Swami Vivekananda Jayanti 2026: On the 163rd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath praised the supreme Hinduism guide for his immense contributions for the welfare of India, the common man and the world at large.
post on X, Adityanath said the role of Swami Vivekananda Ji is significant. He remarked it was Vivekananda who re-established the Sanatan culture on the global stage.
Swami Vivekananda’s birthday, which is celebrated as the National Youth Day in India, calls for the holistic upliftment and welfare of humanity.
Swami Vivekananda Jayanti 2026: Contributions of Swami
Born Narendranath Datta in 1863, Swami Vivekananda fused Vedanta philosophy with modern science. He urged youth of the nation to harness ancient wisdom for progress. The electrifying 1893 Chicago speech of Swami Vivekananda introduced Hinduism to the West.
Vivekananda championed the cause of education as self-realization, founding the famous Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 to blend service with knowledge. In 1897, he met Jamsetji Tata and inspired the industrialist to establish the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru.
Funded by Tata’s steel empire, IISc has become the premier research hub of Asia, pioneering advancements in aerospace, biotech and artificial intelligence. The vision of Swami Vivekananda extended to other centres. His vision influenced the founding of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERs) ethos and supported early physics labs that evolved into institutions like the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).
Vivekananda mesmerized Nikola Tesla with Vedantic concepts of energy and infinity during New York meetings in the 1890s. Tesla credited Vivekananda for validating his alternating current theories through ancient Prana (life force) ideas, fuelling his wireless energy dreams. Satyendra Nath Bose, father of Bose-Einstein condensate, drew from Vivekananda’s writings on unity of matter and spirit. Bose’s revolutionary quantum statistics (Bose-Einstein statistics) stemmed from Vedantic oneness, earning Einstein’s collaboration and inspiring modern quantum computing.