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Admirers
and devotees claim that he was overwhelmed by the
reception he received on his return. In India, he
delivered a series of lectures, and this set of lectures
known as "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" is considered
to have uplifted the morale of the then downtrodden
Indian society. He founded the Ramakrishna Mission. This
institution is now one of the largest monastic orders of
Hindu society in India. However, there is also evidence
that he bore great criticism from other orthodox Hindus
for having travelled in the impure West. His
contemporaries also questioned his motives, wondering
whether the fame and glory of his Hindu evangelism
compromised his original monastic vows. His enthusiasm
for America and Britain, and his spiritual devotion to
his motherland, caused significant tension in his last
years.
He once again toured the west from January 1899 to
December 1900.
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