Swami Vivekananda Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Girlfriend(s), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Narendra Nath Datta
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Monday
BIRTHPLACE
Kolkata
DIED AT AGE
39 Years 5 Months 23 Days
DEATHDATE
July 4, 1902
DEATHPLACE
Belur
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
CAPRICORN
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
Swami Vivekananda Family Members
BROTHER(S) NAME
Bhupendranath Datta
Fame & Address
DEBUT
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Representation of Neo-Vedanta, Founder of Ramakrishna Mission (1897), Ramakrishna Math
Education, Net Worth & More
COLLEGE
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's Metropolitan Institution, Presidency College
QUALIFICATION
Graduate
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA PICTURE
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Swami Vivekananda
- Did Swami Vivekananda takes alcohol? NA.
- Was Swami Vivekananda in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- Swami Vivekananda was vegetarian. He was a simple person and loved to eat Khichdi which was regularly in his Math.
- He introduced India's cultural pride Vedanta and Yoga to the Western World.
- His family members wanted his name to be Durgadas, however, his mother wanted him to be named Veereshwar according to her dream. His official name was Narendra Nath.
- Though he gave much respect to the Indian culture, he never disrespected other's culture. He was well-versed in English and had scored a good percentage in his BA exams.
- His mother had a unique technique to calm down his anger when he was a child. She used to pour cold water on him and say "Om Namah Shivaya" so that her child cool down. She used to say that Lord Shiva sent one of his demons as her son due to his naughty nature as a child.
- He was devastated with the death of his sister who committed suicide at a young age.
- Swami Ji was an animal lover and had kept a number of animals including cows, goats, monkeys and peacocks when he was a child.
- His reading speed was very fast. He used to borrow a number of books from library and return it on the next day, making the librarian doubt that if he really read all these books or not.
- Swami Ji was a regular tea drinker and had allowed the tea in his monastery against the belief of the time. He also once made Mughlai tea alongside Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
- He ignored his health to serve the needy people. He had over 31 diseases including liver and kidney diseases, diabetes and asthma at the last days of his life. He used to say that he will never see his 40th birthday, and died at the age of 39.
- His ideas also influenced many great Indian political leaders including Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose.
- You can go through his ideas with his books. Some of them are Raj Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Vedanta Shastra and Karma Yoga.
- His guru Ramakrishna told him that serving humanity is much more valuable than worshipping God and he devoted his life believing in this thought.
- His monastery was only for males and no woman was allowed to enter the place. The rule was also followed by Swami Ji himself and his mother was also not allowed to enter the place. Once a disciple, brought his mother to which Swami Ji felt sad and said that his rule was broken due to himself.
- He faced extreme poverty after his father's death. Many times, he slept without eating anything, lying to the family that he got a full meal at an invitation somewhere.
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