Sunday, February 15, 2009

rama krishna mission tuberclousis sanatoriumof Medical Services

In-patient Department. The Institution has at present 150 functional beds for the treatment of male tuberculosis patients. Out of these 150 beds about 100 beds are sponsored and nominated by various governmental and non-governmental agencies. The remaining 50 beds are exclusively reserved for local tribal patients, what is sponsored by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India - New Delhi. While the Sanatorium uses its discretion regarding their admission depending upon their suitability.
The Sanatorium has an Out-patient Department with a General section and a Special (TB) section. The latter is for diagnosing and treating pulmonary tuberculosis cases. Diagnosis is made mainly on clinical grounds, radiography, and most importantly sputum examination. Once the diagnosis of TB is made, the patients are put on Anti-TB Treatment (ATT) using standard regimens.
The Mobile Medical Service caters to the patients of about 200 villages through its three centres at the following villages - Bandua, Landup and Gutigara - situated 20 km, 45 km and 50 km away respectively from the Sanatorium. All the patients attending Mobile Medical Centres are treated free of all charges including medicines and investigations.

rama krishna mission tuberclousis sanatorium

About Us

The Ramakrishna Mission TB Sanatorium caters to the medical needs of patients with Tuberculosis. It also provides primary relief and medicines to persons with other diseases, free of cost.

It also engages in alleviating the sufferings of the area population (mainly local and illiterate tribals such as the Mundas and Oraons) who live in extreme poverty and are afflicted by severe malnutrition, malaria, worm infestation, and infection that contribute to the spread of TB.

These services to the locality comprise from the material, to the intellectual, to the spiritual without inducing adherence to any particular ideology or dogma, but by promoting a peaceful lifestyle with mutual understanding.

The Sanatorium had its pioneer beginning in 1948, when the treatment of TB required exclusive hospitalisation to ensure a cure. With the passage of time new medicines and methods of treatment were discovered. Gradually, and in proportion to the availability of funds and qualified personnel, the Institution has grown to extend its services to the villages, keeping the hospital infrastructure for cases that required special care.

At an altitude of 2,100 feet the wooded area around the Sanatorium is well known for its healthy climate. It is situated in the village of Dungri (District Ranchi) in a picturesque part of Chhotanagpur, within the newly formed state of Jharkhand in India.

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Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College (Autonomous)

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Introduction:

The Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College occupies a place of prominence among the educational activities of Ramakrishna Mission in India. It was formally opened on 21st June 1946. To cope with the demand, an Evening college offering various programmes under unaided pattern was opened in 1974. These Day and Evening Colleges form a part of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith which also contains four other units, viz. 1. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Hostel, 2. The Institute of Vivekananda Studies, 3. Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology (VINSTROM) and 4. Vivekananda Institute of Algal Technology (VIAT).

Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith

The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), the chief disciple of Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886) in 1897, "to bring into existence a band of monks devoted to leading a life of purity and renunciation, and to carry on, with lay workers, religious, philanthropic and charitable activities, looking upon all men, women and children, irrespective of caste, creed, nationality and colour, as veritable manifestations of the divine". The Math and the Mission have today 166 centres in India and abroad, with their Headquarters at Belur, West Bengal.

Swami Ramakrishnananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, established in Madras, now called Chennai, a centre of the Ramakrishna Order in 1897. The Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith is an important limb of the Mission, devoting itself to educational and research activity.

Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission are twin organizations which form the core of a worldwide spiritual movement (known as Ramakrishna Movement or Vedanta Movement), which aims at the harmony of religions, harmony of the East and the West, harmony of the ancient and the modern, spiritual fulfillment, all-round development of human faculties, social equality, and peace for all humanity, without any distinctions of creed, caste, race or nationality.

RAMAKRISHNA MATH is a monastic organization for men brought into existence by
Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), the great 19th century saint of Bengal who is regarded as the Prophet of the Modern Age.

RAMAKRISHNA MISSION is a registered society in which monks of Ramakrishna Math and lay devotees cooperate in conducting various types of social service mainly in India. It was founded by Sri Ramakrishna's chief apostle, Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), one of the foremost thinkers and religious leaders of the present age, who is regarded as 'one of the main moulders of the modern world', in the words of an eminent Western scholar A. L. Basham.
Although Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission are legally and financially separate, they are closely inter-related in several other ways, and are to be regarded as twin organizations.

Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission together have 166 branch centres  all over India and in different parts of the world.

The Math and the Mission together have
171 branch centres
all over India and in different parts
of the world.

The Headquarters of these centres are situated in Belur Math. All branch centres of Ramakrishna Math come under the administrative control of the Board of Trustees, whereas all branch centres of Ramakrishna Mission come under the administrative control of the Governing Body of Ramakrishna Mission.

The main goals and objectives of these twin organizations, based on the principles of Practical Vedanta, are:

To spread the idea of the potential divinity of every being and how to manifest it through every action and thought.

To spread the idea of harmony of religions based on Sri Ramakrishna's experience that all religions lead to the realization of the same Reality known by different names in different religions. The Mission honours and reveres the founders of all world religions such as Buddha, Christ and Mohammed.

To treat all work as worship, and service to man as service to God.

To make all possible attempts to alleviate human suffering by spreading education, rendering medical service, extending help to villagers through rural development centres, etc.

To work for the all-round welfare of humanity, especially for the uplift of the poor and the downtrodden.

To develop harmonious personalities by the combined practice of Jnana, Bhakti, Yoga and Karma.

The motto of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission is:

Atmano mokshartham jagad hitaya cha,
"For one's own salvation, and for the welfare of the world".

our holy trinity


Sri Krishna says in the Gita that whenever virtue subsides and vice prevails, Lord takes the form of a human being to re-establish Dharma (righteousness) and to destruct the Adharma (unrighteousness). Thus, He came in different ages as Rama, as Krishna, as as Buddha, as Jesus, as Shankara, as Chaitanya in the present age, He came as Sri Ramakrishna. And when God incarnates, very often He brings with Him, His Shakti. Thus, with Sri Ramachandra came Sita, with Sri Krishna came Radha, with Buddha came Yasodhara and with Chaitanya came Vishnupriya. The same Mahamaya, in the present age came with Sri Ramakrishna as Sarada Devi.

Sri Ramakrishna was born in the early hours of the morning of February 18, 1836 in an out of the way village Kamarpukur in the Hooghly District of West Bengal. His father Sri Khudiram Chattopadhyaya went to a holy place called Gaya and there, in the Vishnu Temple, Lord Vishnu appeared to him in a dream and told that, He would like to be born as his son, as He was very much pleased with his devotion. Khudiram implored Him not to come, lest He should not be taken proper care in bringing him up because of his poverty. But the Lord out of infinite mercy assured him that in whatever way he could serve Him, He would be pleased. When Khudiram came back to Kamarpukur and told his wife about the dream he head at Gaya, his wife also told something about her divine vision. She told him that once as she was standing in front of the Shiva temple along with Dhani, (who reared up Sri Ramakrishna from his very birth) suddenly she saw that the Shiva temple was engulfed with a luminous light. The light rushed towards Chandramani, entered into her womb and she felt that she was with a child. When Chandramani told this to her husband, he said, "Well, we should not divulge this to anybody in the village, lest we should be mistrusted". In due course, Sri Ramakrishna was born. He was named Gadadhar by his parents.

During the early days at Kamarpukur, there was ample evidence of his spiritual greatness. One day while he was walking along the paddy fields, suddenly the sky was covered with dark thunderclouds and against this background, some white cranes flew across the sky. At this sight, he thought of the fantastic beauty of God and lost himself in ecstasy. He had another trance on the Shivaratri night at Pynes' house. As the actor who was to enact Lord Shiva's role could not come for the performance, Gadadhar was requested to play the part. Coming on the stage, he was totally absorbed in the thought of the Lord Shiva so much so that he could not enact the role and passed into deep trance and the performance had to stop. Thus his Kamarpukur day passed and when he was about 16 years old, his elder brother took him to Calcutta.

It was at Dakshineswar Kali temple near Calcutta that the real drama took place. Sri Ramakrishna was then the priest in the Kali temple. He looked at the image of the Goddess verily as an embodiment of the spirit and not merely as a stone image. As a true seeker of the truth, he wanted to know the reality behind the stone image and this one idea filled his mind. Everyday he would weep and pray to Her: "Mother, is it true that Thou exist, or is it all poetry? If you are true, O Mother, why are you so unkind to me by not revealing yourself to me? If you are just a black stone image, what is the use of worshiping Thee? Once, when the desire to see Mother Kali was intensified and he thought that he could no more bear to be without seeing Her, he decided to end his life with the Mother's sword in the temple. Just then, the Mother revealed Herself to him. In the years that followed, his spiritual austerities intensified and his devotion grew deeper.

Sri Ramakrishna was guided in the Tantric path by the Bhairavi Brahmani who looked after him as her own son. Under another teacher, the monk Jatadhari, Sri Ramakrishna learnt the mysteries of Rama worship and experienced Rama's visible presence. Further, he communed with God through the divine relationship of father, mother, friend and beloved. A monk, Totapuri by name, who initiated him into Hindu Monasticism, instructed him in the Vedantic Truth of Brahman. In three day's time, Sri Ramakrishna realized his complete oneness with Brahman, the undifferentiated Absolute, thus achieving the culmination of man's spiritual endeavour, though Totapuri himself had to struggle for 40 years to realize his identity.Under the guidance of a Sufi, he followed the Islamic path and in three days, had a vision of Prophet Mohammad. One day in Jadu Mallick's house while looking at the picture of Jesus the Christ with Mother Mary, Sri Ramakrishna fell into a deep ecstasy. Another day at the Panchavati, he had the vision of Jesus, whose form entered into the person of Sri Ramakrishna. Thus on the basis of his own personal experiences and realization of Truth of various religions, he could verify the saying of the ancient Vedic dictum: Truth is one; sages call it by various names".

During his years of intense sadhana at Dakshineswar as a priest in the Kali Temple, Sri Ramakrishna could hardly take care of his health and sleep had totally left him. He used to behave like a mad person. He would sit for hours together in front of the Mother's image without the least consciousness of the world. He would laugh, cry and talk with the image. While offering food he would address the image: "What Mother, you want me to eat first?' Saying so, he would offer the flowers to Mother Kali after touching them with his head, bosom, all his limbs and even his own feet. For such unusual behaviour he was considered mad by all and news reached his poor old mother at the village. She was greatly perturbed by it and at last managed to have him brought to her. Though his health improved a little his mind was always in a different realm. He was as indifferent as ever to all worldly concerns. So, his mother and brother decided to get him married so as to make him interested in household affairs. Unfortunately, no one was ready to give his daughter in marriage to a mad person. On seeing his mother and brother sad at the frustration of all their efforts to find a suitable bride, Sri Ramakrishna himself came to their rescue and said to them in an ecstatic mood: " Why you search here and there? Go to Jayrambati. There you will find the bride providentially reserved for me in the house of Rama Chandra Mukherjee." Sri Ramakrishna's words proved true to the letter. Rama Chandra did have a daughter - Sarada by name. Sarada was barely five years old and Sri Ramakrishna was twenty-three. The marriage took place at Jayrambati.

