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Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as Narendra Nath Datta , was born in an affluent family in Kolkata on 12 January 1863. His father, Vishwanath Datta , was a successful attorney with interests in a wide range of subjects, and his mother, Bhuvaneshwari Devi , was endowed with deep devotion, strong character and other qualities. A precocious boy, Narendra excelled in music, gymnastics and studies. By the time he graduated from Calcutta University, he had acquired a vast knowledge of different subjects, especially Western philosophy and history. Born with a yogic temperament, he used to practise meditation even from his boyhood, and was associated with Brahmo Movement for some time. With Sri Ramakrishna At the threshold of youth Narendra had to pass through a period of spiritual crisis when he was assailed by doubts about the existence of God. It was at that time he first heard about Sri Ramakrishna from one of his English professors at college. One day in November 1881,