| Swami Vivekananda is the person who carried the | | | | Ramakrishna took Narendra as his disciple. He |
| eastern culture to the West. He was born on 12th | | | | taught him all the Godly knowledge he knew. He |
| January 1862 at Simooliya a small village near | | | | named Narendra as 'Vivekananda.' In the year |
| Calcutta. His father was Viswanatha Dutt. | | | | 1888 Ramakrishna passed away. Vivekananda |
| Bhuvneswari Devi was his mother. Vivekananda | | | | took his place as 'Guru'. In the year 1893 he |
| was named "Narendra" by his parents. | | | | attended the Conference of all religions at Chicago. |
| He studied Sanskrit and Bengali languages even | | | | He represented the Hindu religion. He delivered |
| when he was young. Later he studied in a college | | | | informative lectures about Hinduism and |
| at Calcutta. During this period he studied Eastern | | | | impressed the greatness of Hindu religion on all |
| and Western philosophies. His father died before | | | | nations. |
| Narendra could complete his education. So he had | | | | He traveled widely in America, England, France |
| to take up the responsibility as the head of the | | | | and many other foreign countries. He had disciples |
| family. He had to undergo many difficulties. He lost | | | | in all these countries. He returned to India in 1897. |
| peace of mind. | | | | He died at Beylur on 5th July 1902 at the early |
| In those days there lived a sage by name | | | | age of 39. The Ramakrishna Mission which has got |
| Ramakrishna Parama Hamsa in a village | | | | branches all over the world is the greatest |
| Dakshineswaram near Calcutta. Narendra met him. | | | | monument that stands to his greatness. |