💐National youths day💐

  • In 1863 A Leader Swami Vivekananda was born into an aristocratic family in Kolkata, India.
  • India celebrates National Youth Day on January 12. This date was chosen to honor the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, one of India’s greatest spiritual and social leaders.
  • He saw hope for the future in every child and believed that with “muscles of iron” and “nerves of steel” they could bring about social change.
  • Swami himself personified the eternal energy of the youth and a restless quest for truth.
  • Today, almost 50 percent of India’s population is under the age of 25.
  • The future of the country rides on youths shoulders — making celebrations that empower young people so important.
  • In the year 1984 National Youth Day Declared.
  • The Indian Government declares Swami Vivekananda’s birthday, January 12, as National Youth Day to honor the great spiritual leader, and to encourage the youth in the country.
  • According to the Indian Almanac (Vishuddha Siddhanta Almanac) is on Pausha Krishna Saptami tithi, which falls on different dates in the English Calendar every year (generally in the month of January).
  • This is observed in various centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission in a traditional Hindu manner which includes mangalarati (a kind of worship practised in India, specially by Hindu people), special worship, homa (fire-ritual), meditation, devotional songs, religious discourses and sandhya-arati (vesper service at evenings).
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