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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA JAYANTHI

                  Swami Vivekananda was an Indian monk and who became one of the greatest spiritual leaders from India. He was the key force to introduce Indian philosophies of vedanta and yoga to the western world and it was his speech at the World's Parliament of Religions in 1893 in Chicago that made him known as "Messenger of Indian wisdom to the Western world". He was the chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna and founded Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission as a tribute to his Guru. 

                  

He was considered a pioneer in the revival of Hinduism in India and bringing it to the status of a major world religion in the late 19th century. His birth anniversary on January 12 is observed as Swami Vivekananda Jayanti every year. However his birthday is celebrated according to Hindu calendar and this day is known as Swami Vivekananda Jayanti. Vivekananda was born on Krishna Paksha Saptami after seven days of Paush Purnima. As Jayanti day is decided based on Hindu calendar, it is not fixed on Gregorian calendar like Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti which are celebrated on fixed day on Gregorian calendar.

However Indian government has decided to observe Swami Vivekananda's Gregorian date of birth as National Youth Day. Hence National Youth Day of India is celebrated each year on 12th January since 1985.

PERSONAL DETAILS


Nationality         Indian

Born                   Narendranath Datta
                            12 January 1863
                            Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Kolkata, 
                            West Bengal, India)

Zodiac sign        Capricorn

Died                    4 July 1902 (aged 39)
                            Belur Math, Bengal Presidency, 
                            British India (present-day West Bengal, India)
                            Reason-Stroke

Guru                    Ramakrishna

Disciple(s)         Ashokananda, Virajananda, Paramananda, Alasinga Perumal,                                                  Abhayananda, Sister Nivedita, Swami Sadananda

Literary works       Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, My Master,                    Lectures from Colombo to Almora

Influenced            Subhas Chandra Bose, Aurobindo Ghose, Bagha Jatin, 

                           Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, 

                              Jawaharlal Nehru, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Jamsetji Tata, Nikola Tesla,

                              Sarah Bernhardt, Emma Calvé, Jagadish Chandra Bose, 

                               Annie Besant, Romain Rolland, Narendra Modi, Anna Hazare

   
  

WORDS OF WISDOM

• You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
• Arise,awake and donot stop until the goal is reached.
• We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
• You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
• All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
• The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
• Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
• Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
• All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
• Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.