Thousands of people here today walked through the exact route, Swami Vivekananda undertook 112 years ago in Shillong, while recalling the saint’s ideals.
The procession called “Vivek-Rath” began from Bilasipara in Assam on 23 April and covered Chapara, Dhubri, Dudhnai, Gauripur, Goalpara, Guwahati before culminating here.
The Rath began in the morning at 8 am where thousands of people from different parts of the state and country converged at Laban where Swami Vivekananda had stayed during his visit to Shillong 112 years back.
The procession with women, men, children and monks of the Ramakrishna Mission traversed from Laban through IGP point, Police Bazaar and converged at Quinton hall for a public meeting where Swami Vivekananda had delivered a lecture on this day in 1901.
On the dais where several dignitaries who recalled the ideals of the saint and urged the huge gathering to imbibe his teachings.
“Gender disparity that is being talked about these days and also the growing crime against women was touched upon by Swami Vivekananda 100 years ago.
Swamiji said that any country which doesn’t respect its women cannot achieve greatness now or in the near future,” Keya Sengupta, Director of the Indian Institute of Management said.
She said that “self-discipline is the medicine of all the scourges afflicting the society today.” The IIM Director said that the importance of practicing self-discipline as taught by Swami Vivekananda has become all the more relevant in the present context.
PP Srivastava member from the North Eastern Council termed the congregation at the venue here a “historic occasion.” “This is the very same place where Swami Vivekananda had addressed a gathering 112 years back,” he said.
He urged the congregation to “feel the thrill and vibration that our forefathers experienced years ago listening to the teachings of the patriotic saint.”
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