SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Swami Vivekananda, born on the 12th January 1863, has been a great patriot monk of India with intense love for his motherland. He went to Kanyakumari and continuously for 3 days and 3 nights from 25th December, 1892 sat on the mid-sea rock meditating on India’s past, present and future. It was on this rock that he discovered the mission for a glorious India and later traveled not only to every corner of the country but all over the world to disseminate India’s spirituality. Swami Vivekananda traveled to the USA and participating in the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago, delivered his epoch-making speech on 11th September, 1893.
There his greatness was instantly recognized and acknowledged as he stressed on co-existence of the religions and exhorted that different religions are only different ways to reach to the same goal. In honour of such a patriot and wandering monk who rested tremendous faith on the youth of the nation, Indian Government in the year 1984 declared his Birth Day to be celebrated as National Youth Day every year.