Bharat Gaurav Swami Vivekananda: Swami Vivekananda was born on 12 January 1863 in Kolkata, Bengal. Swami Vivekananda’s father’s name was Vishwanath Dutt and mother’s name was Bhuvaneshwari Devi. While Swami Vivekananda’s childhood name was Narendranath Dutt. But the name by which he made an identity in the country and abroad, he got that name later. The story of changing name from Narendranath Dutt to Swami Vivekananda is very unique.
The story of becoming Swami Vivekananda from Narendranath Dutt
The story behind the name of Swami Vivekananda from Narendranath is very interesting. This incident is related to his US tour. It so happened that Swami Vivekananda started his speech in the Parliament of Religions organized in America in Hindi language. As soon as he said ‘brothers and sisters of America’, he won every heart.
Swami ji talked about Indian religion and philosophy, all the people present there were surprised to hear his speech. The reason for this was that at such a young age there was no one else who could give such a forceful speech about Indian religion and philosophy.
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After Swami Vivekananda’s speech, there was applause for two whole minutes at the Art Institute of Chicago. This speech of Swami ji is remembered even today. Not only this, it is known as an event of pride and honor in the history of India.
But Swami Vivekananda did not have money to go to America. The entire expenses of his trip to America were borne by the Khetri king of Rajputana. He also gave Swami ji the name of Swami Vivekananda from Narendranath Dutt.
Famous French writer Romain Rolland also mentioned this in his book ‘The Life of Vivekananda and the Universal Gospel’ that in order to go to the World Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1891 Swamiji had accepted this name only on the advice of the king.
Youth Day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Vivekananda
Swami ji is called the knower of religion, history, philosophy, art, social science and literature. Along with education, he also had knowledge of Indian classical music and was also a good player. Swami ji’s priceless thoughts and work is an inspiration for the youth.
That’s why every year the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda i.e. January 12 is celebrated as National Youth Day. It was announced in 1984 by the then Government of India to celebrate Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary as National Youth Day.
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