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SUBMITTED by :-
Manish Kumar Singh
&
Dheeraj Kumar
(PGDM)
SHEKHAWATI BUSINESS SCHOOL
ÄSWAMI VIVEKANANDA WAS BORN ON 12
JANUARY 1863 IN SIMLA PALLI KOLKATA.
ÄHIS FATHER NAME WAS VISHWANATH DUTTA
WHO WAS A ATTORNEY OF CALCUTTA HIGH
COURT
ÄHIS MOTHER NAME WAS BHUVANESHWARI
DEVI WAS PIOUS AND HAD PRACTICED
AUSTERITIES AND PRAYED TO SHIVA OF
VARANASI TO GIVE HER A SON. SHE
REPORTEDLY HAD A DREAM IN WHICH SHIVA
ROSE FROM HIS MEDITATION AND SAID THAT
HE WOULD BE BORN AS HER SON.
ÖNARENDRANATH'S thinking and personality were influenced
by his parentsͶthe father by his rational mind and the mother
by her religious temperament . From his mother he learnt the
power of self-control.

ÖHe was reportedly adept in meditation and could reportedly

enter the state of Samadhi . He reportedly would see a light
while falling a sleep and he reportedly had a vision of Buddha
during his meditation. During his childhood, he had a great
fascination for wandering ascetics and monks.
 SCHOLARSHIP AND INTEREST

Narendranath had varied interests and a wide

range of scholarship in philosophy, history, the
social sciences, arts, literature, and other
subjects. He evinced much interest in
scriptural texts, Vedas, the Upanishads,
Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, Mahabharata and
the Puranas. He was also well versed in
classical music, both vocal and instrumental
and is said to have undergone training under
two Ustads, Beni Gupta and Ahamad Khan.
Since boyhood, he took an active interest in
physical exercise, sports, and other
organizational activities. He refused to accept
anything without rational proof and pragmatic
test.
 EDUCATION
wNarendranath started his education at
home, later he joined the Metropolitan
Institution of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in
1871
wIn 1879 he passed the entrance
examination for Presidency College,
Calcutta
wDuring the course, he studied
western logic, western philosophy
and history of European nations.In 1881
he passed the Fine Arts examination and
in 1884 he passed the Bachelor of Arts
FIRST MEETING WITH
RAM KRISHNA PRAM HANS

His first introduction

to Ramakrishna occurred in a
literature class in General Assembly
Institute, when he heard Principal
Reverend W. Hastie lecturing
on William Wordsworth's
poem à

 and the poet's
nature-mysticism. In the course of
explaining the word  
in the
poem, Hastie told his students that
if they wanted to know the real
meaning of it, they should go to
Ramakrishna of Dakshineswar .
This prompted some of his
students, including Narendranath
to visit Ramakrishna.
WITH RAMKRISHNA
His meeting with Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa in November 1881 proved to
be a turning point in his life . About this
meeting, Narendranath said, "He
[Ramakrishna] looked just like an ordinary
man, with nothing remarkable about him.
He used the most simple language and I
thought 'Can this man be a great teacher?'ʹ
I crept near to him and asked him the
question which I had been asking others all
my life: 'Do you believe in God, Sir?' 'Yes,' he
replied. 'Can you prove it, Sir?' 'Yes.' 'How?'
'Because I see Him just as I see you here,
only in a much in tenser sense.' That
impressed me at once. I began to go to that
man, day after day, and I actually saw that
religion could be given. One touch, one
glance, can change a whole life.͞
 PRICE LESS LOST
&
SPIRITUAL EDUCATION
In 1885 Ramakrishna suffered
from throat cancer and he was shifted to
Calcutta and later to Cossipore.
Vivekananda and his brother disciples
took care of Ramakrishna during his final
days. Vivekananda's spiritual education
under Ramakrishna continued there. At
Cossipore, Vivekananda reportedly
experienced       

Ramakrishna's condition
worsened gradually and he
expired in the early morning
hours of August 16, 1886 at
the Cossipore garden house.
According to his disciples, this
was „   
 FIRST RAMKRISHNA MATHA
After the death of their master, the monastic
disciples led by Vivekananda formed a fellowship at
a half-ruined house at Baranagar near the
river Ganga, with the financial assistance of the
householder disciples. This became the
first „
 or monastery of the disciples who
constituted the first Ramakrishna Order.
IN 1888 NORTH INDIA Varanasi, Ayodhya , Lucknow, Agra etc.

IN1890 HIMALAYAS Nainital ,Srinagar, Dehradun, Hardwar etc.

IN 1891 RAJPUTANA Alwar, Ajmer, Jaipur, Mount Abu etc.

IN 1892 WEST INDIA Kutch, Dwaraka, Baroda, Pune, Bombay,Panjim etc.

IN 1892 SOUTH INDIA Banglore, Kanyakumari, Madurai, Rameswaram

At Ahmadabad he completed his studies

of Mohammedan and Jain culture.
SICAGO CONFERENCE
The Parliament of Religions
opened on 11 September 1893 at
the Art Institute of Chicago. On
this day Vivekananda gave his first
brief address. He represented India
and Hinduism. began his speech
with, "Sisters and brothers of
America!".To these words he got a
standing ovation from a crowd of
seven thousand, which lasted for
two minutes.
 LAST DAYS
ÄIn December 1901, he
was invited to Japan to
participate in the
conference of Religions,
however his failing health
made it impossible.
ÄHe was suffering from
Asthma, diabetes and
other physical ailments
ÄVivekananda expired at
ten minutes past nine
P.M. on July 4, 1902 while
he was meditating.
The first governor general of independent India,
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, once observed that
"Vivekananda saved Hinduism, saved India

"love for his country a thousandfold."

Vivekananda "is the maker of modern India"