Swami Vivekananda Statue

Swami Vivekananda was the chief monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and the bearer of his message to the West. Swamiji, as he was affectionately known, introduced the liberal and universal teachings of Vedanta to the Western world at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893. The enthusiastic response to his message and personality marked the beginning of the Vedanta movement in the United States.

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 in the late nineteenth century.

During the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago, he delivered his famous speech beginning with the words: "Sisters and brothers of America ..." while introducing Hinduism, Yoga and Meditation to Americans. "Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached!"

10 inch resin statue #VIV