The Swami Vivekananda Temple stands on the spot where Swami Vivekananda’s mortal remains were cremated in 1902.
Consecrated on 28 January 1924, the temple has in its upper storey an alabaster OM (in Bengali characters).
Beside the temple stands a bel (bilva) tree in the place of the original bel tree under which Swami Vivekananda used to sit and near which, according to his wish, his body was cremated.
On 4 July 1902 at Belur Math, he taught Vedanta philosophy to some pupils in the morning.
He had a walk with Swami Premananda, a brother-disciple, and gave him instructions concerning the future of the Ramakrishna Math.
He left his body (died) in the evening after a session of prayer at Belur Math.
He was 39.
 Vivekananda had fulfilled his own prophecy of not living to be forty-years old.
The Swami Vivekananda Temple stands on the spot where Swami Vivekananda’s mortal remains were cremated in 1902. Consecrated on 28 January 1924, the temple has in its upper storey an alabaster OM (in Bengali characters). Beside the temple stands a bel (bilva) tree in the place of the original bel tree under which Swami Vivekananda used to sit and near which, according to his wish, his body was cremated. On 4 July 1902 at Belur Math, he taught Vedanta philosophy to some pupils in the morning. He had a walk with Swami Premananda, a brother-disciple, and gave him instructions concerning the future of the Ramakrishna Math. He left his body (died) in the evening after a session of prayer at Belur Math. He was 39.  Vivekananda had fulfilled his own prophecy of not living to be forty-years old.
Belur Math