After the marriage, he came to Dakshineswar and dived headlong into his spiritual austerities again, forgetting all about his baby wife. But as days passed on and as Sarada grew up, the village was full of rumours about the condition of Sri Ramakrishna. Her friends told her, "O Sarada, what a person in Gadai (Ramakrishna) your father chose for you knowingly fully well that he is mad!" No chaste wife would feel happy to hear such remarks about her husband. So Sarada wanted to go to Dakshineswar to verify for herself the truth behind this rumour. But she was too shy to talk on the matter to her father. Coming to know about his daughter's wish through a friend of hers, her father told her that on a forthcoming auspicious day, he has to leave for Calcutta to have a holy dip in the Ganges and that she could accompany him if she wished to. Sarada was very happy for two reasons. She herself could have a dip in the Ganges which she revered most and also she could meet her husband after many years of separation.

After all these years, when she entered into Sri Ramakrishna's room, warm and kind words of welcome of her affectionate husband instantly removed all the doubts that had persisted in her mind about his mental state till then, She thought, "Ah my husband is not a mad man. " Once, Sri Ramakrishna said to her, "As for me, the Mother has shown me that She resides in every woman and so I have learned to look upon every woman as Mother. That is the one idea I can have about you; but if you wish to drag me into the world, as I have been married to you, I am at your service. Tell me what you want". She was a pure and noble soul and was able to understand her husband's aspirations and sympathise with them. And so, she said without a moment's hesitation. "No, why should I drag you to the world? I have come to help you in your chosen path."

The Mother, too, one day asked Sri Ramakrishna, as she was stroking his feet: "How do you regard me? Sri Ramakrishna said in reply: " the Mother who is worshipped in the temple and the mother who gave birth to this (pointing to his body) and is now living in the Nahabat - the same Mother is now stroking my feet. Really and truly I always regard you as the embodiment of the blissful Mother of the Universe." Romain Rolland, while referring to the self-denial on the part of Sri Sarada Devi writes: "It was by the consent of his wife that he was free to follow the life of his choice. Magnanimously she renounced the wife's binding right over her husband and encouraged in his mission." Refereeing to his wife's immaculate purity, Sri Ramakrishna once said to his disciples: " if she had not been completely pure, if she had lost self-control, then who can say if I too might not have lost self-control and brought my mind down to the physical level." Judged from this standpoint we can say that Sri Sarda Devi's greatest contribution to humanity is Ramakrishna himself. Living together for eight months, Ramakrishna was fully convinced of the utterly pure nature of Sarda. He was convinced that her purity was not only physical, but that there was no trace of worldliness in her mind. Thus, on an auspicious day, he worshipped her in place of the Divine Mother and offered all the fruits of his life long austerities at her holy feet with his rosary, looking upon her as the Goddess in person. Thus, from that day onwards she came to be known as Sri Sarda Devi, the Holy Mother, not only to the devotees of Sri Ramakrishna, but also to the whole of humanity. The Holy Mother once said; " The Master (Sri Ramakrishna) used to see the Divine Mother in everyone. He left me behind this time for teaching the motherhood of God to humanity." Regarding the Holy Mother, Sri Ramakrishna used to say: She is Sarada in very truth, the Goddess Saraswati Herself incarnated for the dissemination of spiritual knowledge. Illumination is in her gift. She is profound in wisdom. Is she an ordinary person? She is my Shakti (Power) indeed. Very few actually know to what extent this divine consort of Sri Ramakrishna was responsible for the phenomenal growth and expansion the great Ramakrishna Order.

When a lotus blooms its fragrance draws bees to it. Similarly with the completion of his spiritual austerities, devotees started coming to him from far and near. Along with the harmony of different religions, he taught many other things. His foremost disciple was Narendranath Dutta, who afterwards became known as the world renowned Swami Vivekananda. He was born in the year 1863 in Calcutta. Visiting Sri Ramakrishna for the first time as a college student, he asked him "Sir, have you seen God?" Sri Ramakrishna told, "Yes, I have seen God, only more tangibly than seeing you. My boy, every one shed jugs of tears for wife and children but not for the love of God. If you want you can also see Him". Sri Ramakrishna wanted his disciples to see God in all beings and to serve them in a spirit of worship. Thus one day when Narendranath asked Sri Ramakrishna for a boon to remain merged in samadhi for three or four days at a stretch, he took him to task. "Shame on you! You are asking for such an insignificant thing. There is a state higher than that. Don't you sing that song 'Oh Lord! Thou art all that exists'? I thought that you would be like a banyan tree and that thousands of people would rest under your shade. But now I see that you are seeking your own liberation."

Sri Ramakrishna wanted Narendranath to see Brahman with eyes open. He said: "Is it that God exists when your eyes are closed and does not exist when they are open? All that exists is Lord and Lord alone. Try to see Brahman with eyes open. Every jiva is God." Therefore, from him the world learnt these new doctrines of relationship of jiva and the Eternal Divinity. Thus, we find in Swamiji's writings, letters and lectures throughout the world, the call to know human beings to be our Gods and that service to them alone is the highest religion. Swamiji wanted that the Advaita Vedanta which was till then confined to the forest retreats and monasteries should be brought into everyday life of the people and to accomplish this, he got the key-note in Sri Ramakrishna's teaching. "Every Jiva (living being) is Shiva and service to the Jiva is the worship of Shiva" When we go to a place of worship what we usually do is, we worship the image there. But Sri Ramakrishna wants that our worship should not end there. After coming out of the place of worship, we should worship God residing in all beings. That makes our worship complete.

Before Sri Ramakrishna passed away at the cossipore garden house near Calcutta, one day he called Narendranath to his room and transmitted all his powers to him, saying, Naren, today I have given you my all and I have become a fakir (beggar). With this, you will do great good to the world." It was at this house in August 1886, a few days before he left his mortal coil, something very significant happened. That day Narendranath was sitting near the Master thinking that in the midst of the terrible pain that Sri Ramakrishna was having in his throat, if he can speak out and declare that he is God, then he will surely believe him. No sooner, he thought thus, Sri Ramakrishna said clearly to him: "Well, don't you believe even now? He who was Rama and He who was Krishna is now Sri Ramakrishna in this body."

Let us now refer to what Swam Vivekananda said about his Great Master:

"This is the message of Sri Ramakrishna to the modern world. Do not care for doctrines, do not care for dogmas or sects or churches or temples; they count for little compared with the essence of existence in each man, which spirituality and the more this is developed in a man, the more powerful is he for good. Earn that first, acquire that, and criticize no one, for all doctrines and creeds have some good in them. Show by your lives that religion does not mean words, names, or sects, but that it means spiritual realization. Only those can understand who have felt. Only those who have attained to spirituality can communicate it to others, can be great teachers of humanity. They alone are the owners of light. The more such men are produced in a country, the more that country will raised and that country where such men absolutely do not exist is simply doomed, nothing can save it Therefore my Master's message to mankind is "Be spiritual and realize truth for yourself". To proclaim and make clear the fundamental unity underlying in all religions was the mission of my Master. Other teachers have taught special religion, which bear their names; but this great teacher of nineteenth century made no claim for himself. He left every religion undisturbed because he had realized that, in reality they are all part and parcel of the one eternal religion."

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TRIBUTES

Today, Sri Ramakrishna is revered by millions of people of all faiths the world over. Some look upon him as a great teacher, some as a saint, and some as a divine incarnation. Great thinkers of the East and West find in his teachings the ring of universal truth and pay tribute to him. We present below excerpts from some of their tributes to Sri Ramakrishna.

"The time was ripe for one to be born, who in one body would have the brilliant intellect of Sankara and the wonderfully expansive, infinite heart of Chaitanya; one who would see in every sect the same spirit working, the same God; one who would see God in every being, one whose heart would weep for the poor, for the weak, for the outcast, for the downtrodden, for every one in this world, inside India or outside India; and at the same time whose grand brilliant intellect would conceive of such noble thoughts as would harmonize all conflicting sects, not only in India but outside of India, and bring a marvelous harmony, the universal religion of head and heart into existence. Such a man was born, and I had the good fortune to sit at his feet for years. Let me now only mention the great Sri Ramakrishna, the fulfillment of the Indian sages, the sage for the time... For the first time I found a man who dared to say that he saw God, that religion was a reality to be felt, to be sensed in an infinitely more intense way than we can sense the world. I began to go to that man, day after day, and I actually saw that religion could be given. One touch, one glance, can change a whole life. I learnt from my Master that the religions of the world are not contradictory or antagonistic. They are but various phases of one eternal religion... The first part of my Master's life was spent in acquiring spirituality, and the remaining years in distributing it... His life is a searchlight of infinite power thrown upon the whole mass of Indian religious thought. He was the living commentary to the Vedas and to their aim. He had lived in one life the whole cycle of the national religious existence in India."

- Swami Vivekananda


"In a recent and unique example, in the life of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa we see a colossal spiritual capacity first driving straight to the divine realization, taking, as it were, the Kingdom of Heaven by violence, and then seizing upon one Yoga method after another and extracting the substance out of it with an incredible rapidity, always to return to the heart of the whole matter, the realization and possession of God by the power of love, by the extension of inborn spirituality into various experience and by the spontaneous play of an intuitive knowledge. Such an example cannot be generalized. Its object also was special and temporal, to exemplify in the great and decisive experience of a Master-soul the truth, now most necessary to humanity, towards which a world long divided into jarring sects and schools is with difficulty laboring, that all sects are forms and fragments of a single integral truth and all disciplines labor in their different ways towards one supreme experience... Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is the epitome of the whole. His was the great super-conscious life which alone can witness to the infinitude of the current that bears us all oceanwards. He is the proof of the Power behind us, and the future before us."

-Sri Aurobindo


"Ramakrishna was a living embodiment of godliness. His sayings are not those of a mere learned man but they are pages from the Book of Life. They are revelations of his own experiences. They therefore leave on the reader an impression which he cannot resist. In this age of skepticism Ramakrishna presents an example of a bright and living faith which gives solace to thousands of men and women who would otherwise have remained without spiritual light. Ramakrishna's life was an object-lesson in Ahimsa. His love knew no limits, geographical or otherwise. May his divine love be an inspiration to all."

- Mahatma Gandhi


"The man whose image I here evoke was the consummation of two thousand years of the spiritual life of three hundred million people. Although he has been dead forty years, his soul animates modern India. He was no hero of action like Gandhi, no genius in art or thought like Gandhi or Tagore. He was a little village Brahmin of Bengal whose outer life was set in a limited frame without striking incident, outside the social and political activity of the time. But his inner life embraced the whole multiplicity of men and Gods. It was a part of the very source of Energy, the Divine Shakti, of whom Vidyapati, the old poet of Mithila, and Ramprasad of Bengal sing."

- Romain Rolland


To the Paramahamsa Ramakrishna Deva

"Diverse courses of worship
from varied springs of fulfillment
have mingled in your meditation.
The manifold revelation of the joy of the Infinite
has given form to a shrine of unity in your life
where from far and near arrive salutations
to which I join my own."

- Rabindranath Tagore


"The fervent love of God, nay, the sense of complete absorption in Godhead, has nowhere found a stronger and more eloquent expression than in the utterances of Ramakrishna. They show the exalted nature of his faith. How deep he has seen into the mysteries of knowledge and love of God we see from his sayings... These utterances of Ramakrishna reveal to us not only his own thoughts, but the faith and hope of millions of human beings.. .This constant sense of the presence of God is indeed the common ground on which we may hope that in time not too distant, the great temple of the future will be erected, in which the Hindus and non-Hindus may join hands and hearts in worshipping the same Supreme Spirit -- who is not far from every one of us, for in Him we live and move and have our being."

