Ramakrishna mission a) Who was Ramakrishna paramahamsa ? b) Who founded the Ramakrishna mission ? c) When and where was the parliament of religion held? d) Who represented the hindu religion at the parliament of religious ?
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Ramakrishna mission
a) He was born in an orthodox Brahmin family in bengal in 1836. He was a devotee of Goddess Kali and a priest in the Dakshineswar Kali temple. He was a social reformer and a Guru of swamy Vivekananda. He died in 1886.
b) Swami Vivekananda who was the chief disciple of Ramkrishna Paramhamsha founded Ramkrishna mission on May 1. 1897
c) The Parliament of religion was held in 1893 at Chicago in the USA
d) Swami Vivekananda represented the Hindu religion at the Parliament of religion.