After the death of Ramakrishna, Vivekananda extensively toured the Indian subcontinent acquiring first-hand knowledge of the living conditions of Indian people in then British India. He later found his guru Ramakrishna and became a monk. īorn into an aristocratic Bengali Kayastha family in Calcutta, Vivekananda was inclined from a young age towards religion and spirituality. He was a key figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and the father of modern Indian nationalism who is credited with raising interfaith awareness and bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion. Swami Vivekananda ( / ˈ s w ɑː m i ˌ v ɪ v eɪ ˈ k ɑː n ə n d ə/ Bengali: ⓘ IAST: Swāmī Vivekānanda 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta ( Bengali: ), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. ' Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached'
