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Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre

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Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre
Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre is a museum and cultural centre. It is located at 105 Vivekananda Road, Kolkata, India. In this house, Swami Vivekananda (then called Narendranath Datta) was born on 12 January 1863. The house remained Vivekananda's home throughout his childhood and early youth. The cultural centre was inaugurated by the President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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