- Max Muller


"Sri Ramakrishna made his appearance and delivered his message at the time and the place at which he and his message were needed. This message could hardly have been delivered by anyone who had not been brought up in the Hindu religious tradition. Sri Ramakrishna was born in Bengal in 1836. He was born into a world that in his lifetime was, for the first time, being united on a literally worldwide scale. Today we are still living in this transitional chapter of the world's history, but it is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending, if it is not to end in the self-destruction of the human race. In the present age, the world has been united on the material plane by Western technology. But this Western skill has not only 'annihilated distance'; it has armed the peoples of the world with weapons of devastating power at a time when they have been brought to point blank range of each other without yet having learnt to know and love each other. At this supremely dangerous moment in human history, the only way of salvation for mankind is an Indian way. Sri Ramakrishna's message was unique in being expressed in action. Religion is not just a matter for study, it is something that has to be experienced and to be lived, and this is the field in which Sri Ramakrishna manifested his uniqueness... His religious activity and experience were, in fact, comprehensive to a degree that had perhaps never before been attained by any other religious genius, in India or elsewhere."

- Arnold Toynbee


"Sri Ramakrishna was completely beyond the average run of men. He appears rather to belong to the tradition of the great rishis of India, who have come from time to time to turn our attention to the higher things of life and of the spirit."

- Jawaharlal Nehru


(About The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna) "Never have the casual and unstudied utterances of a great religious teacher been set down with so minute a fidelity. To Western readers, it is true, this fidelity and this wealth of detail are sometimes a trifle disconcerting; for the social, religious and intellectual frames of reference within which Sri Ramakrishna did his thinking and expressed his feelings were entirely Indian. But after the first few surprises and bewilderments, we begin to find something peculiarly stimulating and instructive about the very strangeness and, to our eyes, the eccentricity of the man revealed to us in "M's" narrative. What a scholastic philosopher would call the "accidents" of Ramakrishna's life were intensely Hindu and therefore, so far as we in the West are concerned, unfamiliar and hard to understand -- its "essence," however, was intensely mystical and therefore universal. To read through these conversations in which mystical doctrine alternates with an unfamiliar kind of humour, and where discussions of the oddest aspects of Hindu mythology give place to the most profound and subtle utterances about the nature of Ultimate Reality is in itself a liberal education in humility, tolerance and suspense of judgement. We must be grateful to the translator for his excellent version of a book so curious and delightful as a biographical document, so precious, at the same time, for what it teaches us of the life of the spirit."

- Aldous Huxley


"This is the story of a phenomenon. I will begin by calling him simply that rather than 'holy man,' 'mystic,' 'saint,' or 'avatar;' all emotive words with mixed associations which may attract some readers, repel others. A phenomenon is often something extraordinary and mysterious. Ramakrishna was extraordinary and mysterious; most of all to those who were best fitted to understand him. A phenomenon is always a fact, an object of experience. That is how I shall try to approach Ramakrishna. Ramakrishna's life, being comparatively recent history, is well documented. In this respect, it has the advantage over the lives of other earlier phenomena of a like nature. I believe, or am at least strongly inclined to believe, that he was what his disciples declared that he was: an incarnation of God upon earth."

- Christopher Isherwood

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SRI RAMAKRISHNA
[1836-1886]

Sri Ramakrishna, who was born in 1836 and passed away in 1886, represents the very core of the spiritual realizations of the seers and sages of India. His whole life was literally an uninterrupted contemplation of God. He reached a depth of God-consciousness that transcends all time and place and has a universal appeal. Seekers of God of all religions feel irresistibly drawn to his life and teachings. Sri Ramakrishna, as a silent force, influences the spiritual thought currents of our time. He is a figure of recent history and his life and teachings have not yet been obscured by loving legends and doubtful myths. Through his God-intoxicated life Sri Ramakrishna proved that the revelation of God takes place at all times and that God-realization is not the monopoly of any particular age, country, or people. In him, deepest spirituality and broadest catholicity stood side by side. The God-man of nineteenth-century India did not found any cult, nor did he show a new path to salvation. His message was his God-consciousness. When God-consciousness falls short, traditions become dogmatic and oppressive and religious teachings lose their transforming power. At a time when the very foundation of religion, faith in God, was crumbling under the relentless blows of materialism and skepticism, Sri Ramakrishna, through his burning spiritual realizations, demonstrated beyond doubt the reality of God and the validity of the time-honored teachings of all the prophets and saviors of the past, and thus restored the falling edifice of religion on a secure foundation. Drawn by the magnetism of Sri Ramakrishna's divine personality, people flocked to him from far and near -- men and women, young and old, philosophers and theologians, philanthropists and humanists, atheists and agnostics, Hindus and Brahmos, Christians and Muslims, seekers of truth of all races, creeds and castes. His small room in the Dakshineswar temple garden on the outskirts of the city of Calcutta became a veritable parliament of religions. Everyone who came to him felt uplifted by his profound God-consciousness, boundless love, and universal outlook. Each seeker saw in him the highest manifestation of his own ideal. By coming near him the impure became pure, the pure became purer, and the sinner was transformed into a saint. The greatest contribution of Sri Ramakrishna to the modern world is his message of the harmony of religions. To Sri Ramakrishna all religions are the revelation of God in His diverse aspects to satisfy the manifold demands of human minds. Like different photographs of a building taken from different angles, different religions give us the pictures of one truth from different standpoints. They are not contradictory but complementary. Sri Ramakrishna faithfully practiced the spiritual disciplines of different religions and came to the realization that all of them lead to the same goal. Thus he declared, "As many faiths, so many paths." The paths vary, but the goal remains the same. Harmony of religions is not uniformity; it is unity in diversity. It is not a fusion of religions, but a fellowship of religions based on their common goal -- communion with God. This harmony is to be realized by deepening our individual God-consciousness. In the present-day world, threatened by nuclear war and torn by religious intolerance, Sri Ramakrishna's message of harmony gives us hope and shows the way. May his life and teachings ever inspire us.

Swami Vivekananda

wami Vivekananda was born Narendranath Dutta, son of a well-known lawyer in Calcutta, Biswanath Dutta, and a very intelligent and pious lady, Bhuvaneswari Devi, in the year 1863. Biswanath often had scholarly discussions with his clients and friends on politics, religion and society. He would invite Narendranath to join in these discussions. Narendra, not in the embarrassed, would say whatever he thought was right, advancing also arguments, in support of his stand. Some of Biswanath's friends resented Naren's presence among them, more so because he had the audacity to talk about matters concerning adults. Biswanath, however, encouraged him. Naren would say: Point out where I'm wrong, but why should you object to my independent thinking?

 The portrayal of Biswanath Dutta's meeting room Naren learnt the Epics and Puranas from his mother, who was a good story-teller. He also inherited her memory among other qualities. He, in fact, owed much to her as he used to say later. Naren was all-round. He could sing, was good at sports, had a ready wit, his range of knowledge was extensive, had a rational frame of mind and he loved to help people . He was a natural leader. He was much sought after by the people because of his various accomplishments.

Naren passed Entrance Examination from the Metropolitan Institute and F.A. and B.A. Examinations from the General Assembly's Institution (now Scottish Church College). Hastie, Principal of the College, was highly impressed by Naren's philosophical insight. It was from Hastie that he first heard of Sri Ramakrishna.

 The portrayal of the Music Room As a student of Philosophy, the question of God was very much in his mind. Was there a God ? If there was a God, what was He like ? What were man's relations with Him ? Did He create this world which was so full of anomalies ? He discussed these questions with many, but no one could give him satisfactory answers. He looked to persons who could say they had seen God, but found none. Meanwhile, Keshab Sen had become the head of the Brahmo Movement. He was a great orator and many young people, attracted by his oratory, enrolled as members of the Brahmo Samaj. Naren also did the same. For some time he was satisfied with what the Brahmo Samaj taught him, but soon he began to feel it did not quite touch the core of the matter, so far as religion was concerned. A relation of his used to advise him to visit Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar, who, he said, would be able to remove all his doubts about religion. He happened to meet Ramakrishna at the house of a neighbour, but there is nothing on record about the impression that he created on Naren's mind. He, however, invited Naren to visit him at Dakshineswar some day. As the days passed, Naren began to grow restless about the various riddles that religion presented to him. He particularly wanted to meet a person who could talk about God with the authority of personal experience.  The Temple of Bhavatarini - Dakshineswar Finally, he went to Ramakrishna one day and asked him straightaway if he had seen God. He said he had, and if Naren so wished, he could even show God to him. This naturally took Naren by surprise. But he did not know what to make of it, for though his simplicity and love of God impressed Naren, his idiosyncrasies made him suspect if Ramakrishna was not a 'monomaniac'. He began to watch him from close quarters and after a long time he was left in no doubt that Ramakrishna was an extraordinary man. He was the only man he had so far met who had completely mastered himself. Then, he was also the best illustration of every religious truth he preached. Naren loved and admired Ramakrishna but never surrendered his independence of judgment. Interestingly, Ramakrishna himself did not demand it of him, or of any other of his disciples. Nevertheless, Naren gradually came to accept Ramakrishna as his master.

 Monastic life at Baranagar Ramakrishna suffered from cancer and passed away in 1886. During his illness, a group of select young men had gathered round him and began to nurse him while receiving spiritual guidance from him. Naren was the leader of this group. Ramakrishna had wanted that they take to monastic life and had symbolically given them Gerua cloth. They accordingly founded a monastery at Baranagar and began to live together, depending upon they got by begging. Sometimes they would also wander about like other monks. Naren also would sometimes go travelling. It was while he was thus travelling that he assumed the name of Swami Vivekananda.

Vivekananda travelled extensively through India, sometimes on foot. He was shocked to see the conditions of rural India-people ignorant, superstitious, half-starved, and victims of caste-tyranny. If this shocked him, the callousness of the so-called educated upper classes shocked him still more. In the course of his travels he met many princes who invited him to stay with them as their guest. He met also city-based members of the intelligentsia-lawyers, teachers, journalists and government officials. He appealed to all to do something for the masses. No one seemed to pay any heed to him-except the Maharaja of Mysore, the Maharaja of Khetri and a few young men of Madras. Swami Vivekananda impressed on everybody the need to mobilize the masses. A few educated men and women could not solve the problem of the country; the mass power had to be harnessed to the task. He wanted the masses educated. The ruler of Mysore was among the first to make primary education free within his State. This, however, was not enough in Swamiji's view. A peasant could not afford to send his children to school, for he needed help in his field. He wanted education taken to the peasant's door-step, so that the peasant's children could work and learn at the same time. It was a kind of 'non-formal' education which perhaps he visualized. His letters to the Maharaja of Mysore on the subject show how much he had given to the subject and how original he was.

 Swami Vivekananda with his brother disciples of Sri Sri Thakur Other princes, or the intelligentsia as a whole, were impressed by Swamiji's personality, but were much too engrossed with their own affairs to pay any heed to his appeals. Some of the young men of Madras, Perumal specially, dedicated himself to the ideas Swamiji propounded and his contributions to the success of his mission were significant. Swamiji could guess the reason why the so-called leaders of the society ignored him. Who was he ? A mere wandering monk. There were hundreds of such monks all over the country. Why should they pay any special attention to him ? By and large, they followed only Western thinkers and those Indians who followed the West and had had some recognition in the West by so doing. It was slave mentality, but that was what characterized the attitude of the educated Indians over most matters. It pained Swamiji to see Indians strutting about in Western clothes and imitating Western ways and manners, as if that made them really Western. Later he would call out the nation and say, 'Feel proud that you are Indians even if you're wearing a loin-cloth'. He was not opposed to learning from the West, for he knew the Western people had some great qualities and it was because of those qualities that they had become so rich and powerful. He wanted India to learn science and technology from the West and its power to organize and its practical sense, but, at the same time, retain its high moral and spiritual idealism. But the selfishness of the so-called educated people pained him more. They were happy if they could care for themselves and they gave a damn to what happened to the people. Swamiji wanted to draw their attention to the miserable condition of the masses-illiterate, always on the verge of starvation, superstitious and victims of oppression by the upper castes and the rich landlords.

