##47 (Vivekananda) Back In India

At Colombo, the ship halted. Vivekananda never expected Such a big crowd of people At the port would assemble. The people of Ceylon Took him in procession Thro’ decorated arches Erected in all the streets. It wasn’t, he felt, his victory, But a success to the spirituality, For which he went the West, And returned back to the East. He visited Kandy, Aruradhapuram, Jaffna, Pamban, Rameswaram, Ramnad, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Kumbakonam, and Madras finally. Everywhere people gathered, And he blessed the multitude. He revealed his intentions, To start many institutions. He wanted more preachers To preach on Hindu scriptures, In India and abroad as well, And enlighten more people. On 19th February 1897, At Kolkata, he was given A hearty public reception In a grand welcome function. The Ramakrishna Mission, A noble Hindu Association, With his blessings, came up, Under his able leadership. A bold statement he made, That he had worshiped The one and only God, On this earth, who existed. At the end, he declared, “My God is the wicked. The poor, the miserable, The sum total of all souls.”