Pravrajika Atmaprana, a senior nun of Sri Sarada Math, passed away at the age of 96 on the morning of 13 May at Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, New Delhi. She is widely loved and respected and will be remembered for decades to come for her remarkable ....
The historic city of Saint Petersburg was recently the venue for the Third Conference of Indologists organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Since 2015, the ICCR has been organizing a series of annual conferences of Indologists....
Tags : Commentary , India-Russia cultural linkages , ICCR , Conference of Indologists , Indo-Russian ties
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was a widely-travelled person. For someone who had not even seen the age of forty, to have travelled so widely in India and other parts of the world was not altogether a chance happening. It was part of the task he was d....
Sister Nivedita (1867-1911), one of the foremost disciples of Swami Vivekananda, is well-known for her contribution to the Indian national movement. That she inspired the Indian youth of her times to take up the national cause through her writings an....
Tags : Nivedita’s inspiration , Vivekananda , nationalism , Sister Nivedita on Aspects , Civic Nationalism , Arpita Mitra , Sister Nivedita
Swami Vivekananda was a monk who travelled extensively in the most interior parts of India, which inevitably shaped his conscience about the uniqueness of Indian culture, spirituality and civilisation. He could see the greatness of India even at the ....
Tags : Swami Vivekananda , Indian values , Bharat Mata
Somanath temple came in news in a big way again in the recent months. This was after almost three decades when it was in the news because Mr. Lal Krishna Advani started his Rama Janmabhumi temple rathyatra from Somanath. It was a very s....
Tags : Sardar Patel , Somanath Temple , Makkhan Lal , Rama Janmabhumi , Shiva-bhakta , Brahmin , Rahul Gandhi , K.M. Munshi
Swami Vivekananda’s 155th birth anniversary is being celebrated throughout the country today. Though already recognized in Bengal for his enlightenment and as a patriotic saint, he burst into international fame at the World Parliament R....
Tags : Swami Vivekananda , 21st Century India , birth anniversary , Chicago , Parliament of Religion , 1983 , 11 September , Hindu philosophy
Published in Prabuddha Bharata, special issue The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna and Its Universal Message, 123(1), January 2018....
The project began in April 2011. The first five volumes were released in December 2013. The titles of these published volumes are the following : (1) Prehistoric Roots, (2) Protohistoric Foundations, (3) The Texts, Political History and Admin....
Tags : History of Ancient India , Protohistoric Foundations , Administration , BC , Political History and Administration
“One of the first tasks before the Indian people is the rewriting of their own history.” - Sister Nivedita Sister Nivedita (1867-1911) is one of the most well-known disciples of Swami Vivekananda. She was born as Margaret Elizabeth Nobl....
Tags : Commentary , Swami Vivekananda , Sister Nivedita , Indian history , geography , synthesis , Indian Nationality , idea of India