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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE
RABINDRA NATH TAGORE
Rabindra Nath Tagore fondly called ‘Gurudev’ is one of the great sons of India. He was a gifted genius in history. According to Mahatma Gandhi he was the greatest poet of Asia in twentieth century. Both as a poet and as a man Tagore earned a great fame and respect in the world.
Rabindra Nath Tagore was born on May 6, 1861 in a Bengali family. His father Maharishi Devendra Nath Tagore was a zamindar. Being the fourteenth child of his parents, young Rabindra grew up under the care of the family’s servants. He learnt Sanskrit, Grammar and Astronomy from his father. He studied English literature from his elder brother. Tagore started writing poems from a very early age. At the age of seventeen he went to England.
Tagore thought of starting a small experimental school, modeled on the ancient ideals of the Gurukula. So on December 22, 1901 he began his school at “Shantiniketan”. He wanted to provide children an environment where the mind of the young “might expand into love of Beauty and God”. He was against the conventional school system.
He wrote his famous book ‘Gitanjali’ a collection of 103 poems and got the Nobel Prize for it in 1913. He was the first Asian who got this highest honor. Gitanjali was translated from the original Bengali into English by Tagore himself which was passed by all. Later it was translated into many languages of the world.
Tagore experiment at Santiniketan proved to be a great success which later became “Vishvabharati University”. He built another Institution, “Shriniketan”, to work for village uplift. He was a great lover of forests. He introduced two seasonal festivals “Vriksharopana” (Tree Planting) and “Hala-Karshana” (Ploughing) at Shantiniketan and Shriniketan during the raining season. Thus it was he who initiated the tree-planting ceremony which is now an all-India festival actively sponsored by the Central and State Government.
Tagore was an ardent patriot. His patriotism con be seen in his poems and songs. The song “Bharata-Bhagya-Vidhata” is now sung all over India as the National Anthem. The massacre of Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar on April 13, 1919 deeply disturbed him. He wrote a letter to the viceroy in which he stated that the brutality of the action was “without parallel in the history of civilized government….” He even renounced the knighthood, with its title sir’ bestowed on him by the British Government in protest against the inhuman killings. It was perhaps tagore’s love for his country that brought him closer to Gandhiji. He acknowledged Gandhiji’s greatness by calling him “Mahatama”, great Soul.
Rabindra Nath Tagore breathed his last on August 7,1941 at the age of eighty. Now he not amongst us but his patriotic poems and songs are still there to inspire us to do something creative.
Overall Tagore was a educationist, a social and religious reformer and a politician. His relentless striving towards perfect harmony among people is a priceless gift’s to India.
A prolific writer in Bengali, Tagore’s collected poems, stories, novels and plays make up 26 volumes. A creative genius who excelled in painting and music as well, Tagore recomposed more than 200 songs, collectively called “Rabindra Sangeet”.
Tagore loved India and fought for freedom in the way he knew best with speeches and patriotic songs.
Rabindra Nath Tagore fondly called ‘Gurudev’ is one of the great sons of India. He was a gifted genius in history. According to Mahatma Gandhi he was the greatest poet of Asia in twentieth century. Both as a poet and as a man Tagore earned a great fame and respect in the world.
Rabindra Nath Tagore was born on May 6, 1861 in a Bengali family. His father Maharishi Devendra Nath Tagore was a zamindar. Being the fourteenth child of his parents, young Rabindra grew up under the care of the family’s servants. He learnt Sanskrit, Grammar and Astronomy from his father. He studied English literature from his elder brother. Tagore started writing poems from a very early age. At the age of seventeen he went to England.
Tagore thought of starting a small experimental school, modeled on the ancient ideals of the Gurukula. So on December 22, 1901 he began his school at “Shantiniketan”. He wanted to provide children an environment where the mind of the young “might expand into love of Beauty and God”. He was against the conventional school system.
He wrote his famous book ‘Gitanjali’ a collection of 103 poems and got the Nobel Prize for it in 1913. He was the first Asian who got this highest honor. Gitanjali was translated from the original Bengali into English by Tagore himself which was passed by all. Later it was translated into many languages of the world.
