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Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 — 4 July 1902) was an Indian social reformer, preacher, propagator and a practitioner of practical Vedanta. The year 2013 is being celebrated as Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary. Lots of initiatives have been taken worldwide in this year. In Wikipedia, it is our effort to pay tribute to the great humanitarian of the nineteenth century.
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1 | 12 January 2013 | Khandana Bhava–Bandhana | ... that the Bengali prayer song Khandana Bhava–Bandhana was composed by Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda (pictured) | link | 1020 | It was featured on Swami Vivekananda's birthday | |
2 | 20 January | Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre | ... that 3 Gourmohan Mukherjee Street, Kolkata, is the birthplace of Indian monk Swami Vivekananda? | 620 | |||
3 | 5 March | The Light: Swami Vivekananda | ... that the new biopic, The Light: Swami Vivekananda, was released in early 2013 as a tribute for the 150th anniversary of the Swami's birth? | 1395 | |||
4 | 9 March | Vedanta Philosophy: An address before the Graduate Philosophical Society | ... that after Swami Vivekananda gave a lecture on Vedanta Philosophy at the Graduate Philosophical Society of Harvard University, he was offered a faculty position? | 490 | |||
5 | 18 March | 150th birthday of Swami Vivekananda | ... that in 2012, a three-day World Congress of Religions conference was organized by the Institute of World Religions to commemorate the 150th birthday of Swami Vivekananda? | 1201 | |||
6 | 17 April | Kali the Mother (poem) | ... that in the poem Kali the Mother written by Swami Vivekananda in 1898, the poet worshipped the terrible form of Hindu goddess Kali (pictured)? | link | 5123 | ||
7 | 31 May | Alasinga Perumal | ... that Alasinga Perumal (pictured) sold his wife's jewelry to help the financially beleaguered Swami Vivekananda, a participant in the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago? | link | 3264 | ||
8 | 4 June | Ajit Singh of Khetri | ... that Swami Vivekananda said it would not have been possible for him to do anything for India without the help of Ajit Singh, eighth king of Shekhawat dynasty of Khetri, Rajasthan? | link | 1180 | ||
9 | 13 June | Eugene Chelyshev | ... that Eugene Chelyshev was the first Russian to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship by the Government of India in 2004? | link | 443 | ||
10 | 29 June | The Hymn of Samadhi | ... that in the poem The Hymn of Samadhi, Swami Vivekananda explained experiences of Nirvikalpa Samadhi? | link | 353 | ||
11 | 2 July | Sister Gargi | ... that Sister Gargi, an American, wrote a highly regarded six-volume book on Swami Vivekananda? | link | 1360 | ||
12 | 4 July | My Master (book) | ... that My Master is an English book combined from two lectures delivered by Swami Vivekananda in New York and England in 1901? | link | 697 | ||
13 | To the Fourth of July | ... that Swami Vivekananda (pictured) wrote To the Fourth of July on the celebration of United States' Independence and incidentally died on the same date four years later? | link | 2669 | |||
14 | 6 July | Bhupendranath Datta | ... that Bhupendranath Datta discussed his older brother Swami Vivekananda's socialist views in his book Swami Vivekananda, Patriot-prophet? | link | 439 | ||
15 | 7 July | Inspired Talks | ... that the book Inspired Talks (1909) contains a series of lectures delivered by Swami Vivekananda in mid-1895 to a group of selected disciples at the Thousand Island Park, New York? | link | 301 | ||
16 | 8 July | The Song of the Sannyasin | ... that in The Song of the Sannyasin, Swami Vivekananda defined the ideals of Sannyasa or monastic life? | link | 487 | ||
17 | 9 July | Pavhari Baba | ... that Pavhari Baba, an Indian ascetic and a practitioner of Hatha yoga, reportedly used to meditate for days in his underground hermitage at Ghazipur? | link | 1385 | ||
18 | 10 July | Lectures from Colombo to Almora | ... that upon Swami Vivekananda's arrival in South India in 1897, a 40-foot (12 m) high monument was built by the king of Ramnad to celebrate his achievements at the West? | link | 552 | ||
19 | 14 July | Sankari Prasad Basu | ... that Sankari Prasad Basu, an Indian scholar, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for his research work Vivekananda o Samakalin Bharatbarsha? | link | 420 | ||
20 | 17 July | Baranagar Math | ... that Baranagar Math was the first monastery of the Ramakrishna Order, where Narendranath Datta and his brother disciples took refuge after their Master's death? | link | 1403 | ||
21 | 18 July | Bibliography of Swami Vivekananda | ... that The Monk As Man: The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda is one of the many books written on Swami Vivekananda? | Link | 1776 | ||
22 | 8 August | J. J. Goodwin | ... that without the efforts of British stenographer J. J. Goodwin, a good number of lectures of Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda would have been lost? | 1019 | |||
23 | 18 August | Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University | ... that Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University has affiliations with more than 60 engineering colleges and 30 polytechnic colleges in Chhattisgarh, India? | link | 652 | ||
24 | 11 September | Swami Vivekananda (film) | ... that Mithun Chakraborty (pictured) won the National Film Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of Ramakrishna in the 1998 film Swami Vivekananda? | link | 1361 | Swami Vivekananda first lecture at the Parliament of the World's Religions (1893) | |
