125 Anniversary of Chicago Lectures of Swami Vivekananda

Chicago Lectures of Swami Vivekananda 11-9-1893.

125th Year Celebrations in Ramakrishna Mission, Colombo. 

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago
Life Span: 1893-Present
Location: S. Michigan and East Adama Streets
Architect: Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
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Videos - Programme on 10-03-2019                

 https://youtu.be/HhfUrEE3l7Q

https://youtu.be/dp9jG0HbwoA

Videos- for information

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13B0gVjtU3k                                     

Swami Vivekananda in America 1893 & Chicago Speech (From the 1993 movie)

http://zeenews.india.com/video/india/pm-modi-marks-125th-anniversary-of-swami-vivekanandas-speech-in-chicago-2140234.html 

Modi's speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1018&v=4M2hW9X-O4s                                           Swami Vivekananda in Chicago 1893 : A short film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebs-FZVmaeE                               

Swami Vivekananda - Life Story


Lecture by Swami Vivekananda - 1st and the Last at the Parliament of Religions .
(Tamil Translation)

சிகாகோ நகரில்

11-09-1893 இல் சர்வசமய பேரவையில்

நிகழ்த்திய சொற்பொழிவுகள்

On October 5^th 1893 Free Press (USA)

 Our Visitor from India

Is he a Buddhist? Is he a Mohammedan? What is his mission? Such are the questions that are heard on all sides about Mr. Vive­kananda who speaks here Saturday evening. Following is something from a Chicago source that bears on this question:

Vivekananda is a representative from In­dia to the World's Parliament of Religions. He, more than any other of the eminent scholars, has attracted universal attention, first, by his unique attire in Mandarin color; second, by his magnetic presence; and last, but not least, by his brilliant oratory and wonderful exposition of Hindu philosophy.

Vivekananda is not a Brahmin, is not a Buddhist, is not a Parsee, is not a Moham­medan. He may be said to represent the best in all of these. He speaks for universal truth or the unification of all truth. At all times his appearance at the Memorial Art Palace has been attended by the greatest enthusi­asm. Indeed, his stay in Chicago has been a continual ovation. He is a scholar among scholars, yet simple in his life and earnest in conquering all limitations of the flesh, all propensities born of the sense world.

The "Chicago source" hit the nail right on the head when it said, among other things, that Swamiji repre­sented the best in all these religions. This only goes to show how deep an impression Swamiji carved into his Chicago audience.

 

World's Columbian Exposition

Chicago played host to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, organized to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in “the New World.” The six-month event drew 27 million people to the city.
A glittering showcase of art, architecture, technology, and global culture, the event introduced the world to the Ferris wheel, newly invented products such as Cream of Wheat, and multitudes of rare objects that would later enter the collections of a brand-new natural history museum in Chicago.
 

The Art Institute of Chicago is an art museum, the second largest in the United States, which conserves and displays an encyclopedic collection of artworks and objects of decorative arts spanning nearly 5,000 years.

History and building
The Art Institute of Chicago was founded in 1879 as both a school and a museum with the name of Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and took its current name three years later.
The institute is aimed to “collect, preserve, and interpret works of art of the highest quality, representing the world’s diverse artistic traditions, for the inspiration and education of the public”.

In 1893, the institution moved to its current location in Grant Park, in a new neoclassical building designed by architects Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge. The two popular bronze lions which flank the museum entrance on South Michigan Avenue were installed in 1898 after a design by American sculptor Edward Kemeys.