Tagore experiment at Santiniketan proved to be a great success which later became “Vishvabharati University”. He built another Institution, “Shriniketan”, to work for village uplift. He was a great lover of forests. He introduced two seasonal festivals “Vriksharopana” (Tree Planting) and “Hala-Karshana” (Ploughing) at Shantiniketan and Shriniketan during the raining season. Thus it was he who initiated the tree-planting ceremony which is now an all-India festival actively sponsored by the Central and State Government.
Tagore was an ardent patriot. His patriotism con be seen in his poems and songs. The song “Bharata-Bhagya-Vidhata” is now sung all over India as the National Anthem. The massacre of Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar on April 13, 1919 deeply disturbed him. He wrote a letter to the viceroy in which he stated that the brutality of the action was “without parallel in the history of civilized government….” He even renounced the knighthood, with its title sir’ bestowed on him by the British Government in protest against the inhuman killings. It was perhaps tagore’s love for his country that brought him closer to Gandhiji. He acknowledged Gandhiji’s greatness by calling him “Mahatama”, great Soul.
Rabindra Nath Tagore breathed his last on August 7,1941 at the age of eighty. Now he not amongst us but his patriotic poems and songs are still there to inspire us to do something creative.
Overall Tagore was a educationist, a social and religious reformer and a politician. His relentless striving towards perfect harmony among people is a priceless gift’s to India.
A prolific writer in Bengali, Tagore’s collected poems, stories, novels and plays make up 26 volumes. A creative genius who excelled in painting and music as well, Tagore recomposed more than 200 songs, collectively called “Rabindra Sangeet”.
Tagore loved India and fought for freedom in the way he knew best with speeches and patriotic songs.
SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL
SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL
Vallabhbhai Patel, who is called Indian Bismerk, was the architect of modern India. After India got freedom, he became the Deputy Prime Minister of the country. This man of iron will was born on October 31, 1875 at village Karamsad in Kaira district, Gujarat. His father, Javar Bhai was a great soldier, at school he had a brilliant career as a student. He was famous for his fearlessness and boldness. In 1910, he went to England to study bar. He returned home ad started his practice in Ahmedabad district court.
His fame and brilliance spread far and wide. He became an eminent lawyer of his time. He was elected as one of the city Municipal Commissioners in 1915. he met Gandhiji at this time. He was very much inspired by Ghandiji’s ideas and gave his full co-operation t him during freedom struggle. After 1919, Rowlatt Act Agitation Patel becomes a leader of national fame. He led many such agitations which added to his reputation as a true nationalist. He was sent to prison many times but he didn’t move from his determination. He was known as the Iron Man of India all over the country.
Sardar Patel was a wonderful organizer. He played a key role in the integration of India’s princely states with the Union. He was a born patriot who made nearly all the movements a success. Working closely with Mahatma Gandhi he had firm belief in Ghandhian technique of non-violence. He tried this technique in Khera district for the first time. Here peasants were compelled to pay the revenue even though the crops failed. This pained the heart of Patel. He took up the cause of peasants and got wonderful success in getting the revenue remitted. He hated the British rule and struggled bravely against it. He was appointed the President of Indian National Congress too.
Sardar Patel had a tremendous quality of leadership. He got remarkable success during Bardoli Satyagraha. The epic struggle of Bardoli which constitutes one of the most glorious chapters in the history of India’s struggle for freedom. Bardoli, infact was a unique personal triumph for Vallabhbhai. It was in acknowledgment of the efficiency with which he conducted the movement that he was acclaimed as the ‘Sardar’ the leader a title by which he came to be known to the nation ever since.
Sardar Patel had a high minded statesmanship. In 1948 for his valuable services in respect of uniting 23 Princely States of Central India, he was awarded the ‘Doctor of Laws’ degree by the Nagpur, Banaras and Allahabad Universities.
