Shripad Yesso Naik

A photograph of  Swami Vivekananda in 1893 during his visit to Chicago. On the left, Vivekananda wrote: "One infinite, pure and holy – beyond thought, beyond qualities, I bow down to thee."

How a long-dead Hindu swami influences India’s prime minister

Culture

Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu spiritual leader who made a big splash in the US in the late 1800s, and he is still considered the guru to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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