As Swamiji arrived in Madras, young people gathered round him drawn by his bright and inspiring talks. They begged him to go to the USA to attend the forthcoming Parliament of Religions in Chicago to represent Hinduism. They even started raising funds for the purpose. Swamiji was first reluctant but later felt some good might come of his visit to the West, for if he could make some impression there, his people back at home, who always judged a thing good or bad according as the Western critics thought of it, would then give him a respectful hearing. That is exactly what happened : Swamiji made a tremendous impression, first in the USA and then also in England. The press paid him the highest tributes as an exponent of India's age-old values; overnight he became a great national hero in India. Suddenly it was brought home to them that there must be something in Indian thought that Western intelligentsia feel compelled to admire. They began to suspect that perhaps they were not as backward as they once thought, and in areas like religion and philosophy, in art and literature, they were perhaps more advanced than the Western people. They had always felt sorry about themselves, but, now for the first time, they awoke to the richness of their heritage. This was the starting point of the Indian renaissance one hears about. A long successful of national leaders starting from Tilak have drawn inspiration from Swami Vivekananda. They 'discovered' India-her strong and weak points-through him. 'If you want to know India, study Vivekananda', was Tagore's advice to Romain Rolland. This holds true even today, indeed no one has studied India's body and mind so thoroughly as Swamiji did.

It was Swamiji's hope that India would create a new social order and a new civilization by combining her best spiritual traditions with the latest advancements in science and technology. She would be rich both materially and spiritually. He knew affluence was not enough, man had to be human, too. He wanted India to set an example in this.

Saying

  • My ideal, indeed, can be put into a few words, and that is to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life.
  • Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man. Religion is the idea which is raising the brute unto man, and man unto God.
  • The secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice. To be good and do good - that is the whole of religion.
  • Man is higher than all animals, than all angels; none is greater than man.
  • One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom.
  • Look at the wall. Did the wall ever tell a lie? It is always the wall. Man tells a lie and becomes a god, too.
  • After so much austerity, I have understood this as the real truth - God is present in every jiva; there is no other God besides that. 'Who serves jiva, serves God indeed.'
  • Cut out the word help from your mind. You cannot help; it is blasphemy! You worship. When you give a morsel of food to a dog, you worship the dog as God. He is all, and is in all.
  • Unselfishness is God. One may live on a throne, in a palace, and be perfectly unselfish; and then he is in God. Another may live in a hut and wear rags, and have nothing in the world; yet if he is selfish, he is intensely merged in the world.
  • All nations have attained greatness by paying proper respect to women. That country and that nation which do not respect women have never become great, nor will ever be in future.
  • With five hundred men, ... the conquest of India might take fifty years: with as many women, not more than a few weeks.
  • Religion and religion alone is the life of India, and when that goes, India will die, in spite of politics, in spite of social reforms, in spite of Kubera's wealth poured upon the head of every one of her children.
  • Before flooding India with socialistic or political ideas, first deluge the land with spiritual ideas.
    We want to lead mankind to the place where there is neither the Vedas, nor the Bible, nor the Koran; yet this has to be done by harmonizing the Vedas, the Bible, and the Koran.
  • Mankind ought to be taught that religions are but the varied expressions of THE RELIGION, which is Oneness, so that each may choose the path that suits him best.
  • Who will give the world light? Sacrifice in the past has been the Law, it will be, alas, for ages to come. The earth's bravest and best will have to sacrifice themselves for the good of many, for the welfare of all.
  • Truth, purity, and unselfishness - whenever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.
  • Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.
  • The highest ideal is eternal and entire self-abnegation, where there is no 'I', but is Thou'.
  • All expansion is life, all contraction is death.
  • All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live.
  • The national ideals of India are Renunciation and Service. Intensity her in those channels, and the rest will take care of itself.
  • Good motives, sincerity, and infinite love can conquer the world. One single soul possessed of these virtues can destroy the dark designs of millions of hypocrites and brutes.
  • Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Appreciation of Indian Art

Appreciation of Indian Art is a ten-month P. G. Diploma Course intended to develop an awareness of the rich heritage of Indian Art in its different facets. It also highlights its relevance in the context of contemporary art practices in particular.
Taken in a comprehensive manner the Course is aimed to develop the innermost faculties inherent in each person and to help them appreciate their own reactions to visual art in an objective manner.
COURSE STRUCTURE
In keeping with this objective, a 75-module course structure consisting of five papers and a short dissertation paper has been designed, covering the entire panorama of Indian Art from primitive to modern along with glimpses of world art.
The five papers are:
Story of Art and Aesthetics
Development of Mural & Miniature Painting in India
Sculpture and Architecture in India: Early, Medieval and Modern
Development of Art in India: 19th & 20th Century Minor and Folk Art of IndiaIn the process the exchange of ideas in visual arts, between tradition and modernity, gets unveiled as much as the great artistic and cultural synthesis that India has always stood for.
COURSE DURATION
The Course spans a ten-month duration: JULY TO APRIL EVERY YEAR.
THE FACULTY
The course Faculty consists of outstanding Art Historians, Art Critics, Artists and renowned Professors with high recognition in their respective field of study.
STUDENT INTAKE
Any person, irrespective of age, with a genuine interest in exploring the various branches of Indian Art and Culture is eligible to enroll Applicants, however, should have a minimum qualification of 12th standard or its equivalent from a recognized Institution.
Admission to the Course starts around June every year with a maximum intake of 100 learners. Regular attendance (minimum 60%) is insisted upon. Course fee is Rs.500 per year/session.
THE MODE OF TEACHING
Classes are held in the Turiyananda Hall of the Institute, thrice a week - Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in the evening between 6.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. (Schedule may be changed if needed.)
Lectures are delivered in English and Bengali with slides and are followed by question-answer sessions. On completion of the Course, apart from the Examination, all learners will have to submit a short dissertation.
CERTIFICATE
Only graduates are eligible to appear in the P.G. Diploma Examination jointly conducted by RMIC & KK Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya. Successful candidates will get the certificate from the KK Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya.
Non-graduates will be eligible for a certificate issued by the RMIC after evaluation of his/her submitted dissertation paper. Certificates will be awarded at a ceremony at the end of each academic session.
THE IMPACT
This Course has been running for the last four years, in its present form, from the 2001 -02 academic session and has continued to evoke keen interest and appreciation from the participants in each of the academic sessions.

The School of Laguanges

INTRODUCTION
Since language is a barrier to understanding others, the Institute regards the teaching of languages as an integral part of its work in the field of intercultural exchange.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The Institute is rooted in the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna which, among other things, stress the unity of mankind and the equal validity of all religions and cultures. The study of culture as the common heritage of all mankind is the specific field of this Institute and by teaching languages the school makes intercultural exchanges easier
Moreover, with the rapid development of communication, growth of international trade and commerce, widening scope of specialised studies and job opportunities in the developed and developing countries, more Indians are now travelling abroad and for them knowledge of foreign languages is becoming an essential requirement. This social need is reflected in the growing number of students seeking admission to various language courses of the School of Languages of the Institute
Moreover, with the rapid development of communication, growth of international trade and commerce, widening scope of specialised studies and job opportunities in the developed and developing countries, more Indians are now travelling abroad and for them knowledge of foreign languages is becoming an essential requirement. This social need is reflected in the growing number of students seeking admission to various language courses of the School of Languages of the Institute.
LANGUAGES TAUGHT
The following 17 languages are taught at the School of Languages.
Foreign Languages : Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Persian, Russian and Spanish.
Indian Languages : Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu.
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE
The English Language course is of 20 months' duration comprising 5 levels divided into semesters - Pre-Beginners', Beginners', Intermediate, Senior and Advanced. Each semester is of 4 months' duration-January-April, May-August, September-December. Classes are held thrice a week -Monday, Wednesday, Friday/Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Each class is of 2 hours. Classes are held between 10.10 a.m. and 8.10 p.m. on all days except Sundays and special holidays. Freshers are admitted to the Pre-Beginners' Course before each new semester that starts in January, May and September. At the end of each session the student will sit for a written and an oral examination. One is promoted to the next session when one passes these examinations. A certificate is given to a student who has passed the English Senior course and another certificate is given to him/her after passing the Advanced Course.
LANGUAGE COURSES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
Junior Courses
Indian :
Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit,Tamil,Urdu.
Foreign:
Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Junior courses are divided into two semesters each of six months' duration.
Senior Certificate Course
A Senior Certificate Course of one year's duration is provided in the following languages:
Indian :
Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit,Tamil,Urdu.
Foreign:
Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Advanced Certificate/Diploma Course
An Advanced Certificate/Diploma Course of one year's duration is provided in the following languages : Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Sanskrit and Spanish.
Communicative Courses
A Communicative Course of six months' duration is provided in French and Spanish Languages commencing in January and July.
SCOPE OF THE COURSES
The one-year Junior courses of all languages except English are designed to give the students a good grounding in the elements of the language. The emphasis at this stage is on grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and phraseology to enable the students to understand simple texts.The Senior Certificate courses are a follow-up of the Junior courses and only those who have passed the Junior course examinations at the end of the first year are admitted to them. These courses are designed to help the students acquire a working knowledge of the language. The students' knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation is further improved and they are helped in developing the speech habit at this stage.
In the Advanced Certificate Course, the functional aspect of the language is given prominence. Translation of specialised texts and interpretation are particularly emphasized. It develops the skill of students to consult the source material in their respective fields of study. The main purpose of the Advanced course is to provide a sound base of the language with practical orientation so that the students can gainfully utilize the knowledge of the language in life. Regular audio and video classes supplement classroom teaching.

