Indian American youths trace Vivekanada footsteps in US

July 16, 2013 08:38

A group of Indian American youths including students and young professionals are marking the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda by visiting places in the US that are associated with the spiritual leader.

According to a statement by the Hindu Swyamsevak Sangh of the US that is facilitating the trips under a project named 'Vivekananda Express', it will take the group of nearly 100 youths to the First Unitarian Church of Oakland where Swami Vivekananda delivered a speech in the year 1900. The speech is known to have brought many residents of Berkeley in contact with his message and later led to the establishment of the Vedanta Society at Berkeley.

The group also plans to visit other places associated with Swami Vivekananda in San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda.

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