He acted as the Acting Prime Minister of India between October 7 to November 15 during the visit of the Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru to USA, Canada and Britain. In 1950, he attended the Congress Session held at Nasik. He died on December 15 in the same year at Bombay after a short Illness.
In 1991 he was conferred on the ‘Bharat Ratna’ award posthumously for his valuable services to the country. He was, indeed, a great freedom fighter. He was well known for his skill, wisdom, tact and foresight.
Vallabhbhai Patel, who is called Indian Bismerk, was the architect of modern India. After India got freedom, he became the Deputy Prime Minister of the country. This man of iron will was born on October 31, 1875 at village Karamsad in Kaira district, Gujarat. His father, Javar Bhai was a great soldier, at school he had a brilliant career as a student. He was famous for his fearlessness and boldness. In 1910, he went to England to study bar. He returned home ad started his practice in Ahmedabad district court.
His fame and brilliance spread far and wide. He became an eminent lawyer of his time. He was elected as one of the city Municipal Commissioners in 1915. he met Gandhiji at this time. He was very much inspired by Ghandiji’s ideas and gave his full co-operation t him during freedom struggle. After 1919, Rowlatt Act Agitation Patel becomes a leader of national fame. He led many such agitations which added to his reputation as a true nationalist. He was sent to prison many times but he didn’t move from his determination. He was known as the Iron Man of India all over the country.
Sardar Patel was a wonderful organizer. He played a key role in the integration of India’s princely states with the Union. He was a born patriot who made nearly all the movements a success. Working closely with Mahatma Gandhi he had firm belief in Ghandhian technique of non-violence. He tried this technique in Khera district for the first time. Here peasants were compelled to pay the revenue even though the crops failed. This pained the heart of Patel. He took up the cause of peasants and got wonderful success in getting the revenue remitted. He hated the British rule and struggled bravely against it. He was appointed the President of Indian National Congress too.
Sardar Patel had a tremendous quality of leadership. He got remarkable success during Bardoli Satyagraha. The epic struggle of Bardoli which constitutes one of the most glorious chapters in the history of India’s struggle for freedom. Bardoli, infact was a unique personal triumph for Vallabhbhai. It was in acknowledgment of the efficiency with which he conducted the movement that he was acclaimed as the ‘Sardar’ the leader a title by which he came to be known to the nation ever since.
Sardar Patel had a high minded statesmanship. In 1948 for his valuable services in respect of uniting 23 Princely States of Central India, he was awarded the ‘Doctor of Laws’ degree by the Nagpur, Banaras and Allahabad Universities.
He acted as the Acting Prime Minister of India between October 7 to November 15 during the visit of the Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru to USA, Canada and Britain. In 1950, he attended the Congress Session held at Nasik. He died on December 15 in the same year at Bombay after a short Illness.
In 1991 he was conferred on the ‘Bharat Ratna’ award posthumously for his valuable services to the country. He was, indeed, a great freedom fighter. He was well known for his skill, wisdom, tact and foresight.
DR. C.V.RAMAN
DR. C.V.RAMAN
Dr. Chandra Shekhar Venkata Raman, popularly known as Dr. C.V.Raman, is one of the most distinguished scientists of the 20th century. It was he who during a long sea voyage to Europe in 1921 as the representative of the Kolkata University at a science meet, wondered why the water in Mediterranean Sea was such a dark shade of blue. And the time came when he gave the answers to this apparently simple question and won the world’s most prestigious award-the Noble Prize in 1930.
Dr C.V.Raman was born on November 7, 1888 in an orthodox South Indian Brahmin family in Tirchurappally, Tamilnadu. His father’s name was Chandra Shekhar Aiyer who had special interest in science and mathematics. His mother Parvati was a pious lady. Raman was a very brilliant student since his early childhood. He passed his matriculation at the age of 11 and at 15 graduate from the Presidency College, Chennai. He was the only student get first class. He completed his Master’s Degree in Physics from the same college and broke all previous records. After this Raman took up a job in Calcutta (now Kolkata) as an Assistant Accountant General. While there, he was able to sustain his interest in science by working in his spare time, in the laboratories of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.
