page_title: Swami Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar
hierarchical_section_title: Swami Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar
caption_attribution_description: English: Maa Bhavatarini at Dakshineshwar Temple (Photo Frame Type)
context_page_description: Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar is the event in which Narendranath Datta, following the suggestion of Ramakrishna, went to the Kali temple of Dakshineswar with the intention to pray for financial welfare, but ultimately prayed for pure knowledge, devotion and renunciation. This event has been a subject of scholarly studies and is considered as a significant event in the life of Vivekananda, who initially revolted against idol-worship but now accepted and prayed before an idol of Kali. According to B. R. Kishore, "this incident added a new dimension to Narendra's devotion and knowledge".
  After making three attempts to seek a blessing to remove his financial problems from mother goddess Kali, he came out with the divine statement: "Mother, I Want Nothing But Knowledge and Devotion!"
context_section_description: Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar (16 September 1884) is the event in which Narendranath Datta (the pre-monastic name of Vivekananda), following the suggestion of Ramakrishna, went to the Kali temple of Dakshineswar with the intention to pray for financial welfare, but ultimately prayed for pure knowledge, devotion and renunciation. This event has been a subject of scholarly studies and is considered as a significant event in the life of Vivekananda, who initially revolted against idol-worship but now accepted and prayed before an idol of Kali. According to B. R. Kishore, "this incident added a new dimension to Narendra's devotion and knowledge".
  After making three attempts to seek a blessing to remove his financial problems from mother goddess Kali, he came out with the divine statement: "Mother, I Want Nothing But Knowledge and Devotion!"
caption: Idol of goddess Kali or Bhavatarini at Dakshineshwar
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