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Q67 (CDS-I/2004) History & Culture › Culture, Literature, Religion & Philosophy › Vedic and Hindu religious traditions Answer Verified

What was Vivekanandas special contribution to Hindu culture and civilisation?

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Swami Vivekananda's special contribution was his bold proclamation of the spiritual richness and superiority of Hindu culture on a global stage. Before his 1893 address at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, Hinduism was often viewed through a colonial lens as a collection of superstitions [t1, t8]. Vivekananda emerged as a spiritual ambassador, presenting Vedanta as a rational, universal system that could harmonize Eastern spiritualism with Western materialism [c3, c4, t2]. By doing so, he instilled a sense of pride and confidence in Indians regarding their cultural heritage [c4]. While he did advocate for social reform and the infusion of humanistic values, his unique historical impact was transforming Hinduism into a world religion and asserting its philosophical parity—and in spiritual matters, its superiority—to the Western world [t2, t6].

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  1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 9: A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements > Swami Vivekananda > p. 218
  2. [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 9: A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements > Swami Vivekananda > p. 219
  3. [3] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/document/926384
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