Baranagar Math

  • Situated at 125/1 Pramanick Ghat Road, this was the first monastery set up by the disciples of Sri Ramakrishna in 1886. 
  • Owing to financial shortage, Narendranath Dutta (later Swami Vivekanada) selected this dilapidated house as temporary residence of monastic disciples. The house belonged to a zaminder family of Taki (North 24 Parganas). 
  • The house crumbled to dust in 1897. The only remnants of the old building is a part of the pillar at the entrance. 
  •  In 1973 Vivekananda Math Samrakshan Samity was formed who attempted to preserve the area. 
  • In 2001, the possession was handed over to Belur Math authority, who soon-after declared it as one of their official branch. The center is since then known as ‘Ramakrishna Math’. 
  • Activities here include running an allopathic-cum-homeopathic dispensary, non-formal education, welfare work, religious discourses, and celebrations of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda and other religious luminaries.

The Entrance
Entrance to the old Math building (now renovated)

Remnant of the old building
Remnants of the old building

Monastic disciples in 1987
The Puja room (picture from internet)

The dilapidated house in the 19th century


 References:

https://belurmath.org/ramakrishna-math-baranagar/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baranagar_Math

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