After ten years of Government services, Raman resigned to work as a professor of physics at the Kolkata University. He stayed there for fifteen years. It was the period when he received world wide recognition for his work in optics and scattering of light. His pioneering research on the molecular scattering of light, the phenomenon that causes changes in the nature of light when it passes though a transparent medium-solid, liquid or gaseous-culminated in his getting the Noble Prize for Physics in 1930.He carried out different types of experiments and researches on the sun rays passing water, transparent ice blocks and other media. For these experiments, Raman used a mercury are and a spectrograph. Raman obtained though different substances. These lines were called ‘Raman Lines’ and discovery of ‘Raman Effect’.
Raman was awarded the degree of ‘Doctor of Science’ in 1921 by Kolkata University and in 1929, the British Government in India conferred on him the little of ‘sir’. He was also awarded Lenin Peace Prize in 1958. The government of India also honored him with the highest honor of the country, ‘Bharat Ratna’ (Jewel of India) in 1954.
In 1943, Raman setup the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore. There he served as its director and remained active until his death on November 21, 1970, at the age of eighty two. He was proud to be an Indian. Till the day he died, h did not give up his traditional Indian turban in favor of a European hat. Thus he was a great scientist ever produced in India.
Dr. Chandra Shekhar Venkata Raman, popularly known as Dr. C.V.Raman, is one of the most distinguished scientists of the 20th century. It was he who during a long sea voyage to Europe in 1921 as the representative of the Kolkata University at a science meet, wondered why the water in Mediterranean Sea was such a dark shade of blue. And the time came when he gave the answers to this apparently simple question and won the world’s most prestigious award-the Noble Prize in 1930.
Dr C.V.Raman was born on November 7, 1888 in an orthodox South Indian Brahmin family in Tirchurappally, Tamilnadu. His father’s name was Chandra Shekhar Aiyer who had special interest in science and mathematics. His mother Parvati was a pious lady. Raman was a very brilliant student since his early childhood. He passed his matriculation at the age of 11 and at 15 graduate from the Presidency College, Chennai. He was the only student get first class. He completed his Master’s Degree in Physics from the same college and broke all previous records. After this Raman took up a job in Calcutta (now Kolkata) as an Assistant Accountant General. While there, he was able to sustain his interest in science by working in his spare time, in the laboratories of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.
After ten years of Government services, Raman resigned to work as a professor of physics at the Kolkata University. He stayed there for fifteen years. It was the period when he received world wide recognition for his work in optics and scattering of light. His pioneering research on the molecular scattering of light, the phenomenon that causes changes in the nature of light when it passes though a transparent medium-solid, liquid or gaseous-culminated in his getting the Noble Prize for Physics in 1930.He carried out different types of experiments and researches on the sun rays passing water, transparent ice blocks and other media. For these experiments, Raman used a mercury are and a spectrograph. Raman obtained though different substances. These lines were called ‘Raman Lines’ and discovery of ‘Raman Effect’.
Raman was awarded the degree of ‘Doctor of Science’ in 1921 by Kolkata University and in 1929, the British Government in India conferred on him the little of ‘sir’. He was also awarded Lenin Peace Prize in 1958. The government of India also honored him with the highest honor of the country, ‘Bharat Ratna’ (Jewel of India) in 1954.
In 1943, Raman setup the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore. There he served as its director and remained active until his death on November 21, 1970, at the age of eighty two. He was proud to be an Indian. Till the day he died, h did not give up his traditional Indian turban in favor of a European hat. Thus he was a great scientist ever produced in India.
DR. B.R.AMBEDKAR
DR. B.R.AMBEDKAR
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was on of the greatest leaders of India. He was jurist, social worker, writer and educationist. He fought against untouchability and became the emancipator of the untouchables and crusader for social justice it was he who drafted the Indian Constitution.
