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==Death== On 4 July 1902 (the day of his death),{{Sfn|Chattopadhyaya|1999|pp=218, 274, 299}} Vivekananda awoke early, went to the monastery at Belur Math and meditated for three hours. He taught ''[[Yajurveda|Shukla-Yajur-Veda]]'', Sanskrit grammar and the philosophy of yoga to pupils, later discussing with colleagues a planned Vedic college in the Ramakrishna Math.{{Sfn|Chattopadhyaya|1999|p=283}}{{Sfn|Banhatti|1995|p=46}} At 7:00 pm Vivekananda went to his room, asking not to be disturbed; he died at 9:20 p.m. while meditating.{{Sfn|Bharathi|1998b|p=25}} The rupture of a blood vessel in his brain was reported as a possible cause of death.{{Sfn|Virajananda |1918|p=81}} According to his disciples, the rupture was due to his ''[[brahmarandhra]]'' (an opening in the crown of his head) being pierced when he attained ''[[mahasamādhi]]''.{{Sfn|Sen|2006|p= 27}} Vivekananda fulfilled his prophecy that he would not live forty years.{{Sfn|Virajananda|2006|pp=645–662}} He was cremated on a sandalwood [[funeral pyre]] on the bank of the [[Ganga]] in Belur, opposite where Ramakrishna was cremated sixteen years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Towards the end |work=Vivekananda A Biography |publisher=www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info |url=http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda_biography/13_towards_the_end.htm |access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref>
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