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Swami Vivekananda was born on 12 January 1863 at Shimla Pallai in Calcutta. His father’s name was Vishwanath Dutt, who practiced law in the Calcutta High Court, and mother’s name was Bhuvaneshwari Devi. Swami Vivekananda was one of the main followers of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa. His birth name was Narendra Dutt, who later became the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission.
He was a person of Indian origin, who introduced the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta and Yoga to Europe and America. He revived Hinduism in modern India. His inspirational speeches are still followed by the youth of the country. He had introduced Hinduism in 1893 at the World’s Religion General Assembly in Chicago.
Swami Vivekananda was influenced by the rational mind of his father and the religious nature of his mother. He learned self-control from his mother and later became an expert in meditation. His self-control was indeed amazing, using which he could easily enter the state of Samadhi. He developed remarkable leadership qualities at a young age.
He came in contact with Sri Ramakrishna after being introduced to the Brahmo Samaj at a young age. He started living in Boranagar Math along with his brothers. In his later life, he decided to visit India and started traveling from place to place and reached Thiruvananthapuram, where he decided to attend the Chicago Religion Conference.
He became popular all over the world after giving his effective speeches and lectures at many places. He died on 4 July 1902. It is believed that he went to his room to meditate and asked no one to disturb him and died during meditation.