Clipped video from movie shared as Swami Vivekananda's famous speech in Chicago - Alt News
Jignesh Patel
9th October 2019 / 2:41 pm / Last updated: 9th October 2019
A 2:26-minute clip supposedly of the great spiritual guru Swami Vivekananda is circulating on social media. It is being claimed that it’s an original video of Vivekananda’s iconic speech at Parliament of Religions in Chicago. Facebook user Kajalben Bhalara asserted that Vivekananda had delivered the speech on September 13, 1893.
Rare video- dated 13.9.1893-
Parliament of religions at Chicago addressed by swami vivekananda
Posted by Kajalben Bhalara on Tuesday, 1 October 2019
A few more people on Twitter and Facebook shared the video with a similar narrative.
With a keyword search on Google, Alt News found the YouTube video titled, “Swami Vivekananda -2012 New Full Movie (English)“.
From 13:38 minutes in the video posted below, the relevant portion which picturises Swami Vivekananda delivering the speech in Chicago can be seen.
https://youtu.be/Nkc3VfNIPyo?t=818
The same movie in Hindi was uploaded by the YouTube channel of Sri Ramkrishna Math Chennai on September 28, 2018. According to the certificate issued by ‘Central Board of Film Certification’, the name of the movie is ‘Vivekananda by Vivekananda’ produced by Beehive productions.
In conclusion, a clipping from a movie based on Swami Vivekananda’s life was shared as the original footage of the spiritual guru’s speech in Chicago.
Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
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