TY - BOOK AU - Prema Nandakumar TI - Spiritual Masters : Swami Vivekananda SN - 9788188569250 U1 - 294.555092 PY - 2013/// CY - India PB - Indus Source Books KW - India KW - Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902 KW - Hindu philosophers KW - Monks KW - Hindus N2 - Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), born Narendra Datta, is India s most celebrated and charismatic monk. Handsome, brilliant in studies, an image of contained strength, a lover of music and poetry . . . yet deep inside Narendra the seed of search had begun to sprout at an early age. Unable to understand the superstition-ridden rituals of the Hindu religion and desiring to know about the originating source of his great Hindu heritage, Narendra s search ended when he finally met his guru, Sri Ramakrishna ER -