International Understanding for Human Unity

COURSE OUTLINE
BACKGROUND AND THE RATIONALE
With the amazing advancement of communications breaking the physical barriers between human societies today, one wonders if there has been a corresponding sea-change in the mindset of humans too. People have come to know more about the universe than about themselves. The emergence of the so-called 'global village' is yet to signify a substantial degree of human understanding at the cultural level.
What is particularly lacking is a critical understanding among persons, and between societies and cultures, regarding the raison d'etre of human existence. In other words, the foundations for a plural but integral global culture are yet to be consolidated.
A systematic study of human interaction is therefore necessary, keeping in view the present state of incomplete integration and the promises of transition into human unity.
Fortunately for us, Indian culture has a rich heritage of Vedantic wisdom which has highlighted various strategies for finding unity among all beings in this universe. With admiration but also with critical discrimination, we can usefully draw upon this important source of wisdom.
Hence the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture has launched an advanced multi-disciplinary course, open to the interested and enlightened public, to promote unity through dialogue and understanding.
OBJECTIVES
The Course will serve the following objectives:
Promote a high level of critical awareness of the basic unity underlying cultural diversity.
Foster unity retaining the essential elements of cultural diversity.
Assess the nature of the difficulties in upholding co-operation, understanding and mutual appreciation of various cultural systems.
Relate the modern realities with the rich insight of Indian philosophical (especially Vedantic) tradition.
Transmit the message of Human Understanding to a wider audience through the participants in the programme.
STRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY
The Course has been designed in a manner that combines the spirit of Science with Humanistic reflection.
The Course-structure is by definition multi-disciplinary, giving the main branches of human knowledge their due share in the formation of a culture of global unity. Ingredients of the best insights from the social, physical, mental, moral, philosophical and legal sciences have been woven into the course-fabric. Certain activities in the spheres of Music, Medicine, Media reporting, Painting Environment awareness etc. also find due exposition in the programme.
The course will proceed with lectures, but will also hinge on vigorous classroom interaction. Study materials comprising lecture notes and references are distributed to help meaningful interaction during lecture sessions. Peer-group discussions, debates and even 'brain-storming' sessions may also be held to enliven the learning process.
DURATION
The Course will be of nine months' duration (starting from September), classes being held twice a week in the evening. There will be approximately 160 lecture-cum-interaction sessions in an academic year. Apart from Seminar participation provision is there for submission of end of session essay (optional).
CERTIFICATE
Course participants receive Certificates of Attendance indicating Grade awarded for essays at the Annual Convocation. The Certificate will be useful for career advancement of people in various professions.
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
The programme has received positive support from the UNESCO and the Ministry of Human Resources, Department of Education, Government of India. It is likely that it will attract wider public attention both at home and abroad.
FACULTY
Highly placed academics, opinion leaders, professionals, media persons as well as spiritual personalities constitute the faculty. Resource persons, both city-based and coming on invitation from outside the state and abroad, public dignitaries, high Officials from UNESCO and foreign missions,will be taking classes.
WHO CAN ENROLL?
The programme is a highly specialized academic exercise leading to an award of a Certificate of Excellence. As such persons having serious interest in international developments are most welcome to join the Course.
ENTRY QUALIFICATION
Graduates in any discipline, with a proven inclination to grasp international issues. Admission starts from the month of July and classes will start from the 1st week of September.
CLASS LECTURES
Classes will be held initially on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 5.30 p.m. and 7.30 p. m. In addition special lectures will be held on Saturdays by notification.
REGISTRATION AND FEES
Intending learners should register their names in the prescribed application form (available from the Institute office), stating their academic qualification and interest in international, social and cultural issues. The Course being a specialized one, the intake should initially be restricted to 100 per session. Prescribed fees payable for the entire programme at the time of registration. University/College students of sufficient merit may be considered for concessional fees.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Interested learners may contact the office on the 3rd floor of the Institute between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. and between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. except Sundays.

Holidays and Vacations

*The school normally observes the following Institute holidays which are subject to modification as and when required. Days and dates of holidays are notified in due course:
*Kalpataru Day & New Year's Day
*Birthday of Swami Vivekananda (according to the English calendar)
*Birthday of Netaji
*Republic Day
*of Swami Vivekananda (according to the Bengali calendar)
*Id-ul-Fitr
Sree Panchami
*Birthday of Sri Ramakrishna
*Doljatra
*Id-uz-Zoha
*MahabirJayanti
*Good Friday
*Bengali New Year's Day
*R. K. Mission Foundation Day
*Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore
*Buddha Purnima
*Muharram
*Independence Day
*Fateha Dohaz Daham
*Janmastami
*of Mahatma Gandhi
*Mahalaya
*Puja and Lakshmi Puja
*Kalipuja
*Bhratri-dwitiya
*Guru Nanak's Birthday
*Christmas Day
*Holy Mother's Birthday
*Besides the Institute holidays, the school will also have a Puja vacation of two weeks' duration. *The Puja vacation will, however, be inclusive of the Institute holidays on this account. Classes are not held on the Institute's Foundation Day and the following day.

International House

Attached to the Institute, there is an International House meant for the scholars who come from different parts of India as well as from abroad at the invitation of the Institute or of universities and other learned societies for study or research or simply for exchange of ideas with Indian scholars.
This bringing together of scholars of different nationalities help create a bridge that unites minds and spirits having different backgrounds.

Publication

It is yet another means by which the Institute tries to educate people about culture in all its aspects. The Publication Department, with a competent team of editorial staff and proofreaders and its in-house DTP and Off-set printing systems, publishes books on Religion, Philosophy, Indology, Vedanta, Meditation, Yogas and Ramakrishna-Vivekananda ideals. Books are published both in English and Bengali. In case of Sanskrit works, original texts in Sanskrit are presented with annotation in English or Bengali.
The Publication Department works jointly with the Research and Value Orientation wings and the books it publishes therefore belong to both serious and popular reading kinds. It also brings out the Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture---a monthly journal rich in content, which reproduces , among others, the best of the lectures that are delivered at the Institute as part of its cultural activities. The ideas projected through all its publications reflect these words of Swami Vivekananda:"Help and not Fight. Assimilation and not Destruction. Harmony and Peace and not Dissension".
The Book Sales Section makes available to people all the books that the Institute publishes as well the important publications of other Ramakrishna Mission Centres

Research

Calcutta, Burdwan and Jadavpur Universities recognize the Institute as a centre for learning and research. This entitles the Institute to guide scholars in their pre-doctoral and post-doctoral research. An Academic Council consisting of distinguished scholars plans and co-ordinates the research activities of the Institute. The Indian Council of Social Science Research, the Indian National Science Academy, Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan and the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, also recognize the Institute as a centre for research. The Centre for Indological Studies & Research oversees the research activities besides fostering the studies of Sanskrit, Scriptures & Philosophies. A ten-month course in Indology is conducted by the Centre also attached to the Centre, is an archive devoted to preserving the books and literature on Sri Ramakrishna - Vivekananda movement.
In addition, there are also some other courses being conducted by the Centre for Indological Studies and research like "Outline of Indian Philosophy" co-ordinated by Prof. J.N. Mohanty, "Advaita Vedanta" and "Higher Vedanta" (Chitsukhi), both fully in Sanskrit, by Prof. Sitanath Goswami.
The course "Ramakrishna Vivekananda Movement" is being conducted by the institute.New course(Proposed) - "Major Religions of the World (Study in Comparative Religion)"

Foreign Branch Centres

Ramakrishna Ashrama

Estados Unidos,1227 Capital Federal,Buenos Aires 2453Argentina
Ramakrishna Ashrama

Gaspar Campos,1661 Bella Vista,Buenos Aires 1149ArgentinaPhone : 54-11-4666 0098Website : www.ramakrishna.org.agEmail : ramakrishna@ramakrishna.org.ar
AUSTRALIA
Vedanta Centre of Sydney

85 Bland Street Ashfield,NSW 2131,Sydney AustraliaPhone : 61-2-9705-9050Website : www.vedantasydney.orgEmail : centre@vedantasydney.org; vedasydney@yahoo.com.au
BANGLADESH
Ramakrishna Ashrama

182,Ramakrishna Mission Road Mymensingh - 2200,Mymensingh BangladeshPhone : 880-91-55096Email : rkamymen@bttb.net.bd
Ramakrishna Ashrama

Ramakrishna Ashrama Bagerhat – 9300,Bagerhat BangladeshPhone : 880-468-62253
Ramakrishna Ashrama

Thakurpara,Comilla,Comilla BangladeshPhone : (880) 81-66031
Ramakrishna Ashrama and Ramakrishna Mission

Dinajpur 5200,Dinajpur BangladeshPhone : 880-531-63262Email : rkmdinma@yahoo.co.in
Ramakrishna Ashrama and Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Narayanganj 1400 Dist. Dhaka,Narayanganj BangladeshPhone : 880-2-763 0610
Ramakrishna Ashrama and Ramakrishna Mission Seva Samiti

Ramakrishna Mission Road,Habiganj 3300,Habiganj BangladeshPhone : 880-831-52623
Ramakrishna Ashrama and Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

P.O. Baliati,Dist. Manikganj 1811,Baliati BangladeshPhone : 880-651-61451-26
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Mission Road,Dhaka 1203,Dhaka BangladeshPhone : 880-2-955 3703, 956 4055 & 956 4055Website : www.rkmissiondhk.orgEmail : rkmdhak@bangla.net
Ramakrishna Mission

College Road,Barisal 8200,Barisal BangladeshPhone : 880-431-53873
Ramakrishna Mission and Ashrama

Meerabazar,Sylhet 3100,Sylhet BangladeshPhone : 880-821-711673Email : rasavisl@bttb.net.bd
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Faridpur 7800,Faridpur BangladeshPhone : 880-631-64591
Ramakrishna Sevashrama

Asker Deghi West Chittagong 4000,Chittagong BangladeshPhone : 880-31-615409Email : rksctg@abnetbd.com
BRAZIL
Centro Ramakrishna Vedanta

Rua Faria Lobato,389 - Pampulha 31555-050 - Belo Horizonte - MG,BrazilPhone : (55) 31-3427 5995Website : www.vedantabh.org.brEmail : vedanta@vedantabh.org.br
Centro Ramakrishna Vedanta

Rua Professor Hostilio Araujo 120 - Pilarzinho,82110 130 - Curitiba ParanĂ¡,BrazilPhone : (55) 41-30272102 / 33382674Website : www.vedantacuritiba.org.brEmail : centro@vedantacuritiba.org.br
Centro Ramakrishna Vedanta

Rua Paula Matos,162 Santa Teresa 20251-550 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ,BrazilPhone : (55) 21 22243295Website : www.vedantarj.org.brEmail : site@vedantarj.org.br
Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashrama

Largo Senador Raul Cardoso 204 Vila Clementino 04021-070 Sao Paulo - SP,Sao Paulo BrazilPhone : (TeleFax.) 55-11-5572 0428Website : www.vedanta.org.brEmail : vedantasp@uol. com.br
CANADA
Vedanta Society

120 Emmett Avenue Toronto,Ontario M6M 2E6,Toronto CanadaPhone : 1-416-240-7262Website : www.vedantatoronto.caEmail : society@vedantatoronto.ca
FIJI
Ramakrishna Mission

Ashram Road,Post Box 716 Nadi,South Pacific,Fiji FijiPhone : 679-670 2786 & 670 5014Email : rkmissionnadi@connect.com.fj
FRANCE
Centre Vedantique Ramakrichna

64 Boulevard Victor-Hugo 77220 Gretz,Gretz FrancePhone : 33-1-6407 0311Email : centre.vedantique@club-internet.fr
GERMANY
Vedanta Gesellschaft

Rosenheimer Strasse 13 (Old Bindeweide 2) 57520 Steinebach/Seig,GermanyPhone : 0049-(0)2747-930493, 2747-930495Website : www.vedanta-germany.orgEmail : vedanta@vedanta-germany.org
JAPAN
Nippon Vedanta Kyokai

4-18-1,Hisagi,Zushi-Shi 249 Kanagawa-Ken,Japan 249-0001,JapanPhone : 81-468-730428Website : www.vedanta.jpEmail : info@vedanta.jp
MALAYSIA
Persatuan Sri Ramakrishna Sarada

Lot 36,Jalan 10/7 46000 Petaling Jaya Selangor,MalaysiaPhone : 60-3-7960 0385Email : rkmmalaysia@time.net.my
MAURITIUS
Ramakrishna Mission

Quinze Cantons,Vacoas,MauritiusPhone : (TeleFax.) 230-6964 313Email : rkmmtius@hotmail.com; rkmmtius@intnet.mu
NETHERLANDS
Ramakrishna Vedanta Society

