![]() After receiving a master’s degree in mathematics from The Government College of Lahore he became professor of mathematics at Forman Christian College, Lahore.Ī chance meeting with Swami Vivekananda in 1897 in Lahore, inspired his later decision to take up the life of a sannyasi. Rama Tirtha was born in a Punjabi family to Pandit Hiranand Goswami on 22 October 1873 ( Deepawali Vikram Samvat 1930) in the village of Muraliwala in the Gujranwala District of Punjab, Pakistan. His mother died when he was a few days old and he was raised by his elder brother Gossain Gurudas. During his American tours Swami Rama Tirtha spoke frequently on the concept of ‘practical Vedanta and education of Indian youth. He proposed bringing young Indians to American universities and helped establish scholarships for Indian students. He was among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States, travelling there in 1902, preceded by Swami Vivekananda in 1893 and followed by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920. ![]() Swami Rama Tirtha 1873 – 1906 was an Indian teacher of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. ![]()
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