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| Author | Ranjan Bandyopadhyay |
|---|---|
| Original title | প্রাণসখা বিবেকানন্দ |
| Subject | Life of Swami Vivekananda |
| Genre | Novel |
| Published | 2015 |
| ISBN | 978-8183743723 |
Pransakha Vivekananda (2015) is a Bengali biographical novel written by Ranjan Bandyopadhyay. The book has 3 volumes. It was at the first position in Anandabazar Patrika's ten weekly popular books' list in October 2015. [1] [2] [3]
The novel is based on the life of Swami Vivekananda. The books presents the eventful life of Vivekananda to the readers in form of a story, and not a mere biography.
The writing was started publishing in Bengal newspaper Sangbad Pratidin' weekly supplementary Chhuti and it continued for 2 and a half years. It was published in a bokk format by Patra Bharati in July 2015. Swami Purnatmananda, a monk of Ramakrishna Mission officially launched the book. [4] [5]
Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world; and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, and bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion. Vivekananda became a popular figure after the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago, where he began his famous speech with the words, "Sisters and brothers of America...," before introducing Hinduism to Americans. He was so impactful at the Parliament that an American newspaper described him as: “an orator by divine right and undoubtedly the greatest figure at the Parliament”. After great success at the Parliament, in the subsequent years, Vivekananda delivered hundreds of lectures across the United States, England and Europe, disseminating the core tenets of Hindu philosophy, and founded the Vedanta Society of New York and the Vedanta Society of San Francisco, both of which became the foundations for Vedanta Societies in the West.
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