De Vlaschaard 57,1183 KM Amstelveen,NetherlandsPhone : (TeleFax.) 31-20-441 0155Website : www.vedanta-nederland.org
RUSSIA
Ramakrishna Society - Vedanta Centre

Ul Bolshaya Nabereznaya House 11,Block 3,Apt. 16 Moscow 125362,Moscow RussiaPhone : 7- 499 740 8269Website : www.rkm-vedanta.ruEmail : rkmvedantamosc@mtu-net.ru
SINGAPORE
Ramakrishna Mission

179 Bartley Road Singapore 539784,SingaporePhone : 65-6288 9077 & 6383 5741Website : www.ramakrishna.org.sgEmail : office@ramakrishna.org.sg
SOUTH AFRICA
Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa

8 Montreal Road,Glen Anil P.O. Box 40002,RED HILL Durban 4071,Durban South AfricaPhone : +27 31 569 2974Website : www.ramakrishna-sa.org.zaEmail : vedanta@ramakrishna-sa.org.za
SRI LANKA
Ramakrishna Mission

40 Ramakrishna Road Colombo 6,Colombo Sri LankaPhone : 94-11-258 8253 & 11- 551 3805Email : rkmcey@eureka.lk
Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Puram,Kalladi-Uppodai,Batticaloa,Sri LankaPhone : 94-65-222 2752Email : rkmbat@eureka.lk
SWITZERLAND
Centre Vedantique

63 Avenue d' Aire CH-1203 Geneve,Geneva SwitzerlandPhone : 41-22-340 7807Website : www.geocities.com/centrevedantique/enEmail : amarananda@bluewin.ch
UNITED KINGDOM
Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre

Blind Lane,Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5LF England,U.K.,Bourne End United KingdomPhone : 44-162-852 6464Website : www.vedantauk.comEmail : vedantauk@talk21.com
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Ramakrishna Monastery

19961,Live Oak,Canyon Road P.O. Box 408,Trabuco Canyon California 92678,U.S.A.,California United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-949-858 0342Email : rkmtrabuco@vedanta.org
Ramakrishna Vedanta Society

58 Deerfield Street Boston,Massachusetts 02215,Boston Massachusetts, United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-617-536 5320Website : www.vedantasociety.net; www.vivekananda.orgEmail : boston@vedantasociety.net
Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Centre

17 East 94th Street New York,NY 10128,New York United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-212-289 1710 & 534 9445Website : www.ramakrishna.orgEmail : rvcnewyork@worldnet.att.net
Vedanta Center of St. Petersburg

216 - 19th Avenue Southeast St. Petersburg,Florida 33705,St. Petersburg United States Of AmericaPhone : (727) 896-9840 (Center) and (727) 403-1524 (Swami)Website : www.vedantaflorida.comEmail : florida@vedantasociety.net; mail@vedantaflorida.com
Vedanta Centre of Greater Washington DC

3001,Bel Pre Road Silver Spring,Maryland 20906,Washington DC Maryland, United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-301-603 1772Website : www.vedanta-dc.orgEmail : vedanta.dc@gmail.com
Vedanta Society

34 West 71st Street New York,NY 10023,New York United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-212-877 9197Website : www.vedanta-newyork.orgEmail : vedantasoc@aol.com
Vedanta Society

1157 S.E. 55th Avenue Portland,Oregon 97215,Portland United States Of AmericaPhone : (TeleFax.) 1-503-235 3919Website : www.vedantasociety.orgEmail : swami@vedantasociety.org
Vedanta Society

205 South Skinker Blvd. St. Louis,Missouri 63105,St. Louis United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-314-721 5118Website : www.vedantastl.orgEmail : vedantastl@prodigy.net
Vedanta Society

1440 Upas Street San Diego,California 92103,California United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-619-291-9377Email : ishtananda@vedanta.org
Vedanta Society

2455 Bowditch Street Berkeley,California 94704-2429,Berkeley California, United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-510-848 8862Website : www.vedantaberkeley.orgEmail : vedantaberkeley@earthlink.net
Vedanta Society

227 Angell Street Providence,Rhode Island 02906,Providence United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-401-421 3960Website : www.vedantaprov.orgEmail : vedantaprov@hotmail.com
Vedanta Society (Sarada Convent)

927 Ladera Lane Santa Barbara,CA 93108,California United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-805-565 0837Email : info@vedanta.org
Vedanta Society of Kansas City

8701 Ward Parkway Kansas City,Missouri 64114,Kansas City Missouri, United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-816- 444 8045Website : vedantakc.orgEmail : info@vedantakc.org
Vedanta Society of Northern California

2323 Vallejo Street San Francisco,CA 94123,San Francisco United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-415-922 2323Website : www.sfvedanta.orgEmail : temple@sfvedanta.org
Vedanta Society of Sacramento

1337 Mission Avenue,Carmichael California 95608,Sacramento United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-916-489 5137Website : www.vedantasacto.orgEmail : society@vedantasacto.org
Vedanta Society of Southern California

1946 Vedanta Place Hollywood,California 90068,Hollywood United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-323-465 7114Website : www.vedanta.orgEmail : swahananda@vedanta.org
Vedanta Society of Western Washington

2716 Broadway East Seattle,Washington 98102,Seattle United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-206-3231228Website : www.vedanta-seattle.orgEmail : society@vedanta-seattle.org
Vivekananda House

309 Monterey Road,South Pasadena California 91030,California United States Of AmericaPhone : 001-323-254 1546
Vivekananda Retreat, Ridgely

P.O. Box 321,Stone Ridge NY 12484-0321,New York United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-845-687-4574Website : www.ridgely.orgEmail : info@ridgely.org
Vivekananda Vedanta Society

5423 South Hyde Park Blvd. Chicago,Illinois 60615,Chicago United States Of AmericaPhone : 1-773-363 0027Website : www.vedantasociety-chicago.orgEmail : info@vedantasociety-chicago.org

Indian Branch Centres

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ANDHRA PRADESH
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
ASSAM
BIHAR
CHANDIGARH
CHHATTISGARH
DELHI
GUJARAT
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
JHARKHAND
KARNATAKA
KERALA
MADHYA PRADESH
MAHARASHTRA
MEGHALAYA
ORISSA
RAJASTHAN
TAMIL NADU
TRIPURA
UTTAR PRADESH
UTTARANCHAL
WEST BENGAL
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
Ramakrishna Math

PORT BLAIR 744104Andaman And Nicobar Islands, IndiaPhone : 03192-23 2432 & 24 2278Email : rkmissionpb@dataone.in
ANDHRA PRADESH
Ramakrishna Math

Domalguda,Hyderabad 500 029Andhra Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 040-2763 3937 & 2763 5545Email : rkmath_hyd@yahoo.com
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Putlampalli,Near RIMS Hospital,Kadapa 516 002Andhra Pradesh, IndiaPhone : (08562) 20-0120; Mobile phone (08562) 29-0633Email : kadapamath@yahoo.com
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Nagar,Rajahmundry 533 105Andhra Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0883-2473112Email : rkmrjy@rediffmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission

Sitanagaram Village Tadepalli Mandal,Dist. Guntur,Vijayawada 522501Andhra Pradesh, IndiaPhone : (08645) 272248 & 272656; (0866) 2570799Website : www.rkmissionvijayawada.orgEmail : rkmvijay@sancharnet.in;rkmvijay@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Ramakrishna Beach,Visakhapatnam 530 003Andhra Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0891-2562561 & 2533186Email : rkvizmission@yahoo.com
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Ramakrishna Mission

P.O. Aalo,Dist. West Siang,Aalo 791 001Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 03783-222218, 222249, 222349 & 222455Email : rkmaalo9@yahoo.co.in
Ramakrishna Mission Hospital

P.O. Ramakrishna Mission,Itanagar 791113Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0360-221 2263, 221 8780Email : hospitalm@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Mission

Narottam Nagar,Dist. Tirap,Narottam Nagar 786 629Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 03786-255236 & 255237Email : rkmnn@sancharnet.in
ASSAM
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Ramakrishna Mission Road,Ulubari,Guwahati 781 007Assam, IndiaPhone : 0361-2470991Email : rkmgau@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Seva Samiti

Karimganj 788 710Assam, IndiaPhone : 03843-262272Email : krm_srkmxjc@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

P.O. Silchar,Silchar 788 004Assam, IndiaPhone : 03842-266789 & 267789Email : -
BIHAR
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Chapra 841 301Bihar, IndiaPhone : (06152) - 22 0739 & 24 4626Website : www.rkmissionchapra.infoEmail : rkmchapra@rediffmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

P.O. Katihar,Dist. Katihar,Katihar 854 105Bihar, IndiaPhone : (06452) 242449 & 243108Email : rkmaktr@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

Swami Vivekananda Path,Bela,Muzaffarpur 843116Bihar, IndiaPhone : 0621- 227 2127Website : www.rkmsevashrama.orgEmail : rkmsmzp@sancharnet.in; rkm.muzaffarpur@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Ramakrishna Avenue,Patna 800 004Bihar, IndiaPhone : 0612-272 1513Email : rkmpatna@sancharnet.in; ashramapatna@gmail.com
CHANDIGARH
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Sector 15-B,Madhya Marg,Chandigarh 160015-05Chandigarh, IndiaPhone : 0172-254-9477, (St Home) 278-4948Website : www.rkmachandigarh.orgEmail : rkma_chd@dataone.in; info@rkmachandigarh.org
CHHATTISGARH
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

(Abujhmarh Tribal Service) Narainpur,Dist. Bastar,Narainpur 494 661Chhattisgarh, IndiaPhone : 07781-252251 & 252393Website : www.rkmanarainpur.orgEmail : rkmanpr@sancharnet.in; email@rkmanarainpur.org; rkmanpr@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Ashrama

P.O. Vivekananda Ashrama,Raipur 492 001Chhattisgarh, IndiaPhone : 0771-222 5269, 403 6959 & 222 4119Email : rkmvaraipur@sancharnet.in
DELHI
Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Ashrama Marg,New Delhi 110 055Delhi, IndiaPhone : 011-2358 7110 & 2358 3023Website : www.rkmissiondel.orgEmail : ashram@rkmissiondel.org; rkmissiondelhi@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission TB Clinic

Arya Samaj Road,Karol Bagh,New Delhi 110 005Delhi, IndiaPhone : 011- 2875 7608
GUJARAT
Ramakrishna Mission

Limbdi,Dist. Surendranagar,Limbdi 363 421Gujarat, IndiaPhone : 02753-260228Website : www.rkmlimbdi.orgEmail : shreerk@sancharnet.in; rkmlimbdi@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Memorial

Opp. Duleep Cricket School,Porbandar 360 575Gujarat, IndiaPhone : 0286 - 221 4677Website : www.rkmvm.comEmail : rkmvm_ad1@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Ashrama

Dr. Yajnik Road,Rajkot 360 001Gujarat, IndiaPhone : 0281-2465200, 2463000Website : www.rkmrajkot.orgEmail : mail@rkmrajkot.org; rkmrajkot@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Memorial

Dilaram Bungalow,Opp. Circuit House RC Dutt Road,Vadodara 390007Gujarat, IndiaPhone : (0265) 655 4343, 235 6426, 232 0930Website : www.rkmvm.com/vadodaraEmail : rkmvmv@rediffmail.com, vadodara@rkmvm.com
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Ramakrishna Mission

