Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar (1884) is the event in which Narendranath Datta (the pre-monastic name of Vivekananda), following the suggestion of Ramakrishna, went to the Kali temple of Dakshineswar with the intention to pray for financial welfare, but ultimately prayed for pure knowledge, devotion and renunciation. This event has been a subject of scholarly studies and is considered as a significant event in the life of Vivekananda, who initially revolted against idol-worship but now accepted and prayed before an idol of Kali. According to B. R. Kishore, "this incident added a new dimension to Narendra's devotion and knowledge".After making three attempts to seek a blessing to remove his financial problems from mother goddess Kali, he came out with the divine statement: Mother, I Want Nothing But Knowledge and Devotion!One day Narendra requested Ramakrishna to pray to goddess Kali, the Divine Mother, for some financial welfare, which was the immediate need of his family. Ramakrishna listened to his request and told him that day was a Tuesday, an "auspicious day", asked him to go to the temple in the evening and pray it himselfRamarkishna also told Narendra

Dr.Morusu Siva sankar got M.Com, MBA, M.Sc (IT), M.Tech, Ph.D and Post Doctoral Fellow (UGC) from S.V.University. He has published 90 articles in various National & International journals and has authored 10 books.He attended and presented papers in 36 National and International seminars.He has been working for S.V.U.college of Engineering.Tirupati