125 years after his visit, Californians honor Swami Vivekananda's influence

Swami Vivekananda, center, picnics in California in Jan. 1900. (Photo courtesy Vedanta Society)
(RNS) — At the Unitarian church where Vivekananda lectured in his landmark 1900 tour of California, clergy and congregants credit the Hindu guru with inspiring its forefathers.