West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the message of universal brotherhood delivered by Swami Vivekananda at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago on this day 125 years back was still relevant.

"Today is the 125th anniversary of SwamiVivekananda's epochal speech... His message of universal brotherhood is relevant even today," Banerjee wrote on Twitter. "My respectful homage to the great saint." Born in Kolkata on January 12, 1863, Narendra Nath Datta later came to be known as Swami Vivekananda after he was drawn to the ascetic way of life post his encounter with spiritual leader Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.