Essay on Swami Vivekanand

Swami Vivekananda (250 words)

Swami Vivekananda, a worldwide popular monk, was born in Calcutta on 12^th of January in 1863. He was called as Narendra Nath Datta in his childhood. His birth anniversary is celebrated every year as National Youth Day in India. He was one of the eight siblings of Viswanath Dutta, a lawyer at High Court of Calcutta and Bhuvaneshwari Devi. He was a bright student however his education was irregular. He was very religious and spiritual person, popular for his Sanskrit knowledge. He was a truth speaker, good scholar, and a player. He was very religious in nature from childhood and quite disturbed that where he could get God. One day he met with the Sri Ramakrishna (Priest at Dakshineswar Kali temple) when he got changed because of the spiritual influence of Sri Ramakrishna. He was called as Swami Vivekananda when he accepted Ramakrishna as his spiritual master.
After the death of his Guru, he attended the Parliament of Religions, Chicago in 1893 where he had to face many difficulties. He was ranked, as greatest figure in the Parliament of Religions, by one of the newspapers in New York. Swami Vivekananda was a great patriot and greatest spiritual figure all over the country who tried to remove poverty from India. He had founded an organization known as Ramakrishna Mission on 1^st of May in 1897 which is involved in propagating Practical Vedanta and variety of social services. He died at the age 39 on 4^th of June in 1902.