29 January:
29 Jan 1897: Swami Vivekananda returns to Ramnad . In the midst of
tumultuous rejoicing n festivity, Vivekananda was received by the Raja
Dinkar Sethupathi n then he was taken in a grand procession seated in
the state carriage while the Raja walked on foot. In Durbar Hall, he
spoke : ...she is awakening, this motherland of ours, from her deep long
sleep. None can resist her any more; never
is she going to sleep any more; no outward powers can hold her back any
more; for the infinite giant is rising to her feet....religion and
religion alone is the life of India...we have yet something to teach to
the world. This is the very reason, the raison d'être, that this nation
has lived on, in spite of hundreds of years of persecution, in spite of
nearly a thousand years of foreign rule and foreign oppression. This
nation still lives; the raison d'être is it still holds to God, to the
treasure - house of religion and spirituality...God alone lives. The
soul alone lives. Spirituality alone lives. Hold onto that.
In this meeting Vivekananda conferred on the Raja the title of "Raharshi"
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