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January wind up note!

The month of January coming to a close marks the birth[12 January, 1863] of a legend [Swami Vivekananda] and the death[30 January 1948] of a legend[Mahatma Gandhi].

Last week of December I was in Kanyakumari and here is the beauty of the town - it has a Vivekananda Memmorial and Gandhi Bhavan.Sheer co-incidence or was it right there only for this post?

Vivekananda Rock memmorial captured at night in the lights.


The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. ~ Swami Vivekananda

Gandhi Bhavan with the symbolised charaka!
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


I am not a follower of either but thought of sharing some gyan!!

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Bikram said…
Swami vivekananda now there is no comparison between the two ..
Vivekananda rock memorial looks beautiful ..

Bikram's
January 31, 2012 at 9:30 PM
Dee........ said…
Attractive snaps..
good post
/Dee..
February 1, 2012 at 8:47 PM
hamaarethoughts.com said…
very beautiful ..dint see it before!
:)
February 5, 2012 at 5:47 AM
ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ/ Ashwini said…
@Bikram: hmmm As I said in my note - no comparisons of the two names .. :/ Thanks for the beautiful words as always.

@Dee: Thanks so much!!

@Harman: Thank you!
February 6, 2012 at 6:41 PM
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