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Swami Vivekananda: Inspiration of the youth
January 12, 2023
Every year, January 12 is observed as the National Youth Day or Yuva Diwas. The day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda was born on January 12, 1863 in a very reputed Bengali family as Narendra Natha Datta. His father, Vishwa...
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Challenging the tradition, hundreds of widows celebrate Diwali in Vrindavan
October 28, 2016
On this Diwali, about a thousand widows from across India gathered to celebrate the festival of lights inside the centuries-old Gopinath Temple in Vrindavan, holding candles and earthen lamps in their hands. Choosing to break away from age-old tradition and social taboo, they par...
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