(RNS) — At the Unitarian church where Vivekananda lectured in his landmark 1900 tour of California, clergy and congregants credit the Hindu guru with inspiring its forefathers.

NEW YORK (RNS) — Swami Vivekananda founded New York's first ashram. He was feted on what would have been his 162nd birthday.

On Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, recalling how he introduced Hindu philosophies to the West National Youth Day 2025: As part of his famous Chicago address in 1893, Vivekananda said, ...

Brij Mohan Sharma Today is the auspicious birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the most exalted patriot-monk of Bharatvarsh, whose clarion call roused our motherland from its age-old slumber , and ...

By Deepa Majumdar This article is dedicated with gratitude to Swami Vivekananda It has been over a hundred and fifty years since the advent of Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902 CE). To understand his ...

India’s many problems can’t be solved by his radical Hindu nationalism.

Individuals like Lord Rama and Swami Vivekananda have left an enduring legacy in India and continue to influence spiritual, philosophical, and cultural thought both in India and around the world. The ...

(RNS) — As religious conflict and disharmony rage on elsewhere in the world, the interfaith teachings of Swami Vivekananda are evergreen to these devotees.

Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda, a great scholar of Hinduism who in 1893 appeared in Chicago as a spokesman for Hinduism at the World’s Parliament of Religions, was much appreciated and managed to ...