He was born in Mahu which is now in Madhya Pradesh on April, 14, 1891. He was born in a family of Mahars, the largest untouchable case at that time. As a child he had bitter experience of untouchability. That was the time when backwards ad untouchables were insulted and ill-treated. Dr. Ambedkar proved to be an angel for these poor and down trodden people.
Ambedkar was brilliant student. He passed his B.A. in 1912. He got scholarship from the benevolent Maharaja of Baroda State. He was under an agreement to serve the state for ten years. He went to America for higher studies. He completed Ph.D. degree from there in 1917. He also studied law.
Dr. Ambedkar had to suffer humiliation from time to time at every walk of his life right from his birth whether it was his school or his office. Needless to say that the condition of untouchbles was very bad at that time and being a dalit (Untouchable) he was ill-treated by his class mates and his teacher in the school. He had to sit at the back and also he had no right to touch the board like other students. In the office too, he had to face the contemptuous look of his sub-ordinates. His sub-Ordinates never showed courtesy to him. Even the peons declined to serve him a glass of water. He was greatly wounded at heart to see the condition of his community. He took a firm decision to fight for the rights of the untouchables.
He started his right with the foundation of ‘Bahiskrit Hitkarini Sabha’ the works of which were to form school for the untouchables to form centers for their moral uplifts, to open agricultural schools and industrial schools for the economic welfare of the downtrodden people. He organized people of his case and tried to cr3ate a new spirit in them. He advised them to be educated to depend upon themselves. He also advised them not to think of themselves as lower caste people and fight for their rights.
Dr. Ambedkar had a good knowledge and organizing power. He impressed the freedom fighters and leaders. He made an important place in society. When India became free in 1947 Ambedkar was appointed a minister. He was a progressive man and a great scholar. It was therefore the constituent Assemble of Independent India appointed him the Chairman of the drafting committee to draft the constitution of India. He completed the Indian Constitution taking great interest with other fellows. His contribution regarding Indian Constitution could not be forgotten. He passed away on December 6, 1956. He became a Buddhist during his last days of life. He had a great tolerance and boldness to face the social problems. Great sufferings regarding untouchability could not change the firm determination of fight it. He was a true son of mother India. When Bharat Ratna, the nation’s highest civilian award, was conferred posthumously on him in 1990, it was rightly seen as a fitting though belated tribute to one of the builders of modern India.
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was on of the greatest leaders of India. He was jurist, social worker, writer and educationist. He fought against untouchability and became the emancipator of the untouchables and crusader for social justice it was he who drafted the Indian Constitution.
He was born in Mahu which is now in Madhya Pradesh on April, 14, 1891. He was born in a family of Mahars, the largest untouchable case at that time. As a child he had bitter experience of untouchability. That was the time when backwards ad untouchables were insulted and ill-treated. Dr. Ambedkar proved to be an angel for these poor and down trodden people.
Ambedkar was brilliant student. He passed his B.A. in 1912. He got scholarship from the benevolent Maharaja of Baroda State. He was under an agreement to serve the state for ten years. He went to America for higher studies. He completed Ph.D. degree from there in 1917. He also studied law.
Dr. Ambedkar had to suffer humiliation from time to time at every walk of his life right from his birth whether it was his school or his office. Needless to say that the condition of untouchbles was very bad at that time and being a dalit (Untouchable) he was ill-treated by his class mates and his teacher in the school. He had to sit at the back and also he had no right to touch the board like other students. In the office too, he had to face the contemptuous look of his sub-ordinates. His sub-Ordinates never showed courtesy to him. Even the peons declined to serve him a glass of water. He was greatly wounded at heart to see the condition of his community. He took a firm decision to fight for the rights of the untouchables.
He started his right with the foundation of ‘Bahiskrit Hitkarini Sabha’ the works of which were to form school for the untouchables to form centers for their moral uplifts, to open agricultural schools and industrial schools for the economic welfare of the downtrodden people. He organized people of his case and tried to cr3ate a new spirit in them. He advised them to be educated to depend upon themselves. He also advised them not to think of themselves as lower caste people and fight for their rights.
