#094, Ppeople of our country have not yet offered me even as much as a pice for my travelling expenses
There is a blind belief that Swami Vivekananda traversed the length and breadth of India, from Himalayas to Kanyakumari by foot. This is far from truth. He travelled to those places where there is some train link, and where there is some native ruler (raja / divanji ) / rich merchant (sethji) to send him horse carriage to the railway stations. Wherever/whenever he travelleed, he tried to obtain a second class train ticket from his hosts / devotees. Bus/car transport was not much in vogue in those days. For this reason only, he could not cover Coastal Andhra, because Calcutta-Madras rail line was completed in 1905. People of Visakhapatnam in those days, apparently have travelled to Madras by Steamers. Swami Vivekananda went to Hyderabad, because there was a railway line to Hyderabad. For true monks, the traditional transportation was walk. But this prescription was violated by rich monks and those who enjoyed royal patronage. They resorted to travel by "pallanquins...