Express Research: How Swami Vivekananda popularised Yoga in the West

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Dear reader,   Earlier this week, we celebrated the International Day for Yoga. In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) had designated June 21 for spreading awareness on the ancient Indian physical and spiritual practise. But the art of Yoga has been popular in the west for decades now. Its appeal lay in the fact that it bridged the gap between science and religion. If one were to trace the popularity of Yoga in the West, we have to start from September 11, 1893, when Swami Vivekananda gave his famous speech at Chicago in the Parliament of religions.    In this story from 2017, we looked at how Vivekananda’s speech made Yoga more popular in the west than what it is in its country of origin. In order to understand the appeal of Vivekananda, we placed his philosophy and activities in time and reflected upon the 19th century historical processes that worked in his favour.    Read the story: International Yoga Day:How Swami Vivekananda helped popularise the ancient Indian regimen in the West   Sincerely,   Adrija Roychowdhury

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