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House No. 3, Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street : Where Swami Vivekananda Was Born

1. This is the house in Kolkata where Swami Vivekananda was born on 12 January
in the year 1863 and spent his early 23 years. This house was
recovered recently from the state
of ruins and constructed by keeping the original state and hence it is
now an important heritage monument of Kolkata.
2. The house after renovation.
3. Inside the house.
4. Swamiji's bedroom at Belur Math.
5. Swamiji's mother Bhubaneswari Debi and the young Vivekananda.
If you want to know more about Vivekananda, click on the title to go to Wikipedia.--
A. B.

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Soumik Bhattacharyya said…
I'd really love to visit this place!
Do you know how to reach Gour Mohan Mukherjee street from jadavpur? Bus Route etc..?

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