Swami Vivekananda is the person who carried the eastern culture to the West. He was born on 12th January 1862 at Simooliya a small village near Calcutta. His father was Viswanatha Dutt. Bhuvneswari Devi was his mother. Vivekananda was named “Narendra” by his parents.

He studied Sanskrit and Bengali languages even when he was young. Later he studied in a college at Calcutta. During this period he studied Eastern and Western philosophies. His father died before Narendra could complete his education. So he had to take up the responsibility as the head of the family. He had to undergo many difficulties. He lost peace of mind.

In those days there lived a sage by name Ramakrishna Parama Hamsa in a village Dakshineswaram near Calcutta. Narendra met him. Ramakrishna took Narendra as his disciple. He taught him all the Godly knowledge he knew. He named Narendra as ‘Vivekananda.’ In the year 1888 Ramakrishna passed away. Vivekananda took his place as ‘Guru’. In the year 1893 he attended the Conference of all religions at Chicago. He represented the Hindu religion. He delivered informative lectures about Hinduism and impressed the greatness of Hindu religion on all nations.

He traveled widely in America, England, France and many other foreign countries. He had disciples in all these countries. He returned to India in 1897. He died at Beylur on 5th July 1902 at the early age of 39. The Ramakrishna Mission which has got branches all over the world is the greatest monument that stands to his greatness.

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