In the Parliament of Religion

On the right and left of him were gathered the Oriental delegates - Pratap Chandra Majumdar of Bengal and Nagarkar of Bombay who were representatives of the Brahmo of Samaj; Dharmapala who represented the Budhists of Ceylon: Gandhi a distant relation of Mahatma Gandhi representing the Jain, and Mr. Chakrvarty representing Theosophy with Mrs, Annie Besant.Among them was also seated Swami Vivekananda who, with his noble bearing, bright countenance and gorgeous apparel, drew the attention of the assembled thousands and soon became the cynosure of all eyes.It was the first time that he had got to speak before such an August assembly,; and as the delegates, presented one by one, had to announce themselves in public in brief speeches, the Swami let his turn go by hour after hour until the end of the day.