Writing website of Vinayak Lohani
Vinayak Lohani, the Founder of Parivaar
An important fortnight during the Swami’s stay in California was the time he spent in the redwoods of North California. Swamiji, with a group of other friends and admirers, retreated to a forested …
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On April 11th, after having their dinner at their Turk Street Apartment in San Francisco, Swamiji, Alice Hansborough, and Mr Aspinall took the streetcar and then the ferry across the Bay to arrive at …
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Frank Rhodehamel Frank Rhodehamel was a young man in his late twenties living with his wife in Oakland. He has written elaborate memoirs of meeting Swamiji in the Bay Area. He also took very …
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Tom Allan, a Scotsman, was a marine engineer, and worked as draughtsman in the Risden Iron and Locomotive Works in San Francisco. His wife Edith Allan was very ill when Swamiji first came to Oakland …
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It was in Bay Area that Swami Vivekananda came in touch with a few such persons whose life would then be spent in the glow and grace they received through the time spent with him. Among them were Ida …
Through Mrs Hansborough’s memoirs we come to know of a range of moods that Swamiji had. Swamiji could be a strict disciplinarian and did not like work done in a careless manner. Mrs Hansborough …