25 | 15 September | Sister Christine | ... that Sister Christine (pictured) said that Swami Vivekananda's mere uttering of the word "India" stirred emotions of "love, passion, pride, longing, adoration, tragedy, chivalry, heimweh, and again love"? | Archive copy link | 3182 | Swami Vivekananda's second lecture date in Chicago | |
26 | 19 September | Vedanta Society of New York | ... that Vedanta Society of New York (VSNY) was the first Vedanta Society, founded by Swami Vivekananda in New York in November 1894? | link | 806 | Swami Vivekananda's third lecture at Chicago | |
27 | 20 September | Swami Vivekananda statue (Golpark, Kolkata) | ... that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation provided ₹1.2 million (US$14,000) for a new 12-foot-high statue of Swami Vivekananda in Golpark, Kolkata? | link | 845 | Swami Vivekananda's fourth lecture at Chicago | |
28 | 24 September | Vivekodayam | ... that the name of Vivekodayam, a Malayalam literary magazine founded in 1904, was a tribute to Swami Vivekananda? | link | 848 | ||
29 | 26 September | Josephine MacLeod | ... that Josephine MacLeod, an American devotee of Swami Vivekananda considered the day she met the Swami for the first time as her "spiritual birthday"? | link | 2549 | Swami Vivekananda fifth lecture at Chicago | |
30 | 27 September | Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached | ... that Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached, originally a sloka of Katha Upanishad, was Swami Vivekananda's (pictured) message to the Hindus to get out of their hypnotized state of mind? | link | 3165 | Swami Vivekananda's last lecture at Chicago, 1893 | |
31 | 29 September | Bartaman Bharat | ... that in Bartaman Bharat (1905), Swami Vivekananda felt that India was in a "terrible danger" and suggested not to foolishly imitate the West? | link | 672 | ||
32 | Nachuk Tahate Shyama | ... that the poem Nachuk Tahate Shyama, written by Swami Vivekananda, relates to one's surrender to the Hindu goddess Kali (pictured) | link | 787 | |||
33 | 1 October | Religion not the Crying need of India | ... that on 20 September 1893, Swami Vivekananda stated at the Parliament of the World's Religions that Religion was not the crying need of India | link | 2390 | ||
34 | 3 October | Eknath Ranade | ... that Eknath Ranade, who founded the Vivekananda Kendra in Kanyakumari, was honoured as a Karmayogi? | link | Views | ||
35 | 4 October | Buddhism, the Fulfilment of Hinduism | ... that Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda asserted that "Buddhism was the fulfilment of Hinduism | link | Views | ||
36 | 6 October | Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha | ... that the Rigveda dictum Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha ("for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") was advocated by Gautama Buddha and Swami Vivekananda? | link | Views | Comments | |
37 | 8 October | Sangeet Kalpataru | ... that the Bengali anthology Sangeet Kalpataru (1887), edited by Narendranath Datta and Vaishnab Charan Basak, was republished in 1963 as Sangeet Sadhanay Vivekananda O Sangeet Kalpataru? | link | Views | Comments | |
38 | 9 October | Swami Vivekananda in California | ... that during Vivekananda's stay in California, he opined that Jesus was a Yogi? | link | Views | Comments | |
39 | 16 October | Daridra Narayana | ... that Daridra Narayana is an axiom enunciated by Swami Vivekananda that espouses service of the poor as equivalent in importance and piety to the service of God? | 600 | Comments | ||
40 | 19 October | John Henry Wright | ... that Harvard professor John Henry Wright (pictured), whose teaching range was "encyclopaedic", described Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda as "more learned than all our learned professors put together"? | 2297 | Comments | ||
41 | 20 October | go to Dakshineswar and meet | ... that Professor William Hastie suggested that Swami Vivekananda go to Dakshineswar and meet Ramakrishna to understand the meaning of the word "trance"? | Comments | |||
42 | 21 October | influenced by Swami Vivekananda | ... that Mahatma Gandhi was influenced by Swami Vivekananda when he said that "the love that I had for my country became a thousand-fold"? | 1192 | Comments | ||
43 | 22 October | Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha | ... that Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha, a motto created by Swami Vivekananda, suggests a twofold aim of human life – one is to seek one's own salvation and the other is to do welfare of the world? | 521 | Comments | ||
44 | 23 October | Swami Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar | ... that according to scholars, Swami Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar (image of deity pictured) was a significant event in his life? | 3294 | Comments | ||
45 | 25 October | Swami Vivekananda Youth Employment Week | ... that during the Swami Vivekananda Youth Employment Week in April 2012, 65,000 youths were handed job appointment letters in Gujarat, India? | 784 | Comments | ||
46 | 26 October | Ram Chandra Datta | ... that Ram Chandra Datta and his cousin Narendra Nath Datta (later titled Swami Vivekananda), as disciples of Ramakrishna, belonged to the "Householder Group" and "Renouncer Group" respectively? | Comments | |||
47 | 4 November | Swami Vivekananda | ... that Swami Vivekananda is credited with raising interfaith awareness and bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century? | 5237 | Comments]] | ||
48 | 6 November | Rousing Call to Hindu Nation | ... that Eknath Ranade published the book Rousing Call to Hindu Nation in 1963, the centenary year of the birth of Swami Vivekananda? | 390 | Comments]] |
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