Swami Vivekananda Jayanti : Why is this Jayanti Celebrated as National Youth Day?

“Arise, Awake, and stop not till the goal is achieved”

In the above quoted sentence, Swami Vivekananda inspired people to choose a path, think about it, make it a life, live with it, and fill every corner of your body with that thinking and do not replace it with anything else. It is the only way to achieve success in life.  

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Not only this, Swami Vivekananda inspired the youth with several other ideas. Owing to this very reason, people still look up to him and consider him as their role model. He always expressed his thoughts related to Hindutva and remained stuck to the same. It is not wrong to say that the respect of Hinduism got enhanced because of him. Every year, the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is celebrated on January 12 as the National Youth Day. Let’s go ahead and learn important things associated with Swami Vivekananda.   

Several great people were born on the land of India and they inspired others in different ways. Swami Vivekanada is one of these great people. Swami Vivekanada, who was known by the name of Narendra Nath Datta in childhood, was born in Kayastha family on January 12, 1863. His father’s name was Vishwanath Dutt and mother’s was Bhuvaneshwari Devi. 

The father of Swami Vivekananda (Narendra) was a lawyer by profession and his mother was of religious instinct. Swami Vivekanand was considered to be intellectual and naughty from the very childhood. It is said that his family was associated with religious and spiritual deeds from the very beginning and he kept observing things since childhood. Owing to this reason, his mind was rapt in devotion and worship of God since an early age. Then, he desired to know more and more about the Almighty.   

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Why were American Scholars Shocked to Hear the Ideas of Swami Vivekananda?

It is said that Swami Vivekananda wore saffron clothes at the age of 25. After this, he set out on foot to travel the world. Vivekananda began his international journey from Mumbai and reached Japan. After Japan, he reached the city of Chicago in the US via China and Canada. 

It is said that it was a time when people of Europe and America considered Indians as backwards. In such a scenario, it is natural that people also tried to stop Swami Vivekananda from speaking in a religious committee but he got some time to speak through an American professor. When he started speaking, all the scholars were surprised by his ideas. After this, he was highly welcomed in America.  

Swami Vivekananda inspired the youth throughout his life, guided them and became a role model. Therefore, Swami Vivekanada Jayanti is celebrated as India’s National Youth Day. 

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Special Things Associated with the Life of Swami Vivekananda

  • Swami Vivekananda was born in a Kayastha family in Kolkata. His childhood name was Narendra Nath Datta.
  • In 1871, he went to school. At that time, he had been passing the eighth year of his life. After this, he secured the first position in the entrance examination of the Presidency College in 1879.  
  • Narendra Nath Datta decided to leave the family and become a monk at the age of 25. After renunciation, he was named Swami Vivekanada.   
  • In 1881, Swami Vivekanada and Ramakrishna Paramahamsa met each other at Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata. Here, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa imparted  that service to mankind should never be considered as charity but it should be considered as the worship of God.   
  • During the meeting with Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda questioned him if he had seen god. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa replied that he had seen him. He could see God as clearly as he could see him. The only difference was that he could observe him more deeply.     
  • When Swami Vivekanada addressed Americans as brothers and sisters in the parliament of religion, people applauded continuously for 2 minutes in the institute of Chicago and it took place on September 11, 1893. This day is still remembered as a historical day.   
  • The Ramakrishna Mission was established in Kolkata on May 1, 1897 and Ramakrishna Math was established by Swami Vivekananda in Belur on September 9, 1898 at the banks of Ganga.
  • Every year, the birthday of Swami Vivekananda is celebrated as National Youth Day on January 12 and the same started in 1985. 
  • Swami Vivekananda had Sugar and Asthma. He predicted that these diseases would not let him remain alive more than 40 years. His prediction came true and he breathed his last at the Ramakrishna Math on July 04, 1902. At that time, he was just 39.
  • His cremation took place at the banks of a river in Belur. On the other side of the same Ganga, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, who is considered the Guru of Swami Vivekananda, was cremated. 

As per the disciples of Vivekananda, he did not die but his soul fell into the divine.

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