Vivekananda House · USA
Live. Study.
Serve. Together.
Residential houses for Hindu students, a short walk from class, rooted in dharma and open to all.
Why a house
Hindu student groups rebuild their community every year, then watch it graduate away.
A house does not graduate. It holds the address, the kitchen, the shrine and the furniture, so each incoming year inherits a community instead of founding one.
सेवा
Service
The house cooks, cleans, and hosts itself. What residents give to it is the first thing they learn in it.
स्वाध्याय
Study
A library, a reading room, and people a year ahead of you who have already sat the same exam.
सत्संग
Company
Weeknight aarti, festival days, and the ordinary evenings in between, the ones nobody organizes.
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Inside a house
A driveway, a front room, and a hall that fills up.
Every house is an ordinary residential building near campus. What makes it a Vivekananda House is what the residents put inside it.
Rooms are rented at cost, and the house is run by the people living in it.
- Upstairs
- Four to five student residents
- Downstairs
- Open to the whole campus community
- Inside
- Puja room, library, kitchen, study space
- Backs
- The campus Hindu YUVA chapter
Who the house is named for
Who is Vivekananda?
Swami Vivekananda was an influential Indian monk and philosopher who played a significant role in introducing Hindu Dharma and Indian philosophy to the Western world in the late 19th century.
He is remembered for his charismatic personality, powerful oratory, and efforts to bridge Eastern and Western philosophical and spiritual traditions. His teachings emphasized the potential divinity of every individual and the importance of service to humanity.
उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत
Arise, awake