At the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, Vivekananda addresses the assembly as sisters and brothers of America and presents Hinduism as a universal religion of acceptance; the Parliament opens the modern era of Hindu teaching in the West.
Tagged: Hindu Hindu Reform Movements
The Event
- Date
- 1893 (exact)
- Era
- Colonial; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- Chicago; today Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Hindu Reform Movements
- Key figures
- Swami Vivekananda
- Key texts
- Addresses at the Parliament of Religions
Connections
- Vivekananda; made famous
Primary Sources
- Vivekananda, addresses at the Parliament, September 1893
Secondary Sources
- King, Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and the Mystic East (Routledge, 1999)
- Jones, Socio-religious Reform Movements in British India (Cambridge, 1989)
Provenance: HIST-0331; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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