Lectures from Colombo to Almora: SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Enlightens Audiences on Spiritual Wisdom by SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

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Lectures from Colombo to Almora By Swami vivekananda

Lectures from Colombo to Almora (1897) is a book of Swami Vivekananda based on his various lectures.

Lectures from Colombo to Almora (1897) is a book of Swami Vivekananda based on his various lectures. After visiting the West, Vivekananda reached Colombo, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 15 January 1897. Upon Vivekananda’s arrival in South India, a forty-feet high monument was built by the king of Ramnad on the spot where he landed to celebrate his achievements at the West. He reached Calcutta via Madras on 20 January 1897. Then Vivekananda travelled extensively and visited many Indian states. On 19 June (1897) he reached Almora. The lectures delivered by him in this period were compiled into the book Lectures from Colombo to Almora. The book contains reports of his 17 lectures. In 1893 Swami Vivekananda went to the United States to join the Parliament of the World’s Religions where he got overwhelming success and public attention. For next four years, from 1893 to 1897, he travelled through various cities of the United States and England, and gave a series of lectures on religion and Vedanta. He came back to India in 1897 via Colombo. Vivekananda reached Colombo on 15 January 1897 where the natives warmly welcomed him. Vivekananda mentioned this welcome in a letter written to Mary Hale on 30 January 1897. On 16 January 1897 he gave a lecture titled “Indian, the sacred land.” After staying at Colombo for four days he reached Calcutta on 20 January via Madras. Between 1897 and 1899 Vivekananda travelled extensively and visited the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Kashmir. On 6 May 1897 Vivekananda started his journey to Almora and on 19 June he reached there. He delivered 17 lectures in different places in this period which were compiled into the book Lectures from Colombo to Almora.

Swami vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902, born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is perhaps best known for his speech which began with the words – “Sisters and brothers of America in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B086L86RMV
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prabhat Prakashan (31 March 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1267 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 303 pages