Udhowala,PO Aquilpur,Jammu 180 002Jammu And Kashmir, IndiaPhone : 0191-2502 525 & 2505 115Website : www.ramakrishnamissionjammu.orgEmail : rmjammu@gmail.com
JHARKHAND
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith

P.O. Vidyapith,Deoghar,Deoghar 814 112Jharkhand, IndiaPhone : 06432-222413 & 220442; EPABX: 23-6854 & 22-3455; Hostel Off (Sec):22-4508; Hostel Off( SS) 22-5803Website : www.rkmvdeoghar.orgEmail : rkmvidyapith@sancharnet.in; rkmv@rkmvdeoghar.org
Ramakrishna Math

Dahigora,Ghatshila Dt East Singhbhum,Ghatshila 832 303Jharkhand, IndiaPhone : (06585) 227144Email : rkmathgts@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Society

Bistupur,Jamshedpur 831 001Jharkhand, IndiaPhone : 0657-2423795, 2430699 & 2430700Email : rkmjsr@dataone.in; rkmissionjam@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Math

P.O. Jamtara,Dist. Jamtara,Jamtara 815 351Jharkhand, IndiaPhone : 06433-222192
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Morabadi,Ranchi Morabadi 834 008Jharkhand, IndiaPhone : 0651-255 1008 & 255 1970Email : rch_divyayan@sancharnet.in; rkmranchi@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission TB Sanatorium

P.O. Ramakrishna Sanatorium Dist. Ranchi,Ranchi Sanatorium 835 221Jharkhand, IndiaPhone : 0651-2290135 & 2290149Website : www.rkmtbs.orgEmail : rkmtbs@satyam.net.in; rkmtbs@gmail.com
KARNATAKA
Ramakrishna Math

Bull Temple Road,Bangalore 560 019Karnataka, IndiaPhone : (080) 2661 3149Email : rkmblr@dataone.in
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Datta Kripa',3553 A/2,Swami Vivekananda Marg near City Corporation,Belgaum,Belgaum 590002Karnataka, IndiaPhone : (0831) 2431230
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Fort,Belgaum,Belgaum 590 016Karnataka, IndiaPhone : 0831-243 2789 & 243 0789Email : rkmissionashrama@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Mangaladevi Road,Mangalore 575 001Karnataka, IndiaPhone : 0824-241 4412, 241 9097Email : mangaloremath@dataone.in; mangaloremath@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Ashrama

Yadavagiri,Mysore,Mysore 570 020Karnataka, IndiaPhone : 0821-241 7444 & 241 2424Website : www.srkmys.orgEmail : vivekaprabha@eth.net; rkashram@gmail.com; rkmysore@airtelbroadband.in
Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education

Mysore Karnataka, IndiaPhone : 241 76666Website : www.rimse.orgEmail : mysore.rimse@gmail.com
Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala

Mysore Karnataka, IndiaPhone : 251 4000 & 251 5000Website : www.srkvs.orgEmail : office@srkvs.org
Ramakrishna Saradashrama

Ponnampet,Dist. Kodagu,Ponnampet 571 216Karnataka, IndiaPhone : 08274-24 9040 & 24 9555; Hosp: 24 9369 & 26-2258Email : srkseva@sancharnet.in; srkseva@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Shivanahalli

Jigani Hobli,Anekal Taluk Bangalore Urban Dist,Shivanahalli Karnataka, IndiaPhone : 080- 7858 022 / 5762 5761Email : rkm_s_halli@vsnl.net
Ramakrishna Math

Swami Vivekananda Road Ulsoor,Ulsoor 560 008Karnataka, IndiaPhone : (TeleFax.) 080-2536 7878Website : www.ramakrishnamath.com; www.ramakrishnamath.inEmail : rkmulsoor@vsnl.net; rkmathulsoor@gmail.com
KERALA
Ramakrishna Ashrama Vivekananda Vijnana Bhavan

Punkunnam,Dist. Thrissur,Kerala, IndiaPhone : 238 1080Email : trc_vvbnaren@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Ashrama

Nettayam,P.O. Kachani,Thiruvananthapuram,Kachani 695 013Kerala, IndiaPhone : 236 4939
Ramakrishna Advaita Ashrama

P.O. Kalady,Kalady 683 574Kerala, IndiaPhone : 0484-246 2345 & 246 1071Website : www.ramakrishna-kalady.orgEmail : srka-adv@eth.net
Ramakrishna Ashrama

Kizhakkekara P.O. Muvattupuzha Dist. Ernakulam,Kizhakkekara 686661Kerala, IndiaPhone : 0485-283 4334
Ramakrishna Math

P.O. Vyttila,Kochi Dist. Ernakulam,Kochi 682 019Kerala, IndiaPhone : 0484-230 1860Email : rkmathkochi@bsnl.in; rkmathkochi@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

P.O. Arts & Science College Kozhikode (Calicut),Kozhikode (Calicut) 673 018Kerala, IndiaPhone : 0495-320191 & 325345Email : srkmacalicut@dataone.in
Ramakrishna Math

P.O. Arunapuram,Palai Dist. Kottayam,Palai 686 574Kerala, IndiaPhone : 0482-220 0700Email : rkmpalai31@rediffmail.com
Ramakrishna Math

Swami Vivekananda Road P.O. Melur,Quilandy Dist. Kozhikode,Quilandy 673 319Kerala, IndiaPhone : 0496-2630990Email : rkmkoil@eth.net
Ramakrishna Ashrama

Sasthamangalam Thiruvananthapuram,Thiruvananthapuram 695 010Kerala, IndiaPhone : 0471-2722125, 2722453, 2726603, 2727393 & 2727607Email : srkach_tvm@bsnl.in; srkachtvm@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Math

P.O. Puranattukara Dist. Thrissur,Thrissur 680 551Kerala, IndiaPhone : 0487-230 8219, Head 552 3859Email : srkmtsr@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Ashrama

Thukalassery,Tiruvalla Dist. Pathanamthitta,Tiruvalla 689 101Kerala, IndiaPhone : 0469-2603125
MADHYA PRADESH
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Swami Atmananda Marg MP Nagar,Bhopal 462 011Madhya Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0755-255-0520Email : rkmbpl@hotmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Ashrama Marg Kila Maidan,Indore 452 006Madhya Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0731-241 1621 & 241 4430Email : rkmindor@sancharnet.in
MAHARASHTRA
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Ramakrishna Ashrama Marg (Beed Bypass),Aurangabad 431 005Maharashtra, IndiaPhone : (0240) 237 6013Website : www.rkmaurangabad.orgEmail : ramakrishna_abd@yahoo.com; mail@rkmaurangabad.org
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Mission Marg,12th Road,Khar (West),Mumbai 400 052Maharashtra, IndiaPhone : 022-2649 4760 & 2646 4363Email : rkmkhar@vsnl.com
Ramakrishna Math

Dhantoli,Nagpur 440 012Maharashtra, IndiaPhone : 0712-242 3422 & 243 2690Website : www.rkmathnagpur.orgEmail : rkmath_ngp@sancharnet.in; rkmathpb_ngp@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Math

131-1A,Near Dandekar Bridge,Pune 411 030Maharashtra, IndiaPhone : (020) 2433-3727 (Ashrama) & 020-2433 3779 (Polyclinic)Website : www.rkmpune.orgEmail : rkmpune@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Rural Health & Welfare Section

Sakwar,Taluka Vasai Dist. Thane,Thane Maharashtra, India
MEGHALAYA
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Cherrapunji,East Khasi Hills,Cherrapunji 793 111Meghalaya, IndiaPhone : 03637-235202, 235492 & 235494Website : www.rkmcherra.orgEmail : rkmsohra@sancharnet.in;rkmsohra@neline.com; mission@rkmcherra.org
Ramakrishna Mission

Laitumkhrah,Shillong,Shillong 793 003Meghalaya, IndiaPhone : 0364-2221709, 2537879 & 2536767Website : www.rkmshillong.orgEmail : rkmshilong@sancharnet.in
Vivekananda Culture Centre

(Quinton Memorial Hall) Quinton Road,Shillong Meghalaya, IndiaPhone : 2227787
ORISSA
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Vivekananda Marg,Bhubaneswar,Bhubaneswar 751002Orissa, IndiaPhone : 0674-243 2028, 243 0059 & 243-0159Email : rkmbbsr@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Math

Chakratirtha,Puri,Puri Math 752002Orissa, IndiaPhone : 06752-22 2479 & 22 8914Email : rkmathpuri@vsnl.net
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Puri,Puri Mission 752 001Orissa, IndiaPhone : 06752-22 2207, 22-0407 & 23 2407Email : rkmissionpuri@sancharnet.in; rkmissionpuri@gmail.com
RAJASTHAN
Ramakrishna Mission

‘C’ Scheme,Gautam Marg Jaipur,Jaipur 302 001Rajasthan, IndiaPhone : 0141-222 8704 & 511 8804Email : rkmjaipur@sancharnet.com
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Smriti Mandir

Khetri,Khetri 333 503Rajasthan, IndiaPhone : 01593-234312
TAMIL NADU
Ramakrishna Mission

Hanumanthaputheri Chengalpattu,Chengalpattu 603 002Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 04114-233536Website : www.geocities.com/rkm_cptEmail : rkmission1@dataone.in
Chennai Math Ramakrishna Math

Mylapore,Chennai 600 004Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 044-2462-1110 (4 lines)Website : www.sriramakrishnamath.orgEmail : srkmath@vsnl.com
Chennai Mission Ashrama Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

3 Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai (Griffith Road) T Nagar,Chennai 600 017Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 044-2814 3896 & 2814 3514Website : www.rkmchennai.orgEmail : mail@rkmchennai.org
Chennai Sarada Vidyalaya Ramakrishna Mission Sarada Vidyalaya

134 Usman Road,T. Nagar,Chennai 600 017Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 044-2814 0153 & 2431 2809Email : srkmsvmo@yahoo.co.in
Chennai Students' Home Ramakrishna Mission Students’ Home

66 Sir P.S. Sivaswami Salai Mylapore,Chennai 600 004Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 044-2499 0264, 5210 7550 & 2466 0589Email : rkmshome@vsnl.com; rkmshome@airtelmail.in
Chennai Vidyapith Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith

45 Oliver Road,Mylapore,Chennai 600 004Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 044-2499 3057 & 2499 2815Website : www.viveka.orgEmail : ashrama@viveka.org
Coimbatore Math Ramakrishna Math

189-VI-B Mettupalayam Road Kavundampalayam,Coimbatore 641030Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : (0422) 244 2990Email : rkmathcbe@sancharnet.in; rkmathcbe@gmail.com
Coimbatore Mission Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya

P.O. Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya Coimbatore,Coimbatore 641 020Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 0422-269 2676, 269 2667, 269 5451 & 269 5452Website : www.srkv.orgEmail : srkv20@vsnl.com
Ramakrishna Math

Opp. Govt. Cancer Hospital P.O. Karaipettai Kanchipuram,Kanchipuram 631 552Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 044- 27209278, 27209286 & 37200840Website : www.srkmathkanchipuram.orgEmail : rkmathkanchi@hotmail.com
Ramakrishna Math

Reserve Lines,New Natham Road Madurai,Madurai 625 014Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 0452-268 0224 & 268 1181Email : rkmath@eth.net;rkmath@dataone.in
Ramakrishna Mission

P.O. Malliankaranai Via Uthiramerur Dist. Kanchipuram,Malliankaranai 603 406Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : (044) - 2727 2260Email : rkmmalliankaranai@vsnl.net
Ramakrishna Math

