Swami Vivekananda Age, Family, Biography, Facts and more

Swami Vivekananda

Bio Profile
Real name: narendranath datta
Surname: narendra or naren
Profession: Indian patriotic saint and monk
 
Personal life
Date of birth: 12 January 1863
Place of Birth: 3 Gaurmohan Mukherjee Street, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Date of death: 4 July 1902
Death Place: Belur Math, Bengal Presidency,British India
Age (at the time of death): 39 years
Causes of Death: a blood vessel in brain
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Signature
  

Signature of Swami Vivekananda

Nationality: indian
Hometown: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
School: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Metropolitan Institution (1871)
College / University: Presidency University (Kolkata),
Association of the General Assembly (Scottish Church College, Kolkata)
Educational Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (1884)

Family
Father- Vishwanath Dutta (Attorney at Calcutta High Court) (1835-1884)
Mother- Bhuvaneshwari Devi (Housewife) (1361-1913)

Brothers- Bhupendranath Dutta (1880–1961),

  

Mahendranath Dutta

Sister- Swarnamayi Devi (died 16 February 1932)

Marital Status: Single
Religion: Hinduism
Caste: Kayastha
Address: 105, Vivekananda Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700006

 
Favorite Things
Favorite Poem: Kali the Mother
 

Some lesser known facts about Swami Vivekananda

His grandfather Durgacharan Dutt was a Persian and Sanskrit scholar.
He longed for spirituality from his young days and meditated before the Hindu gods.
He was very naughty in childhood and due to his naughtyness, his parents faced many difficulties.
In 1879, he obtained the first class in the entrance examination of the Presidency College.
He had a keen interest in Sanskrit, literature, religion, philosophy, history, social science, art and Bengali literature.
He studied European History, Western Logic and Philosophy at Scottish Church College.
He preferred to read ancient Indian Vedic texts like Puranas, Vedas, Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita.
Apart from getting training in Indian classical music, he was also skilled in sports and various physical exercises.
He was greatly influenced by Herbert Spencer (English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist) and his theory of evolution.
In 1880, he joined Keshav Chandra Sen's religious movement Han Nav Vidhan.  '
In 1884, he joined the Freemasonry Lodge and later became a member of the Sadharan Brahma Samaj ', led by Debendranath Tagore and Keshab Chandra Sen.
After being influenced by Keshab Chandra Sen's new ideas of Brahmo Samaj and Western esotericism, he met Indian mystic and yogi Ramakrishna.
In 1882, he went to Dakshineswar with his friends to meet Ramakrishna.  Initially, he did not like his sermons but was greatly influenced by his personality.

In 1884, after the death of his father, his family faced financial problems.  To help his family, he tried to find jobs in various fields but was unsuccessful.
He again met Ramakrishna and prayed to Goddess Kali to resolve the financial woes of his family.  It was suggested by Ramakrishna to pray for himself, he went to the temple but did not demand anything material from the Goddess and eventually prayed to him for a true knowledge and devotion.
In order to feel God, he accepted Ramakrishna as his spiritual master who gave him the responsibility of his monastic disciples at the time of his death on 16 August 1886 in Kosipore.  While serving his guru in his last days, Narendra experienced the condition of  'nirvikalpa samadhi.'

After the death of Ramakrishna, when no one supported his disciples financially, Narendra renovated a decaying house in Baranagar and converted it into a monastery for disciples.  There, he meditated and meditated daily with them.
In December 1886, he and other monks resolved to live the same life as their spiritual master and Narendra acquired the new name "Swami Vivekananda".

In 1887, with the help of Vaishnava Charan Basak, he composed an album of Bengali songs - Aru Sangeet Kalpataru.  '
In 1888, he left the monastery to live a sacrificial life like a wandering monk.  For five years, living mainly on begging (begging), he has visited many places in India, visited various learning centers and met people of different communities and ethnicities.
On 30 July 1893, he arrived in Chicago after visiting various countries such as China, Japan and Canada.
On 11 September 1893, he gave a short speech on Hinduism.  Taking a pass from the "Shiva Mahima Stotram", he compared the different paths of a person to the various streams that lead to the sea of ​​the formless God.  His speech was praised by the audience and a permanent ovation and many US newspapers shocked him in different ways.

On lecture trips, he visited various places in America and in 1894 founded the Vedanta Society (New York).
In 1895, he stopped going on tours due to his ill health and started lecturing on Vedanta at a fixed place.
In May 1896, he traveled to the UK and met Max Muller, the author of a biography of Ramakrishna.
He was awarded academic positions by Harvard University and Columbia University, but declined him because of his commitment as a monk.
He offered the Yoga Sutras of Western people- Patanjali.
He initiated many foreigners and established his Ti Shanti Ashram '(Peace Retreat) in San Jose, California.
His largest spiritual society is the spiritual Vedanta Society of Southern California 'in Hollywood.
His Vedanta Press in Hollywood publishes English translations of Indian scriptures.
In 1895, he started 'Brahmavadin' from time to time and in 1896 published his book 'Raja Yoga'.
After reaching India on 15 January 1897, he warmly welcomed people from various parts of India and gave lectures at Rameswaram, Pamban, Kumbakonam, Madras, Ramnad and Madurai.
With the aim of promoting social services, he established the Ramakrishna Mission in Calcutta on 1 May 1897.
He founded the Advaita Ashram, Almora near ati Mayawati and established monasteries in another Madras.

He introduced 'Udbodhan' in Bengali and 'Enlightened India' in English from time to time.
To protect his spiritual interests, he declined the position of head of the 'Research Institute of Science' proposed by Jamsetji Tata.
In 1898, he composed a prayer song "Khandan Bandhan" in the glorification of his spiritual master.
In June 1899, he founded the Vedanta Society in New York and San Francisco.

Swami Vivekananda (San Francisco) (1900)
On 4 July 1902, after discussing the plan of a Vedic college at Ramakrishna Math, he went to his room at seven in the evening and left his body meditating.  His body was cremated on the banks of the Ganges in Belur.
  

Swami Vivekananda

His nationalist views and sense of social reform inspired many Indian leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Chakraborty Rajagopalachari, Sri Aurobindo, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.
In his honor, Raipur Airport received the title of 'Swami Vivekananda Airport' in 2012.
His major literary works are 'Sangeet Kalpataru' (1887), 'Karma Yoga' (1896), 'Raj Yoga' (1896), 'Vedanta Darshan' (1897), 'Gyan Yoga' (1899), 'My Master' (1901)  ), 'Vedangata Darshan: Lectures on Jnana Yoga (1902) and' Bartman Bharat '(Present India) which is an essay in Bengali.
On 12 January, his birthday is celebrated as 'National Youth Day' in India.

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