Dr. Ambedkar had a good knowledge and organizing power. He impressed the freedom fighters and leaders. He made an important place in society. When India became free in 1947 Ambedkar was appointed a minister. He was a progressive man and a great scholar. It was therefore the constituent Assemble of Independent India appointed him the Chairman of the drafting committee to draft the constitution of India. He completed the Indian Constitution taking great interest with other fellows. His contribution regarding Indian Constitution could not be forgotten. He passed away on December 6, 1956. He became a Buddhist during his last days of life. He had a great tolerance and boldness to face the social problems. Great sufferings regarding untouchability could not change the firm determination of fight it. He was a true son of mother India. When Bharat Ratna, the nation’s highest civilian award, was conferred posthumously on him in 1990, it was rightly seen as a fitting though belated tribute to one of the builders of modern India.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
A saint philosopher Swami Vivekananda was the first Indian who with his patriotic zeal and eloquence made the Western world aware of India’s great spiritual and cultural heritage. In 1893, he won thunderous applause at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago with his vary first words. “Sisters and Bothers of America” and boldly proclaimed that religions were not meant to spread hate and discord but to foster love and brotherhood. He glorified the Hindu religion and the Indian culture.
This great saint was born in Kolkata on 12 January, 1863. He was named Narendra. His father was Vishwanath Datta, a respectable figure and his mother was Devi Bhuvaneshwari, devout women with great ability for training her children.
Swami Vevekananda was very scientific in his attitude and never accepted anything without proof of knowledge. During college days once his professor told him to go to Shri Ramakrishna at Dakshineshwar Temple if he wanted to know true meaning of trance or Samadhi.
This opened up a new relationship of Teacher and Disciple unparalleled in the history of spirituality. This wise man of Dakshineshwar with his simplicity and immense knowledge of Advaita Vedanta won over the mind and heart of this young boy Narendra once for all. There Narendra learnt and realized true spirit of Eternal Vedantic Religion Sanatana Dharma, and gradually evolved in Swami Vivekananda.
Swami Vivekananda was a great disciple of Remakrishna Paramhansa, a great saint who believed in humanism and urged the people to imbibe the spirit of equality, liberty and free thinking. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1896 after his return from America to propogate the teaching of his master Ramakrishna Paramahansa. This Mission carries out educational and charitable work throughout India and has branches in Asia, Europe and the United States. Belur Math, eight Kilometers from Kolkata, is the International headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission. Its architecture represents a church, a temple and a mosque when viewed from different angles. It is truly symbolic of Vivekananda’s University of belief. His statue of Kanyakumari where the waters of the Arabian sea, the Bay of Bangal and the Indian Ocean merge. Is a place of pilgrimage for millions of people.
Vivekananda lived a very short physical life. He died on 4 July, 1902. He was only Thirty Nine years and a few months, Thus fulfilling a prophecy which was frequently on his lips, “I shall never live to see forty”.
Swami Vivekananda possessed a illuminated intellect, a vast and retentive memory, a heart devoted to God that was full of compassion for his fellow human beings and an ever present realization of his true nature, whether working, worshipping, meditation.
He devoted his life to working for social reforms such as eliminating child marriage and illiteracy and encouraging case of the poor and the sick.
He was the icon of youth whose birth anniversary ie. January 22 is celebrated as National Youth Day every year through out the country.
A saint philosopher Swami Vivekananda was the first Indian who with his patriotic zeal and eloquence made the Western world aware of India’s great spiritual and cultural heritage. In 1893, he won thunderous applause at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago with his vary first words. “Sisters and Bothers of America” and boldly proclaimed that religions were not meant to spread hate and discord but to foster love and brotherhood. He glorified the Hindu religion and the Indian culture.
This great saint was born in Kolkata on 12 January, 1863. He was named Narendra. His father was Vishwanath Datta, a respectable figure and his mother was Devi Bhuvaneshwari, devout women with great ability for training her children.
