Returning from United States, Swami Vivekananda started initiative to start an association of the followers of Shri Ramkrishnadev. Swamiji didn’t initiated any new religion. His concept yields Ramkrishna Mission. In Balaram Mandir {Picture Above},on 1st may, 1897, Swami Vivekananda first announced about it in a meeting of Ramkrishna-followers. In that meeting, the mission was announced as well as the activities. Swamiji was the first general president of it, Swami Bramhananda was the first President, Swami Yogananda was vice president. Attorney Narendranath Mitra was secretary; Dr Sashibhusan Ghosh & Saratchanda Sarkar was the assistant secretary. For the first three year, every Sunday they meet at Balaram Boses’s house.
Presently, there are two main centers of Ramkrishna Mission is in Baghbazar, Balaram Mandir, & Ramkrishna Math alias Mayer Bari. Ramkrishna Mission born today 110 years ago, and today it has more than 200 branches all over the world. Ramakrishna Math, 'UDBODHAN', 1 no Udbodhan Lane, Baghbazar, Kolkata-3 , is a branch of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, (Worldwide headquarter of all RKM centres and sub-centres.) The centre is well known as The Mother's House (Mayer Bari) and also Udbodhan. Udbodhan Office is the premier publishing house of Bengali books of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission and has immensely contributed to the spread of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda and Vedanta ideology through its publications.Apart from the daily worship, publication work and the magazine, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Baghbazar is active in its task of spreading the ideal as preached by Sri Ramakrishna.On every Sunday, Thursday and Friday, regular classes on scriptures and other books of Sri Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature are conducted for the devotees after the evening arati. Special worship is conducted on the birth days of Swami Saradananda and the Holy Mother, and also on the Maha Ashtami day of Durga Puja.
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