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Swami Vivekananda[edit]

Original - Swami Vivekananda in Chicago, (September 1893) where his historic address to the Parliament of the World's Religions, beginning with "Sisters and brothers of America!" On the photo, Vivekananda has written in Bengali, and in English: “One infinite pure and holy—beyond thought beyond qualities I bow down to thee” - Swami Vivekananda (signed)
Reason
Just short of 1000 pixels of FP, this picture is a signed picture of Swami Vivekananda, shot in Chicago where he gave his historic address to the Parliament of the World's Religions, beginning with "Sisters and brothers of America!". This is one of few photos of Vivekananda, shot at Chicago.
Articles this image appears in
Swami Vivekananda, Culture of India, Scottish Church College, Calcutta, India–United States relations, List of Kolkata Presidencians
Creator
Dziewa
  • Support as nominator --Redtigerxyz Talk 07:10, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Rare and also sums his personality well! --Ekabhishek (talk) 17:23, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, appears in several articles and adds significant value. --Nvineeth (talk) 07:17, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Valuable. Sniperz11@CS 12:28, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Valuable image. Fletcher (talk) 15:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support. The photo doesn't seem to capture the historic occasion, though Swami Vivekananda's writing captured on his photo adds a tremendous amount of value. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 16:51, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Great EV. Elucidate (light up) 17:18, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Valuable image. Ramashray (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 06:04, 20 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]
  • Support - It depicts his magnetic personality quite well and I think his writing and the occasion make it very valuable. --Mankar CamoranTalk 18:40, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Taprobanus (talk) 18:32, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Swami Vivekananda-1893-09-signed.jpg --Intothewoods29 (talk) 21:10, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]