Swami Vivekananda was one of the makers of modern India. He
was born on 12 January, 1863 in Kolkata. His father’s name was Biswanath Dutta
and mother’s name was Bhubaneswari Devi.
Swami Vivekananda was a pious
man. The popular idea of the hero is that he was a man of great courage and
conqueror of kingdoms. He sacrificed his
whole life for the sufferings of
humanity. His saintly parents had a lot of faith in him. His childhood name
was Narendranath Dutta. At first he had no faith in God. Then young
Narendranath Dutta came in close contact with Sri Ramakrishna. This great saint
completely changed his life and charged him with a divine power. Sri Ramakrishna inspired him to serve the suffering
humanity and accepted him as his disciple.
Narendra Dutta was reckoned as Swami
Vivekananda after the death of Ramakrishna.
Afterwards, Vivekananda travelled all over India on foot
along with the message of Sri Ramakrishna. He went to Chicago in 1893 and
delivered a speech at the Parliament of Religions and captured the mind of the
people of the world.
He founded the
Ramakrishna Mission for the service and welfare of the distressed and downtrodden
people. He breathed his last on 4 July, 1902. He will remain alive in the heart
of the Indian people for his love for the motherland. We all should follow his
ideas and ideals.
Word Meanings : pious : holy : meble; humanity : mankind : ceeveJelee; divine : godly : owJeerÙe; disciple : a pupil : efMe<Ùe; reckon : to consider : ceevevee; found : to set up : mLeehevee
keâjvee; distressed :
troubled : hejsMeeve; downtrodden : suppressed : oefuele~
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