Dates in the life of Swami Vivekananda

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1883 to 1890

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Year Time Period Events / Notes Place 1884 Jan Father had heart attack   1884 Jan 30

B.A. examination results announced; Narendranath passed in the second division.

  1884 Feb 19

Became a Free Mason joining the Anchor and Hope Lodge, No. 234

  1884 Feb 25 Father died   1884 Apr 5 passed a Free Mason test   1884 May 20 Raised to "the sublime degree of Master Mason"   1885 Dec 11 Ramakrishna moved to Cossipore Garden House   1886 early Apr Buddha Gaya with Tarak (future Shivananda) and Kali (future Abhedananda) Buddha Gaya 1886 Aug 16 Sri Ramakrishna passes away Calcutta 1886 Dec 24

Informal vow of of Sannyasa

Stayed with Baburam's family and other brother disciples there

Antpore 1887 Early Spring

Travelled by train to a relative's house

Travelled by train/cart to a relative's house

Deoghar

Shimultala

1887 / 1888 End of 1887 / Early 1888

Reached Varnasi by train and stayed in Pramadadas' house

Went to Ayodhya, Lucknow and Agra by train and lived on Bhiksha

Varnasi
Ayodhya
Lucknow
Agra

1888 Aug

Reached Ayodhya by train

Arrived in Vrindaban by train and stayed at Balaram Bose's place

Ayodhya

Vrindaban

1888 Sep Arrived in Hatras by train. Met Sharat Gupta (future Sadananda) often called his first disciple Hatras 1888 Oct

Lived in a hut on Ganges

Stayed with Sharat Gupta 

Went to Grandmother's home

Recovering illness

Hrishikesh

Hatras

Calcutta

 

1889 Feb

Antpore: Reached by walk. Baburam's family

Kamarpukur: Reached by walk. Visited Ramakrishna's birthplace and relatives

Jayrambati: Reached by walk(?). Visited Sarada Devi's birthplace and relatives

Antpore

Kamarpukur

 

Jayrambati

1889 Jun 26 - July 4 Shimultala: Arrived by train and stayed with a relative Shimultala 1889 End of Dec Arrived by train and stayed with Purna Babu in Deoghar

Deoghar

1889 -1890 Dec -
Jan , December: Reached Allahabad by train and stayed with Govinda
January: Stayed with Chandra Basu Allahabad 1890 Jan 22 - Early Apr In Ghazipur Ghazipur 1890 early Apr - around Apr 20

Stayed with Pramadadas Mitra

Balaram Bose passed away on May 13

Surendra Mitra died on May 25

Varnasi 1890 early Aug In Bhagalpur Bhagalpur 1890 Aug Deoghar: Arrived by train Deoghar 1890 September

Varnasi: Arrived by train. Host: Pramadadas Mitra

Ayodhya: Arrived by train

Nainital: Arrived by train / walk

Almora: Reached by walk. Stayed with Lala B. Shah

Karnaprayag: Reached by walk/coolie. Stayed with Govt. Doctor

Rudraprayag: Reached by walk/coolie

Varnasi

Ayodhya

Nainital

 

Almora

 

Karnaprayag

Rudraprayag

1890

Early October

Till Oct 10

 

October

 

Srinagar: Reached by walk / coolie dandi. Lived in a hut on the Ganges.

Tehri: Reached by walk. Lived on Bhiksha

Ganeshprayag: Lived in a hut on the Ganges. Reached by walk. Lived on Bhiksha.

Srinagar

Tehri

 

Ganeshprayag

 

1890 Oct 14 - Nov 5 Dehradun: Reached on horseback Dehradun 1890 Nov 6-mid Nov Hrishikesh: Arrived by train / walk. Lived on Bhiksha. Lived in a hut on the Ganges. Hrishikesh 1890 mid Nov - mid Feb 1891 Meerut: Arrived by train. Meerut

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