On this day of 1893, that is 121 years ago, Swami Vivekananda had delivered the historic Chicago address. Today I attended the commemoration ceremony of that historic address of Swamiji organized by the Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark at Nazrul Mancha.

In his address, Swamiji mesmerized his audience with the electrifying effect of his address, echoing the spiritual and cultural heritage of our country spanning over almost 5000 years.

Swamiji symbolizes positivism. Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore once said, “In him, everything is positive, nothing is negative”. He believed in human dignity. To him, “strength is life, weakness is death”.

We, once again, humbly paid our deepest reverence to Swamiji in today’s occasion and upheld his great spirit and message.

Some pictures of today’s event are uploaded here for all of you to see.

Mamata Banerjee's photo.
 
 

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September 11, 1893 – Swami Vivekananda
Opening Address of the first World’s Parliament of Religions 
On display here from an event at the The Art Institute of Chicago, where this legendary oration was delivered.