Swami Vivekananda- Wandering Monk(contd-3)

Swami Vivekananda and Sharat Chandra Gupta

In 1888, Swmiji met Sharat Chandra Gupta, the assistnt station master of Hathras Railway Station. He invited the Swami to his house.There the Swami was singing a song. " My beloved must come to me with ashes on his moon face.". Forth with Sharat Chandra appeared before him , divested of his official clothes,   

with ashes on his face.After a few months he joined the Baranagore monastery and became Sadananda. He used to say later; " Swamiji risked his life several times for my sake. How can I describe him, friends, except by the word Love,Love Love! When I was too ill to do anything but stagger along, he carried my personal belongings including my shoes,"




From left to right: Swami Trigunatita, Swami Shivananda, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Turiyananda, Swami Brahmananda, Swami Sadananda (seated below)

The Durga Mandir (Temple) is situated in Ramnagar of Banaras (or Varanasi).[1] It is believed that it was built 500 years ago which is under control of royal family of Banaras State currently. This temple is devoted to Hindu deity Durga. The temple has a large stone built pond with it. The Durga Mandir boasts of its fine stone works, which is a fabulous example of north Indian stone work arts.

There is another Durga temple, within the Varanasi city, built in the 18th century overlooking a pond known as Durga Kund.
One day, as Swamiji was returning from the temple of Mother Durga, he was pursued by a group of monkeys. He fled, fearing that they might harm him; suddenly, he heard the voice of an old sannyasin calling him out; " Stop! Always face the brute." Swamiji turned , his fear gone, seeing defiant, the monkeys fled. In a lecture, given in Newyork, years later, he referred to this incident and pointed out the moral of the story; " So face nature! Face ignorance! Face illusion! Never fly.