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The following came from a Vivekananda Devotee

 

Statesman News Service

 

General secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission Swami Smaranandaji said that a

meditation hall and a shrine have been constructed where Vivekananda was

born. The new complex will house a library, a research centre and a centre

for the development of slums and rural areas.

 

KOLKATA, Sept. 26. — There is too much violence and corruption in the

society and the youths should follow Swami Vivekananda’s teachings of

fearlessness, and self-reliance in order to check these social vices, Swami

Ranganathanandaji Maharaj, president of Ramakrishna Mission, said today. He

inaugurated the refurbished ancestral home of Swami Vivekananda on Gour

Mohun Mukherjee Street in north Kolkata.

 

“I recommend two books for the youths — Swamiji’s speeches from Colombo to

Almora in English and Bharate Vivekananda in Bengali,” he said.

He said that he had first visited this house in 1929 to meet Swamiji’s

brothers Mahendranath Dutta and Bhupendranath Dutta.

 

Ranganathanandaji said that he met Pandit Nehru in Kashmir in 1946 and had

discussed Swamiji with him. Nehru had profound respect for Swamiji. In

Discovery of India, Nehru had written: “Rooted in the past, full of pride in

India’s prestige Vivekananda was yet modern in his approach to life’s

problems, and was a bridge between the past of India and the present,”

president Maharaj quoted.

He said that the youths must develop self-reliance and serve the society for

the welfare of the country.

 

He said that every one should follow Vivekananda’s messages about developing

characters, spreading education and serving the poor and backward

communities for the betterment of the country.

 

The secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Golpark, said that the building had

been a witness to several important incidents in Swamiji’s life.

 

Swami Bisokananda said that the estimated cost of the restoration work is Rs

14 crore. Another Rs 6 crore was spent for the rehabilitation of those

families, which used to stay in the house. It took five years to complete

the

renovation.

 

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