Old photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
India is celebrating ‘Digvijay Diwas’ to commemorate the historic speech given by Swami Vivekananda in Chicago. On this occasion, the ‘Modi Archive’ account on the social media platform ‘X’ has told how this speech given 131 years ago took Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a journey of self-discovery to the Himalayas. Let us tell you that Swami ji’s childhood name was Narendra Nath Dutt. Almost everyone knows this. But do you know who gave this name? Actually, Raja Ajit Singh of Khetri, Rajasthan gave him the name of Swami Vivekananda. Swami ji asked Ajit Singh which name he liked. On this, Ajit Singh said that his name should be Vivekananda.
On September 11, 1893, Swami Vivekananda delivered his speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago. His words not only introduced the world to India’s rich spiritual heritage, but also inspired many people of future generations. One of them was a 17-year-old Narendra Modi.
Modi Archive shared old pictures
‘Modi Archive’ shares information about the life journey of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The account on Wednesday shared an old photo of Narendra Modi and told how Swami Vivekananda’s speech had an impact on his young mind. Narendra Modi was so impressed by Swami Vivekananda’s teachings that he left his home in Vadnagar and started a journey to the Himalayas to understand himself. ‘Modi Archive’ shared another photo of Narendra Modi, which is from a wedding ceremony in his village, this picture is of a day before his departure for the Himalayas.
According to the information, Narendra Modi came to know about the works and thoughts of Swami Vivekananda from Dr. Vasantbhai Parikh of his village. 131 years ago, Swami Vivekananda gave his historic speech at the World Religion Conference. Then the world was not familiar with the spirituality of India. That speech of Vivekananda astonished the world with the ancient Hindu scriptures and his viewpoint. This speech introduced Indian spirituality and Vedas to the western world and started a new chapter of religious dialogue.
When Vivekananda reached the stage wearing simple clothes
People from all over the world had made various preparations for this program. During this time Swami Vivekananda also reached there. When Vivekananda, dressed in simple clothes, came on the stage, the whole hall was silent. He started his speech with the words Brothers and Sisters of America. As soon as he heard this, the whole hall started clapping. When he finished his speech and started leaving the stage, people clapped a lot. In one night, the whole of America came to know that an Indian sanyasi came to America and convinced the people and left.
PM Modi meditated at Swami Vivekananda’s memorial
Even today, every Indian remembers this speech as a historic moment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken many times about the impact of Swami Vivekananda’s teachings on his life and this impact is visible in his public life as well. This year, after the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign, Prime Minister Modi spent two days meditating at the Swami Vivekananda Memorial in Kanyakumari. The memorial was named after Swami Vivekananda because he meditated here, and it was here in Kanyakumari that he received the vision of modern India.
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