Swami Vivekananda
1863 – 1902 Indian Hindu monk, philosopher
Hindu teacher who joined a Calcutta lodge in his youth.
- Religion
- Hindu
- Affiliations
- Documented member of a masonic lodge before 1884.
Before becoming a monk, Narendranath Datta joined a Freemasonry lodge in Calcutta, an affiliation noted in biographies and confirmed as before 1884. The lodge is generally identified as Anchor and Hope Lodge No. 234. His membership is documented, though it belonged to his early life.
In the timeline
- 1893 Vivekananda at the World's Parliament of Religions mentioned