Influence and Legacy of Swami Vivekananda 
Swami Vivekananda was the greatest gift of God to the Indian society. According to Dr.S.Radhakrishnan, "Swami Vivekananda was a saintly personality who was not content merely with reaching and practicing the highest ideals of Hindu religion and philosophy.
His motto was worship of God through the service of the poor and lowly and he called upon his countrymen and women to shake off the age old lethargy, remove the abuses which had crept into their society and work for the freedom of their motherland.''
Life:
Swami Vivekananda was born on 12th January, 1863 in an aristocratic Kshatriya family of Calcutta. His childhood name was Narendranath Dutta. His father Biswanatha Dutta was a leading advocate of Calcutta. His mother Bhubaneswari Devi was a spirited and accomplished lady with an air of majesty in her demeanor.
The enlightment and liberal views of his father molded the character of Vivekananda. He was very energetic and dynamic from the childhood. Besides academics Vivekananda was an expert in games, sports and physical exercise. He was a lover of music.
Though Vivekananda represented many castrating feature of his great Guru, however, even from his childhood he had a religious bent of mind, and in this respect surely, he resembled his master. In the immature age when boys find nothing more interesting than play, Narendranath delighted in spending long hours in a meditative pose before the image of God. He was a naughty boy, demonstrated kingly attributes, had no caste consciousness, and confounded his teachers. He passed entrance examination in 1878-79 and began studies at Presidency College.
In his adolescence, he grew up to be a rationalist to a core of his being and became a member of the Brahmo Samaj. From Presidency group he changed to Scottish Church College and also switched his affiliation to the Adi-Brahmo Samaj which was more conciliatory towards Hindu community. In his college career he also studied deeply philosophy of John Stuart Mill and
His motto was worship of God through the service of the poor and lowly and he called upon his countrymen and women to shake off the age old lethargy, remove the abuses which had crept into their society and work for the freedom of their motherland.''
Life:
Swami Vivekananda was born on 12th January, 1863 in an aristocratic Kshatriya family of Calcutta. His childhood name was Narendranath Dutta. His father Biswanatha Dutta was a leading advocate of Calcutta. His mother Bhubaneswari Devi was a spirited and accomplished lady with an air of majesty in her demeanor.
The enlightment and liberal views of his father molded the character of Vivekananda. He was very energetic and dynamic from the childhood. Besides academics Vivekananda was an expert in games, sports and physical exercise. He was a lover of music.
Though Vivekananda represented many castrating feature of his great Guru, however, even from his childhood he had a religious bent of mind, and in this respect surely, he resembled his master. In the immature age when boys find nothing more interesting than play, Narendranath delighted in spending long hours in a meditative pose before the image of God. He was a naughty boy, demonstrated kingly attributes, had no caste consciousness, and confounded his teachers. He passed entrance examination in 1878-79 and began studies at Presidency College.
In his adolescence, he grew up to be a rationalist to a core of his being and became a member of the Brahmo Samaj. From Presidency group he changed to Scottish Church College and also switched his affiliation to the Adi-Brahmo Samaj which was more conciliatory towards Hindu community. In his college career he also studied deeply philosophy of John Stuart Mill and