Biography of swami Vivekananda
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The prime disciple of 19th century Indian mystic Ramakrishna Paramhansa, he reintroduced the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world.
Swami Vivekananda was intelligent since childhood. He was the only student to have received first division marks in Presidency College entrance examination. An avid reader of various subjects, including religion, history, social science, art and literature, he also had profound interest in Puranas, Vedas and Upanishads.
Naren (as he was popularly known as) was born at his ancestral home at 3 Gourmohan Mukherjee Street in British Capital Calcutta.Son of Vishwanath Dutta, who was an attorney at the Calcutta High Court and a devout housewife Bhubaneswari Devi, Naren's upbringing was influenced by his father's liberal thinking and his mother's spiritual and religious temperament.
Swami Vivekananda attained Mahasamadhi on July 4, 1902. On this day, he woke up early, went to Belur Math and meditated there for three hours. After taking classes and discussing a planned Vedic college in Ramakrishna Math, he went to his room at 7 pm and asked not be disturbed.He died at 9:10 pm while meditating. Medically, a rupture of a blood vessel in his brain led to the death. His disciples believe that the rupture was due to brahmarandhra (an opening in the crown of his head) being pierced when he attained mahasamādhi.
He was cremated on a sandalwood pyre on the banks of Ganga in Belur.
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Swami Vivekananda is A versatile Genius of India,✨️✨️ Born-12th January in Calcutta. His Original Name was Narendranath Datta was an Attorney of Calcutta High Court. His Father Vishwanath Dutta was an Attorney of Calcutta High Court. His mother was Bhuvaneshwari Devi. His talent and his personality is influenced by his parents. He studied his school Education in Metropolitan Institution at Calcutta and obtained BA DEGREE from the presidency collage, Calcutta. He was very eager to see God face to face. In 1881 he became a disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and received enlightenment. He was named as Swami Vivekananda when he became a monk. He was indias representative at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago in 1893. His call to the nation was " Arise awake and stop not till the GOAL is reached. " His works were compiled to form a nine volume set The Complete works of Swami Vivekananda .
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