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Narendranath Dutta, his fifth child and first son, who later became famous as Swami Vivekananda, was born in 1863. [ 5 ] In 1866 he applied for the post of proctor to Barnes Peacock , the first Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court .
Statue of Vivekananda at the Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre. Vivekananda was born as Narendranath Datta (name shortened to Narendra or Naren) [18] in a Bengali Kayastha family [19] [20] in his ancestral home at 3 Gourmohan Mukherjee Street in Calcutta, [21] the capital of British India, on 12 January 1863 during the Makar Sankranti festival. [22]
Datta wrote a book Swami Vivekananda, Patriot-prophet in which he discussed Vivekananda's socialist view. [2] Datta was born on 4 September 1880 in the town of Calcutta, the capital of Bengal Presidency, the largest province of British India at that time. His parents were Vishwanath Datta and Bhuvaneshwari Datta.
The relationship between Ramakrishna and Vivekananda began in November 1881, when they met at the house of Surendra Nath Mitra. Ramakrishna asked Narendranath (the pre-monastic name of Vivekananda) to sing. Impressed by his singing talent, he invited him to Dakshineswar. Narendra accepted the invitation, and the meeting proved to be a turning ...
His parents named him 'Chinnu'. He studied in Stanes School, Coimbatore. He was one of the two Indians in his class, the rest being British. His parents wanted him to go to England after completing his degree in Presidency College, Chennai. While making arrangements for his travel abroad, he came across a book about Swami Vivekananda's philosophy.
Swami Vivekananda: a forgotten chapter of his life: Benishankar Sharma: Oxford Book & Stationary Co. Swami Vivekananda: A Historical Review: R. C. Majumdar: Advaita Ashrama: ISBN 978-81-7505-202-4: Swami Vivekananda: A Man with a Vision: Devika Rangachari: Penguin Books Limited: ISBN 978-81-8475-563-3: Swami Vivekananda: A Mental and Spiritual ...
A small gopuram was also added later. On the southern side of the shrine, one room was used as a shayana griha for Sri Guru Maharaj and the adjoining room had large portraits of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Brahmananda, and Swami Ramakrishnananda. The prayer hall in the Old Temple was a witness to many important events.
Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, a branch of the Ramakrishna Math, where 'Prabuddha Bharata's publication moved in 1899, with Swami Swarupananda as its editor. Prabuddha Bharata was founded in 1896 by P. Aiyasami, B. R. Rajam Iyer, G. G. Narasimhacharya, and B. V. Kamesvara Iyer, in Madras (now Chennai), at the behest of Swami Vivekananda, with whom the founders had been closely associated before ...