Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Chennai

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Temple

The centre was started in 1932.

Activities:

  • Three higher secondary schools, a primary school and a hostel. During the year, the higher secondary schools had 2946 boys and 318 girls, the primary school had 65 boys and 62 girls, and the hostel had 81 boys.
  • Libraries attached to the ashrama and schools, with 38,643 books and 76 newspapers and periodicals.
  • A summer camp for students (58 attended).
  • Two teachers’ orientation programmes (160 attended).
  • Spoken English course of 3 months’ duration (532 students during the year).
  • Welfare work by way of providing buttermilk to more than 82,500 thirsty wayfarers during summer, food to 330 poor school children, medical help, scholarships and other educational help to poor students and pecuniary help to the needy.
  • Religious activities: Observing the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, Vidyarthi Homa and other religious luminaries.

Shrine

Ramakrishna Math, Chennai

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Chennai Temple

The centre was started in 1897 by Swami Ramakrishnananda (a monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna).

Activities:

  • Publication of books in English and Tamil: 28 new and 311 reprints were brought out during the year.
  • Publication of two monthly journals: The Vedanta Kesari (English, 103rd year with 12,500 subscribers) and Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam (Tamil, 96th year with 1,69,000 subscribers).
  • A girls’ higher secondary school with 869 pupils at Sarvana Street, Mint.
  • A primary school with 343 pupils at Basin Bridge Road, Mint.
  • A library with a children’s section, having 39,185 books and 185 periodicals.
  • Vivekananda Youth Forum conducted moral and cultural classes for 30 youths and Balmandir conducted weekly moral and educational classes for about 119 children on Sundays.
  • Eighteen free coaching centres with 950 students.
  • Vocational training in basic computer operations and nursing assistance. Total 347 girls trained during this year.
  • A charitable allopathic-cum-homeopathic dispensary with dental, eye, ENT, surgical, X-ray, ultrasound scanning, pediatrics, ECG, gynaecology, physiotherapy and laboratory sections, and clinics for TB and diabetes. Total 3,12,039 cases were treated.
  • A weekly mobile medical unit, which treated 26,694 cases.
  • Regular eye camps in nearby villages (1315 patients were screened; 152 of them were operated for cataract removal).
  • LAP rehabilitation programme through which 747 Leprosy Afflicted Persons (LAPs) were benefited.
  • Daily worship, fortnightly Ramnam Sankirtan, weekly discourses, and celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other spiritual personalities, as also other festivals.
  • An exhibition and youth programmes at Vivekanandar Illam (Kamarajar Salai, Triplicane, Chennai 600 005), where Swami Vivekananda stayed for nine days on his return from the West in 1897.

Illam – Image of Swami Vivekananda

Swami Ramakrishnananda Mandap

Ramakrishna Mission, Chengalpattu

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Temple Shrine
 

The centre was started in 1936.

Activities:

  • Three higher secondary schools with 2369 boys and 1902 girls.
  • A primary school with 372 children.
  • A hostel with 96 boys.
  • Four libraries having 13,714 books and 7 periodicals and newspapers.
  • A cultural centre for children.
  • Free tuitions, and training in tailoring and computer operations to rural children. 480 students were benefited this year.
  • A health centre with allopathic, homeopathy and siddha sections where 3746 patients were treated this year.
  • A mobile medical unit (treated 764 patients), a blood donation camp (51 donors) and a dentalcamp (treated 119 patients).
  • Welfare work by way of providing pecuniary help, educational help, clothes, etc to the poor and needy, and milk and snacks to poor children and by assisting the running of 11 free coaching centres in nearby villages with 705 students.
  • Celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other religious leaders.

 

Temple Frontview

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Chapra

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Ashrama Campus

The centre was started in April 2003 in the district in which Swami Adbhutananda (a monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna) was born.

