and 1rodigious memor set him a1art as a leader, right $rom his school das! -ehad a $lair $or drawing, a melodious voice, an orator who could s1eak e.tem1ore, and was also 1ro$icient in 1hsical activities like rowing, swimming, wrestling and riding! 2ecommended3 #iogra1h o$ Swami Vivekananda in -indi Language 4$ter 1assing his entrance e.amination at the age o$ si.teen, Naren joined the 4rts $acult o$ 5residenc College in &))6! -e studied 7nglish, -istor, Mathematics, Logic, 5scholog and 5hiloso1h during his #!4! Since childhood, Naren was a$$ected dee1l a$$ected % the ideao$ leading a li$e o$ s1iritualit ! 8n his outh, he was haunted % two o11osite visions3 one o$ leading a worldl li$e o$ lu.ur, and the other o$ a renunciating monk! 8n his longing to know the 9ruth leading to the realisation o$ God, he $ound the con$ident res1onse o$ 2amakrishna 5ramahamsa that he had seen God, the onl convincing answer! -e acce1ted 2amakrishna as his guru, who himsel$ was most eager to have Naren % his side, as he was convinced that Naren was the one 1erson who could understand and disseminate his teachings! Naren’s education $rom his guru continued through the $ive ears he was in contact with him at his ashram at Dakshineshwar ! 8n &))*, a$ter 2amakrishna’s death, Narendranath and other disci1les started the 2amakrishna Math at #elur with the aim o$ serving mankind in
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Swami Vivekananda’s original name was NarendranathDutta, and his ancestral house was Gour MohanMukherjee Lane, Simla Street—a north Calcutta localit!Naren, or "#ila’ as he was $ondl called, was %orn on &'(anuar &)*+ to #huvaneswari Devi and Viswanath Dutta,a welltodo attorneatlaw in the Calcutta -igh Court! -e
was their si.th child and $irst surviving son /o$ the elder$ive, $our died in childhood! -e also had two ounger%rothers!0!Naren’s e.ce1tional a%ilities, intelligence and 1rodigiousmemor set him a1art as a leader, right $rom his schooldas! -ehad a $lair $or drawing, a melodious voice, anorator who could s1eak e.tem1ore, and was also
1ro$icient in 1hsical activities like rowing, swimming,wrestling and riding!
2ecommended3 #iogra1h o$ Swami Vivekananda in -indiLanguage
er 1assing his entrance e.amination at the age o$ si.teen, Naren joine
e 4rts $acult o$ 5residenc College in &))6! -e studied 7nglish, -isto
athematics, Logic, 5scholog and 5hiloso1h during his #!4!
nce childhood, Naren was a$$ected dee1l a$$ected % the ideao$ leadin
o$ s1iritualit! 8n his outh, he was haunted % two o11osite visions3 o
eading a worldl li$e o$ lu.ur, and the other o$ a renunciating monk! 8
ging to know the 9ruth leading to the realisation o$ God, he $ound the
n$ident res1onse o$ 2amakrishna 5ramahamsa that he had seen God
convincing answer!acce1ted 2amakrishna as his guru, who himsel$ was most eager to h
ren % his side, as he was convinced that Naren was the one 1erson w
uld understand and disseminate his teachings! Naren’s education $rom
ru continued through the $ive ears he was in contact with him at his
hram at Dakshineshwar!
&))*, a$ter 2amakrishna’s death, Narendranath and other disci1les
arted the 2amakrishna Math at #elur with the aim o$ serving mankind i
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der to realise God! :ith the 2amakrishna ;rder %eing consolidated,
rendranath was torn %etween loalt to the Math and its mission, and
arning to %e a wandering monk! -e le$t the Math in (ul &)<6 to start o
all8ndia tour!
his journe, he %e$riended %oth 1rince and 1au1er alike! 4$ter two ea
1eregrinations, he reached =anakumari andrealised his li$e mission 3
dia could rise again onl when itrealised that it’s glor, it’s strengh andginalit la in its s1iritual consciousness! 4nd that his li$e mission woul
renew that consciousness within 8ndia’s masses! 9he wa to achieve t
uld %e to make the :est acknowledge 8ndia’s inherent strength in the
alm o$ s1iritualit, and the knowledge that it had to im1art to the :est!
s im1ortant %ecause the :est was seen as the omni1otent 1owerthat
uld con>uer all, and their recognition o$ 8ndia’s strength was essential!
