<span style="color: #222222;">The Nation is celebrating the birth anniversary of youth Icon Swami Vivekananda today. One of the greatest spiritual leaders of India, Swami Vivekananda introduced the world to the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga. He became popular in the western world after his famous speech at the World's Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893. Vivekananda was the chief disciple of the 19th-century mystic Ramakrishna Paramhansa. He was the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.<br />'' <br />''<br />''President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tributes to Swami Vivekananda on his Birth Anniversary, which is also celebrated as the National Youth Day in the country.</span><br />