Swami Vivekananda was born Narendranath Dutta on January 12, 1863 in Calcutta, India to an affluent Bengali family. He received his early education in Calcutta before joining the Ramakrishna Math and becoming a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. In 1893, he represented India and Hinduism at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago. He died in 1902 at the young age of 39 while in meditation, attaining 'Mahasamadhi' as predicted, and was cremated on the banks of the river Ganga.

1.  Date of Birth: January12,
1863
 Place of Birth: Calcutta,
Bengal Presidency (Now
Kolkata in West Bengal)
 Parents: Vishwanath Dutta
(Father) and Bhuvaneshwari
Devi (Mother)
 Education: Calcutta
Metropolitan School;
Presidency College, Calcutta
 Institutions: Ramakrishna
Math; Ramakrishna Mission;
Vedanta Society of New York

2.  Born Narendranath Dutta, into an affluent
Bengali family in Calcutta, Vivekananda was
one of the eight children of Vishwanath
Dutta and Bhuvaneshwari Devi. He was born
on January 12, 1863, on the occasion of
Makar Sankranti. Father Vishwanath was a
successful attorney with considerable
influence in society. Narendranath’s mother
Bhuvaneshwari was a woman endowed with
a strong, God-fearing mind who had a great
impact on her son.

3.  During the course of his wanderings, he came to know
about the World Parliament of Religions being held in
Chicago, America in 1893. He was keen to attend the
meeting, to represent India, Hinduism and his Guru
Sri Ramakrishna’s philosophies. He found assertion of
his wishes while he was meditating on the rocks of
Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India. Money
was raised by his disciples in Madras (now Chennai)
and Ajit Singh, Raja of Khetri, and Vivekananda left for
Chicago on May 31, 1893 from Bombay.

4.  Swami Vivekananda had predicted that he
will not live till the age of forty. On July 4,
1902, he went about his days’ work at the
Belur Math, teaching Sanskrit grammar to
the pupils. He retired to his room in the
evening and died during meditation at
around 9. He is said to have attained
‘Mahasamadhi’ and the great saint was
cremated on the Banks of river Ganga.

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Shruthi m d
JSS Institute of Education
Sakaleshapur
B.Ed 1st year, 2nd sem
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