Activities:

  • A public library with 8025 books and 47 periodicals and newspapers.
  • A charitable dispensary with allopathic, homeopathic and ayurvedic sections, which treated 58,731 cases, all free of cost. Its mobile unit treated 6470 patients and conducted 2 eye camps and arranged cataract surgery on 1200 patients.
  • Two non-formal education centres with 1155 poor students, a coaching centre with 360 students and two free computer training centres with 80 students (20 boys & 60 girls).
  • Welfare work by way of providing pecuniary help, clothes, blankets, etc to the poor and needy, and milk and snacks to poor children.
  • Religious activities: Religious discourses, spiritual retreats, and celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other saints and prophets, and also festivals like Ramnavami, Janmashtami, Buddha Jayanti, Christmas Eve, etc.
 
 Temple Shrine

Ramakrishna Math, Chandipur

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Chandipur Temple
 

The centre was started in 1916.

Activities:

  • A free coaching centre with 124 students (including computer training – 24 students).
  • A free students’ home with 3 students.
  • A charitable homeopathic dispensary (10,869 cases treated during the year).
  • Monthly free eye camps and special medical camps (383 patients treated during the year).
  • A small library with 1392 books and 34 newspapers and periodicals.
  • Welfare work by way of providing clothes, blankets, food grains and pecuniary help to the needy, and textbooks and notebooks to poor students.
  • Daily worship and regular religious classes.
  • Celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other religious personalities, as also Kali Puja and Annapurna Puja.
 

Welfare for the Poor

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Chandigarh

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Ashrama Shrine

This centre was started in a rented house in 1956 and was moved to its own present premises in 1958.

Activities:

A students’ home for 51 college boys.
A library and a reading room with 13,038 books and 48 periodicals and newspapers.
A charitable homeopathic dispensary, which treated 1513 cases this year.
A free mobile medical unit to serve slumdwellers in and around Chandigarh (28,454 cases treated this year).
An eye camp (30 patients underwent cataract surgery).
Religious activities: Spiritual discourses four days a week, fortnightly Ramnam Sankirtan, celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, and other saints and prophets, weekly cultural and religious classes for children, and occasional lectures in and around Chandigarh as well as in several cities of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
Welfare work by way of distributing blankets, clothes to the needy and providing scholarships and pecuniary help to poor and meritorious students.

Vivekananda Students Home


Blanket Distribution

Address and Activities of Patna Centre

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Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Patna

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
Ramakrishna Avenue
Patna , Bihar  800004
India
Phone : 0612-272 1513,
0612-2721512 (central office) ,
0612-2721514 (dispensary)
Telefax : 0612-272 1368
Email : [email protected], [email protected]

The ashrama was started in 1922 and made a branch of the Mission in 1926.

Activities of the Mission centre :

 

  1. A charitable dispensary with allopathic, homoeopathic and eye
    sections, TB and diabetes clinics and a pathological laboratory.
    It treated 15,024 cases and operated on 1765 patients for
    cataract in its eye-clinic, Sarada Netralaya, during the year.
    Besides, medical camps, (general and eye) were conducted in
    different parts of the state.

  1. A library and a free reading room, with 37,617 books and 66
    newspapers and periodicals.

  1. A free-of-charge students’ home for 13 boys.

  1. A non-formal education centre for children of slum areas with
    100 students.
  1. Value-oriented workshops in various schools and colleges with
    audio-visual units.
  1. Welfare work by way of distributing food, milk, clothing,
    blankets, etc to the poor.
  1. Competitions in recitation, drawing, essay-writing and elocution
    for school and college students.
  1. Religious activities : Regular scriptural classes and lectures,
    celebration of Durga Puja, Kali Puja and the birthdays of Sri
    Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda
    and other spiritual luminaries.

Additional Photos of the Activities of the Centre:

Medical
Hospital

    Shops
Bookshop

    Welfare
Welfare Work

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Address and Activities of Muzzafarpur Centre

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Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Muzzafarpur

Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama
Swami Vivekananda Path
Bela
Muzaffarpur, Bihar  843116
India
Phone : 0621- 227 2127 & 227 2963
Telefax : 0621-227 2127
Email : [email protected], [email protected]
Website: www.rkmmuzaffarpur.org

Started in 1926 as Ramakrishna Vivekananda Sevashrama, the centre was made a branch of Ramakrishna Mission in July 2003.

