A Lively Experiment
A Multireligious Historical Overview of Rhode Island
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| During the late 1800s, European Americans became increasingly interested in world religions, both causing and affected by such events as the Chicago World's Parliament of Religions in 1893. Swami Akhilananda, a Hindu Vedanta spiritual leader, began preaching in Providence during the 1920s. Akhilananda originally preached his message at Providence's Biltmore Hotel, but when he attracted followers they founded a Vedanta chapel in 1931. (This was ten years before the founding of the active Ramakrishna Vedanta Society in Boston, Massachusetts.) The Vedanta society continues to thrive in Providence today, and it has recently relocated into a beautifully-renovated historic house which sits across the street from its original chapel. The original Euro-American laypersons are now joined by many South Asian American immigrants. |
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