Swami Vivekananda humanified and humanised

Many believe that Swami Vivekananda suffered from hunger all the time during his travel, that Vivekananda walked all the time with his stick in hand. Did he stay in huts? Where are the huts? He was searching for highly placed Government Officers or native rulers or wealthy landlords/merchants. Here is a list of places where he stayed. I shall try to give some links which show the photos and description. BANGALORE (Now: Bangaluru) Early 1892. Stayed as the guest of Dr. Palpu, Municipal Medical Officer, Bangalore, in his house. BELGAUM (Karnataka) Oct. 1892. Stayed as the guest of Prof. G.S. Bhate and Sub Divisional Forest Officer Haripada Mitra. BOMBAY (MUMBAI) Shri Ramdas Chabildas, a wealthy Gujarati Merchant. It is a three storied building with horses for transportation. http://eng.vedanta.ru/library/prabuddha_bharata/Jan2005_swami_vivekananda_s_first_hosts_in_Bombay.php CHENNAI (MADRAS) Period of stay Feb. 1897. Castle Kernan belonging to a prosperous advocate Shri Bilig...

Swami Vivekananda spoke of poor all the time. One will be surprised to learn that he used imported furniture in a well-maintained spacious room in Belur Math. It is said that the expensive furniture was gifted to him by his foreign disciples. His disciple Sister Nivedita too stayed at the Belur Math. In 1901, after attending the Calcutta Session, Mahatma Gandhi went to see Swami Vivekananda at his Belur Math. Gandhiji could not meet him, as he was told that Swamiji was staying at his Calcutta House lying ill and could not be seen . Then he went to see Sister Nivedita in a Chowringhee mansion. Gandhiji was taken aback by the splendour that surrounded her. Gandhiji wrote in his "My Experiments with Truth", Volume 3: "... Having seen enough of the Brahmo Samaj, it was impossible to be satisfied without seeing Swami Vivekanand. So with great enthusiasm I went to Belur Math, mostly, or maybe all the way, on foot. I loved the sequestered site of the Math. I was disappo...