More than a century after his death, Swami Vivekananda remains a common heritage, albeit with contesting claimants, said an illustrious student of the order founded by the monk. “Vivekananda remains a common heritage for us. He remains a common heritage fund from which we are all deriving our own respective resources according to our own needs, aspirations and rationale,” he added. As heritage, Vivekananda is highly contested, even while commonly adored. “The greatest strength of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda movement is that it is a unique common heritage fund.

Source: The Telegraph January 17, 2026 02:21 UTC