Swami Vevekananda was very scientific in his attitude and never accepted anything without proof of knowledge. During college days once his professor told him to go to Shri Ramakrishna at Dakshineshwar Temple if he wanted to know true meaning of trance or Samadhi.
This opened up a new relationship of Teacher and Disciple unparalleled in the history of spirituality. This wise man of Dakshineshwar with his simplicity and immense knowledge of Advaita Vedanta won over the mind and heart of this young boy Narendra once for all. There Narendra learnt and realized true spirit of Eternal Vedantic Religion Sanatana Dharma, and gradually evolved in Swami Vivekananda.
Swami Vivekananda was a great disciple of Remakrishna Paramhansa, a great saint who believed in humanism and urged the people to imbibe the spirit of equality, liberty and free thinking. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1896 after his return from America to propogate the teaching of his master Ramakrishna Paramahansa. This Mission carries out educational and charitable work throughout India and has branches in Asia, Europe and the United States. Belur Math, eight Kilometers from Kolkata, is the International headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission. Its architecture represents a church, a temple and a mosque when viewed from different angles. It is truly symbolic of Vivekananda’s University of belief. His statue of Kanyakumari where the waters of the Arabian sea, the Bay of Bangal and the Indian Ocean merge. Is a place of pilgrimage for millions of people.
Vivekananda lived a very short physical life. He died on 4 July, 1902. He was only Thirty Nine years and a few months, Thus fulfilling a prophecy which was frequently on his lips, “I shall never live to see forty”.
Swami Vivekananda possessed a illuminated intellect, a vast and retentive memory, a heart devoted to God that was full of compassion for his fellow human beings and an ever present realization of his true nature, whether working, worshipping, meditation.
He devoted his life to working for social reforms such as eliminating child marriage and illiteracy and encouraging case of the poor and the sick.
He was the icon of youth whose birth anniversary ie. January 22 is celebrated as National Youth Day every year through out the country.
RAM KRISHNA PARAMHANS
RAM KRISHNA PARAMHANS
Ram Krishna Paramhans was India’s great spiritual leader who is remembered for his valuable teachings base on humanity. He is primarily a religious reformer. He was a deeply spiritual man who believed that the basic meaning of all religions was the same.
Ram Krishna Paramhans was born on February 18, 1836 in a poor orthodox Brahmin family in a remote village of Bengal. His original name was Gagadhar. Even at the age of five, he had a burning desire to study the lives of saints. As he grew up he wished to have a vision of Goddess Kali, whom he considers as the Devine Mother. As his realization deepend the vision of the Devine Mother became luminous while he was the priest of Dakshineswar Temple in Kolkata. He would enter into deep trance and loose consciousness just to seek the truth.
Ram Krishna said that meditation and devotion were paths to religious salvation. He emphasized the concept of service to man because for him, man was the symbol of God.
According to him character formation was essential to earn true spirituality. He felt that over coming vices like greed, lust and anger and renunciation of materialistic pleasures were the stops towards character building. He was a great saint who taught the concept of equality among men. He practiced what he preached.
His life was full of episodes that were against untouchability, sex discrimination and castes. All religions were the same in his eyes. He believed that all religions led to one and finally one path through different tracks. According to him the truth of every religion was to become a perfect man, the essence of life. Thus he embraced all religions and preached the gospel of love, fraternity and secularism. His unique anecdotes and parables provide emotional guidance to the common people.
Ram Krishna had great respect for the women. He treated every woman as his mother and therefore he would not lead a married life when his mother tried toward off his madness by getting him married to Sharadha. He said that the mother (Kali) enlightened him that she resides in every woman.
Thus he was a man of noble soul who had intense love for others. We can’t all be Ram Krishna Paramhans but we could in a lesser or greater imbibe the essence of his preaching’s-the deeper truths for which he lived and died. It would our best homage to that great soul whose need become more relevant today when the whole world is crying for peace and disarmament.
Ram Krishna’s greatest disciple was Swami Vivekananda who founded the Ram Krishna Mission propagate the teachings of his guru and to carry on social work.
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