DescriptionVivekananda Memorial and Thiruvalluvar Statue stand together amidst the Indian Ocean.JPG	हिन्दी: सुनदरता से परिपुरना ‌‌!!! :) This is a photo of ASI monument number N-TN-T13.
Date	22 September 2009, 07:45:03
Source	Own work
Author	Tishya Srivastava

Towards the end of 1892, after three years of wandering across the length and breadth of India, a young monk found himself at Kanyakumari, the southernmost point of the country. To quell the questions raging in his mind, he leapt into the sea and swam across shark-infested waters to reach a holy rock in mid-sea—the very last bit of Indian land.

On the rock, he meditated, taking in the whole of India as it were, from that vantage point. At the end of three days and nights, the monk found enlightenment on his life’s mission: to arouse the nation from its dismal slumber of a thousand years of slavery and rediscover its past glory.

Thus was born on that rock, Swami Vivekananda—the spiritual teacher, prophet and patriot-monk of modern India. The rock became doubly blessed.

To honour Swami Vivekananda’s vision, the idea to construct a memorial on that particular rock was mooted on the eve of his birth centenary in 1962.

It is a beautiful place which provides peace to your mind and soul which is normally caught is the hush-bush of the city...

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