National Youth Day 2024: Date, history, significance and celebration

Swami Vivekananda was the chief disciple of 19th century mystic and yogi Ramakrishna Paramhansa who founded the Ramakrishna Math, a monastic order based on his guru’s teachings in Kolkata and a worldwide spiritual movement known as the Ramakrishna Mission based on the ancient Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. His birth anniversary is celebrated across India as National Youth Day, to honour one of the greatest philosophers and spiritual leaders and marks his ideas on how the young should participate in the modern world while upholding their values.

National Youth Day 2024: Date, history, significance and celebration (Photo by Twitter/Gracy33637103)

Vivekananda is credited with contributing to a revival of modern Hinduism and inspiring nationalist consciousness during colonial rule but he is best known for his famous 1893 speech where he introduced Hinduism to the Western world in Chicago.