Activities of the Mission centre :

  1.  
    A charitable eye hospital with 30 beds, which treated 1352
    cases and operated 1323 cataract patients. The attached OPD
    wing with allopathic-cum-homeopathic sections treated 34,885
    cases through various departments.

  1. Two charitable homoeopathic dispensaries in the town, which
    treated 39,221 patients.
  1.  
    Seventeen eye camps were conducted in different villages in Bihar.
    A Child Eye Care Project was also conducted in 4 schools where
    1000 children were screened and were given free medicines.
  1. A library with 2029 books.
  1. Two non-formal education centre with 150 students, who were fed
    daily and were also provided with educational aids.
  1. Training on basic computer operations to students.
  1. Welfare work by way of distribution of blankets etc.
  1. A free coaching centre where 40 students of various
    government schools were given coaching.
  1. Religious activities: Celebration of the birthdays of Sri
    Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda
    and other religious teachers, as also festivals like Kali Puja.

Additional Photos of the Activities of the Centre:

Shops
Book-stall

    Temple
Temple

    Welfare
Welfare Work

    Youth Welfare Programmes
Balaka Sangha

        Study Circle

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Address and Activities of Katihar Centre

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Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Katihar

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
PO Katihar, Dt. Katihar, Bihar  854105
India
Phone : (06452) 242449 & 243108
Email : [email protected]
Website: www.rkmkatihar.org

The ashrama was started in 1926 and made a branch of the Mission in 1931.

Activities of the Mission centre :

  1. A higher secondary school (recognized by the Board of
    Secondary Education, West Bengal), with 716 boys and 96 girls.
  1. A pre-basic school with 413 boys and 249 girls.

  1. Five coaching centres, with 306 students.
  1. A library with 4923 books and 4 periodicals.
  1. An allopathic-cum-homeopathic dispensary, which treated 8915 patients this year.
  1. A mobile medical unit, which treated 10,504 patients.
  1. Religious activities included regular spiritual classes, occasional
    lectures in and outside the ashrama, and celebration of the birthdays
    of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami
    Vivekananda and other spiritual luminaries.
  1. Welfare work by way of providing pecuniary help and food to
    the needy textbooks, school uniforms, etc to poor students,
  1. A students’ home for 11 boys.

Additional Photos of the Activities of the Centre:

Educational
Coaching Centre

        Computer Training Centre

        Exhibition

        Library & Reading Room

    Medical
Eye Camp

    Welfare
Welfare Work

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Address and Activities of Chapra Centre

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Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Chapra

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
Latu Maharaj Path
Opposite Circuit House
Chapra, Bihar  841301
India
Phone : (06152) – 23 0739 & 24 4626
Telefax : (06152) 24 4626
Email : [email protected], [email protected],[email protected]
Website: www.rkmissionchapra.org

The centre was started in April 2003 in the district in which Swami Adbhutananda (a monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna) was born.

Activities of the Mission centre :

  1. A public library with 5500 books and 30 periodicals and
    newspapers.
  1. A charitable dispensary with allopathic, homeopathic and ayurvedic sections, which treated 44,819 cases, all free of cost. Its mobile unit treated 10,253 patients.

     

  1. Five non-formal education centres with 1550 poor students.

  1. Welfare work by way of providing pecuniary help, clothes, blankets,
    etc to the poor and needy, and milk and snacks to poor children.

  1. Religious activities : Religious discourses, spiritual retreats, and
    celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi,
    Swami Vivekananda and other saints and prophets, and also
    festivals like Ramnavami, Janmashtami, Buddha Jayanti,
    Christmas Eve, etc.

  1. 2 coaching centres with 284 students.

Additional Photos of the Activities of the Centre:

Celebrations
Birthday Celebration

    Medical
Child Eye Care Unit

    Educational
Vocational Training Centre

    Spiritual
Devotional Singing

    Welfare
Welfare Work

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