Born on 12 January 1863 and shedding his mortal coil on 4 July 1902, Swami Vivekananda treaded this holy land in flesh and blood only for 39 years. However, his life and message continue to ...

(RNS) — The first that the vast majority of turn-of-the-20th-century Americans heard of Swami Vivekananda was the speech the 30-year-old Hindu delegate gave at the Parliament of the World’s ...

It consists of the Vivekananda Mandapam, which houses a magnificent bronze statue of the holy Swami, and the Shripada Mandapam, which enshrines footprints thought to be those of Goddess Kanyakumari.