Vedanta Society of New York
Vedanta Society of New York was the first Vedanta Society founded by the Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda in New York in November 1894. In 1897, Swami Abhedananda, another disciple of Ramakrishna, came to the United States and took charge of the society.Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: Hindu society
- Address: 34 West 71st Street, 10023
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.
Central Park
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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of Manhattan, Central Park is a district in its own right, neatly separating the Upper East Side from the Upper West Side, stretching from Midtown at the southern end to Harlem at the north.
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. American Museum of Natural History is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Vedanta Society of New York.
The Juilliard School
University
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The Juilliard School is a private conservatory for performing arts in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became the Juilliard School, named after its principal benefactor Augustus D. The Juilliard School is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Vedanta Society of New York.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Upper West Side.
Lincoln Square
Neighborhood
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Lincoln Square is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Lincoln Square is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.
Upper West Side
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The Upper West Side covers a large area in upper Manhattan bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and Central Park and Morningside Park on the east.
Lenox Hill
Neighborhood
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Lenox Hill is a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.
Vedanta Society of New York
- Category: architectural structure
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.77598° or 40° 46′ 34″ northLongitude
-73.97801° or 73° 58′ 41″ westHeight
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
87G8Q2GC+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 269231594OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q14947267
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Tamil—“Vedanta Society of New York” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “বেদান্ত সোসাইটি অফ নিউ ইয়র্ক”
- Tamil: “நியூயார்க்கு வேதாந்த சங்கம்”
Notable Places Nearby
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