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Tributes
What the great have said about Swami Vivekananda
“Purposeful, virile, strong, he stood out, a man among men, able to hold his own.”Annie BesantTheosophist and social reformer
“It was Swami Vivekananda who took on his shoulders this stupendous task of establishing the glory of Hinduism in different countries across the borders.”Bal Gangadhar TilakLeader of the Indian freedom movement
“All our life is but an echo of a few great moments, an echo which reverberates through all time.”Jagadish Chandra BosePhysicist and plant scientist
“Vivekananda’s gospel marked the awakening of man in his fullness and that is why it inspired our youth to the diverse courses of liberation through work and sacrifice.”Rabindranath TagorePoet and Nobel laureate
“He was a born king and nobody ever came near him either in India or America without paying homage to his majesty.”Romain RollandFrench writer and Nobel laureate
“I have gone through his works very thoroughly, and after having gone through them, the love that I had for my country became a thousandfold.”Mahatma GandhiFather of the Nation
“Vivekananda was a soul of puissance if ever there was one, a very lion among men”Sri AurobindoNationalist, yogi and philosopher
“Swami Vivekananda saved Hinduism and saved India.”Chakravarti RajagopalachariGovernor-General of India
“He gave us fortitude in suffering, he gave us hope in distress, he gave us courage in despair.”Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanPhilosopher and President of India
“He came as a tonic to the depressed and demoralized Hindu mind and gave it self-reliance and some roots in the past.”Jawaharlal NehruFirst Prime Minister of India
“If he had been alive, I would have been at his feet.”Subhash Chandra BoseFounder of the Indian National Army
“His intellect was great, but greater still was his heart.”Jay Prakash NarayanSocialist leader, “Lokanāyak”
“When the nation was in a deep slumber, he created the stir.”Lal Bahadur ShastriPrime Minister of India- ADP“He presented the rare combination of being patriot and a saint”A. D. PusalkerIndologist
“…in centuries to come he will be remembered as one of the main moulders of the modern world”A. L. BashamIndologist and historian
“Swamiji provides us courage, strength, and faith and teaches us how to be self-sufficient.”Indira GandhiPrime Minister of India
“Reading and re-reading the works of Vivekananda each time I find in them something new”E. P. ChelishevRussian Indologist
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The Journey of a Spiritual Giant
His life and legacy
From the streets of Calcutta to the Parliament of Religions in Chicago, trace the extraordinary journey of India's greatest spiritual ambassador. Explore his timeline, his travels across India as an itinerant monk, and his transformative visits to the West.