P.O. Nattarampalli Dist. Vellore,Nattarampalli 635 852Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 04179-24 2227Website : www.srkmnattarampalli.org.inEmail : mail@srkmnattarampalli.org.in
Ramakrishna Math

Ramakrishnapuram,Ootacamund,Dist. Nilgiris,Ootacamund 643 001Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 0423-2443150Email : rkmathooty@dataone.in
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Ramakrishna Road,Salem,Salem 636 007Tamil Nadu, IndiaPhone : 0427-231 9457Website : www.rkmasalem.orgEmail : rkmaslm@sancharnet.in
TRIPURA
Ramakrishna Mission

Gangail Road,Agartala Tripura (West),Agartala 799 001Tripura, IndiaPhone : 0381-232 4024
Ramakrishna Mission

Assam-Agartala Road Dhaleswar,Agartala 799 007Tripura, IndiaPhone : 0381-232 0220
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

P.O. Viveknagar Tripura (West),Viveknagar 799 130Tripura, IndiaPhone : 0381-223 0222 & 237 5858Email : rkmagt@sancharnet.in
UTTAR PRADESH
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

Vijnanananda Marg,Muthiganj,Allahabad 211 003Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0532-241 3369, 241 3286Email : rkmsald@sancharnet.in;rkmathald@dataone.in
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Ramakrishna Nagar,Kanpur,Kanpur 208 012Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0512-254 0673
Ramakrishna Math

Nirala Nagar,Lucknow 226 020Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0522-2787191 & 2787143; Sevashrama: 0522-2321277 & 2371233Website : www.ramakrishnalucknow.org
Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

Vivekananda Puram,Chandganj,Lucknow 226 007Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0522-2321277 & 2371233Email : rkmvplko@sancharnet.in; rkmvplko@rediffmail.com; rkmvplko@gmail.com
Varanasi Advaita Ashrama Ramakrishna Advaita Ashrama

Ramakrishna Road,Luxa,Varanasi 221 010Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0542-239 3975, 395 9519Email : rkaashramavns@yahoo.com
Varanasi Home of Service Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service

Luxa,Varanasi 221 010Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPhone : (0542) 245-1773 (Hosp.), 245 1727 (Off.) & 245 1307; 245-1204Website : www.geocities.com/rkmvaranasiEmail : rkmhosvns@sancharnet.in; srkm_vs@dataone.in
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

Swami Vivekananda Marg Vrindaban,Dist. Mathura,Vrindaban 281 121Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPhone : 0565-244 2310 & 244 3838Website : www.rkmsvrind.orgEmail : rkmsvrnd@sancharnet.in; mtr_rkmsvrnd@sancharnet.in; rkmsvrnd@gmail.com
UTTARANCHAL
Ramakrishna Kutir

Bright End Corner Almora,Almora 263 601Uttaranchal, IndiaPhone : (05962) 25-4417Email : rkutir@rediffmail.com;rkutir@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Ashrama and Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Kishanpur,P.O. Rajpur Dist. Dehradun,Dehradun 248 009Uttaranchal, IndiaPhone : 0135-273 4355Email : rkakpr@vsnl.net; rkmdehradun@dataone.in; rkmdehradun@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

Kankhal,Hardwar,Kankhal 249 408Uttaranchal, IndiaPhone : 01334-24 6141 & 24 4176 (Secy: 24 4985)Email : rkms@nde.vsnl.net.in; rkmhdr@sancharnet.in
Advaita Ashrama

P.O. Mayavati,Via Lohaghat Dist. Champawat,Mayavati 262 524Uttaranchal, IndiaPhone : 05965-23 4234 (Hospital); 23-4233Email : awakened@rediffmail.com; mayavatiashrama@gmail.com
Vivekananda Ashrama

P.O. Shyamla Tal,Dist. Champawat Uttarakhand,Shyamla Tal 262 523Uttaranchal, IndiaPhone : ( 05965) 22 7525, 22 7526Email : shyamlatal.ashrama@gmail.com
WEST BENGAL
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Sikra-Kulingram

Dist. North 24-Pgs,Sikra-KulingramWest Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03217-24 9980
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Medinipur,MedinipurWest Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03222-26 3333 & 26 7463Email : rkmmidnapore@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Malda,MaldaWest Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03512-25 2479Email : rkmmal@sancharnet.in;rkm.ashrama@rediffmail.com
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

Tamluk,Dist. Purba Medinipur,TamlukWest Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03228-26 6005 & 26 6762Email : rkmtam@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Taki,North 24-Parganas,TakiWest Bengal, IndiaPhone : (03217) 23 4473/3878Email : rkma_taki@yahoo.co.in
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Sarisha,Dist. South 24-Parganas,SarishaWest Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03174-24 4222 & 24 4921Email : rkmashrama_sarisha@yahoo.co.in; rkmsarisha@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

P.O. Sargachhi Ashrama Dist. Murshidabad,SargachhiWest Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03482-23 2222 & 23 2300Email : rkmasargachi@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Ramharipur,Dist. Bankura,RamharipurWest Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03241-25 9235; 25 9699Email : rkmrhp@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Manasadwip Dist. South 24-Pgs.,ManasadwipWest Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03210-22 2270 & 22 2268Email : ashrama.rkma@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith

P.O. Vivekananda Nagar,PuruliaWest Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03252-22 2004, 22 2235 & 28 1279Website : www.rkmvpurulia.orgEmail : vidyapith7@sancharnet.in; vidyapithpuru@yahoo.co.in; rkmvpurulia@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Math

Antpur,Dist. Hooghly,Antpur 712 424West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03212-25 9250 & 25 9910
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Kanyapur Link Road,Asansol,Dist. Burdwan,Asansol 713 304West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 0341-225 2373 & 225 2937Email : rkmasansol@rediffmail.com
Ramakrishna Math

c/o Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith P.O. Vivekananda Nagar Purulia,Bagda 723 147West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03252-22 2004, 22 2235 & 28 1279
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

Bankura,Bankura 722 101West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03242-25 1254Email : bnk_srkm@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Yogashrama

Koalpara,P.O. Dehuapara Dist. Bankura,Bankura 722 141West Bengal, IndiaEmail : rkym@vsnl.net
Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha

Belur,Dist. Howrah,Belur 711 202West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2654 5892, 9181, 9381 & 9281
Ramakrishna Math

P.O. Math Chandipur,Dist. Medinipur,Chandipur 721 659West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03228-27 2218Email : rkmath_mcp@rediffmail.com
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

Dist. Purba Medinipur,Contai 721 401West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03220-25 5069, Students' Home 25 7117, Dispensary 25 7124Email : rkmcontai@yahoo.co.in
Ramakrishna Math

New Town,Cooch Behar,Cooch Behar 736101West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03582 23 3859, 23 3420 (For WB: 953582 23-3859)Email : rkmathcob@sancharnet.in
Ramakrishna Math

Mekhliganj,Dist. Cooch Behar,Cooch Behar 735304West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03584 - 25 5272
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama

P.O. Amlagora,Dist. Paschim Medinipur,Garbeta 721 121West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03227-26 5200Email : rkmngba@yahoo.co.in
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University

P.O. Belur Math,Dist. Howrah,Howrah 711202West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 2654 9999Website : www.rkmvu.ac.inEmail : rkmveri@gmail.com; vivekananda.university@gmail.com
Ramakrishna Math Ichapur

P.O. Mayal Bandipur Dist. Hooghly,Ichapur 712 617West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03211-28 0184; from Calcutta:953211-280184
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Jalpaiguri,Jalpaiguri 735 101West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03561-22 8388 & 22 8945Website : www.rkmjalpaiguri.orgEmail : rkmajal@rediffmail.com; rkma_jal@sancharnet.in
Matri Mandri and Ramakrishna Mission Sarada Sevashrama

Jayrambati,Dist. Bankura,Jayrambati 722 161West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03244-244214Email : ssmmandir@vsnl.net
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Kamarpukur,Dist. Hooghly,Kamarpukur 712 612West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 03211-244221Website : www.rkmathkamarpukur.orgEmail : rkmkp@vsnl.net
Advaita Ashrama

5 Dehi Entally Road,Kolkata 700 014West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2244 0898, 2286 6450, 2286 6483 & 2216 4000Website : www.advaitaashrama.orgEmail : mail@advaitaashrama.com
Baranagar Math Ramakrishna Math

125/1,Pramanick Ghat Road Baranagar,BaranagarKolkata 700 036West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033 2532-3852, 2532-6842, 2557-0827Website : www.rkmbaranagar.orgEmail : info@rkmbaranagar.org
Baranagar Mission Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Baranagar,BaranagarKolkata 700 036West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2556 7500 & 2556 3817Email : rkmbmi@rediffmail.com
Ramakrishna Math

59 Motilal Gupta Road,Barisha,BarishaKolkata 700 008West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2494 8292Email : barishamath@vsnl.net
Ramakrishna Math

Bamunmura,PO Badu,BaduKolkata 700128West Bengal, IndiaPhone : (033) 2552-3044 and 2562-9669
Ramakrishna Math

90 Cossipore Road,Cossipore,CossiporeKolkata 700 002West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2557 3605, 2532-9348Email : rkmcu@yahoo.com
Ramakrishna Math

P.O. Rajarhat Bishnupur,Kolkata 700135West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 90074-01963
Ramakrishna Math

Barasat,BarasatKolkata 700 124West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2552 3514 & 2562 6272Email : rkmbarasat@yahoo.co.in
Ramakrishna Math

1 Udbodhan Lane,Baghbazar,BaghbazarKolkata 700 003West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2533 9292, 2554 2248, 2554 2403 & 2554 1986Website : www.udbodhan.orgEmail : ashrama@udbodhan.org; info@udbodhan.org; editor@udbodhan.org; udbodhan@vsnl.net
Ramakrishna Math (Gadadhar Ashrama)

86-A,Harish Chatterjee Street,Gadadhar AshramaKolkata 700 025West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2455 4660
Ramakrishna Math (Balaram Mandir)

7 Girish Avenue,BaghbazarKolkata 700 003West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2554 5006
Ramakrishna Math (Yogodyan)

7 Yogodyana Lane,Kankurgachhi,KankurgachhiKolkata 700 054West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033 2320-2927Website : www.yogodyan.orgEmail : yogodyan@cal.vsnl.net.in
Ramakrishna Mission

Calcutta Students’ Home Belgharia,BelghariaKolkata 700 056West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2541 1564Email : rkmsth@cal2.vsnl.net.in
Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture

Gol Park,Gol ParkKolkata 700 029West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2464 1303 (3 lines), 2466 1235 (3 lines) & 2465 2531/32, 2463-1878 / 1879 / 1880 / 1882Website : www.sriramakrishna.orgEmail : rmic@vsnl.com
Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre

3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street,Kolkata 700006West Bengal, IndiaPhone : (033) 2219 2030, 2257 0213/0214/0215Email : rkmsvahcc@rediffmail.com
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama

Narendrapur,NarendrapurKolkata 700 103West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2477 2201 (3 lines)Website : www.rkmandp.orgEmail : rkmlpndp@cal.vsnl.net.in
Ramakrishna Mission Boys’ Home

Rahara,RaharaKolkata 700 118West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2568 2850 & 2568 3219; 2523 6336 (Central Office) and 2523-6323 (Monks' Quarters)Email : rkmrahara@yahoo.co.in
Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan

99 Sarat Bose Road,Kolkata 700 026West Bengal, IndiaPhone : 033-2475 3636 (5 lines)Email : rkmsp@cal2.vsnl.net.in
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