Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar - Kolkata

It's the first place where Swami Vivekananda founded the first math and started to live with other disciples of Shree Ramkrisna Paramahansa. Many charitable social works like free health check up with free medicines and many more social awareness programs are organized by the math authority.

a small centre of ramakrishna mission with a glorious history. the first math of the order. very near to kashipur burning ghat & a short distance from alam- bazar math & kashipur udyanbati. devotees can visit all these and also holi mother & balaram bose's house in baghbazar in a single day. all open daily from early morning (with a break from 11-30 am to 3-30/4 pm.) till 8 pm. in the evening.

The Great Math where The The Greatest Monk The Universal Devotional Leader Sri Sri Swami Vivekamanda stayed & spend a long time of his monk life with other followers of Thakur Sri Sri Ramkrishna. Now a days several social mankind works are being organised by the Math. Treatment for all with minimum cost or no cost to all. Regular distribution of Milk & Bread to the poor - free of cost. Distribution of cloth & several other social works for mankind are being carried out regularly. I love The Math very much. Do come here with all. Feel the Sensation of Sri Sri Thakur Ramkrishna & His Prime follower Sri Sri Swami Vivekananda. Enjoy it, assimilate it. The Great Institution. Hats off.

On August 16, 1886 Sri Ramakrishna Thakur passed away in cossipur garden house.His disciples are full of sorrow.Leader Naren however started to organize them in the monastic brotherhood.Whenever they couldnot stay cossipur then with the help of devotee Suredra Nath Mitra Naren rented a smaller house at Baranagar from land lord of Taki Sri Kali Nath Munshi. At first Hutko Gopal stayed here then Tarak,Buro Gopal-- Photograph of thakur Ramakrishna on the bedding used by him began to warshiped daily with flowers and burning inscense.They established the first Monastary of Ramakrishna Order(19th.October 1886). Swami Vivekananda and his fourteen brother disciples are lived here from 1886 to 1892 . (Rakhal,Tarak,Baburam, Sashi,Sarat,Gopal da,Sarada,Hari,latu Gangadhar,Niranjan,Subodh, Kali and Yogin).There were hardly enough clothes and food was not good and long day had nothing to eat but rice and boiled leaves. They thought only at God ,meditated by long hours,sang songs, discussed the religious ideas of allsects and religious, tried to folow everything that Ramakrishna had tought them. Swami Vivekananda set out his historical Bharat Parikrama in the year 1889 from Baranagar Math. This Math is the place famous for long spiritual practice by the great Apostles of Sri Ramakrishna Dev. Devotees are come here . It is spiritual Heritage and Historical importance. Branagar Math is official Branch centre of Belur Math .

Baranagar Math is the First Monastery of Ramakrishna Order! In the spiritual history of the world, Baranagar Math has carved out a niche for itself as it was at this dilapidated house the tyagi disciples of the God Incarnate Sri Ramakrishna, went through unprecedented spiritual practices, meditation and austerity for more than five years. The way Swamiji and his brother-disciples lived at this Baranagar Monastery, i.e. their days of unparalleled austerity, day-long spiritual practices, absolute renunciation of life for otherworldly pursuit will remain etched in golden letters in the history of Ramakrishna Sangha. All these formed the cornerstone of the Ramakrishna Order and the Baranagar Math was built on this solid foundation. The intense love by which Sri Ramakrishna initially united his young tyagi disciples in his closest circle during his twilight years, ultimately coalesced and strengthened into a fraternity at this monastery. Under Swamiji’s able leadership, the monks gradually came to appreciate the catholicity of Sri Ramakrishana’s ideas; they gradually prepared themselves for the liberation of their own selves and welfare of the world at large. Their promptness in facing the opposition and remarkable alertness resulted in their all-round growth - spiritual, mental and intellectual. The unprecedented austere lifestyle practised by the monks at Baranagar Math did not, in any way, insulate them from the sorrows and miseries of the downtrodden humanity at large. In fact, the realisation and teachings of Yugavatar Sri Ramakrishna are as deep as the ocean and as infinite as the sky. The inmates of the Math had, by then, realised that the advent of Sri Ramakrishna was not for the sake of India alone, but for the entire humanity. It was at this first monastery that the tyagi disciples of Sri Ramakrishna ritualistically took sannyasa by viraja homa and from here Swamiji set out for his historic ‘Bharat Parikrama’ in 1889. Sri Ramakrishna realised the ultimate truth from varied religions through spiritual practices during His life time. “As many faiths, so many paths” – the fundamental spiritual dictum of Sri Ramakrishna, the Guru of Swami Vivekananda, was practised by the apostles at Baranagar Math through observing the teachings of Buddha, Mohammad, Jesus Christ and other great religious personalities. Swami Vivekananda preached the Universal Religion and propagated the great message of harmony and equal validity of all the religious faiths.

"Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar was the first monastery of Ramakrishna Order. In September 1886, after the death of Ramakrishna, when his devotees stopped funding, Swami Vivekananda (then known as Narendranath Datta) and other disciples of Ramakrishna decided to make a dilapidated house at Baranagar their new math.[1][2] The house crumbled to dust in 1897." After the death of Ramakrishna on 16 August 1886, his devotees and admirers stopped funding. Many of his disciples showed inclination to return home and live Grihastha (family-oriented) life. The monastic disciples led by young Narendranath Datta understood the necessity to find out a new shelter. Narendranath and others decided to make dilapidated house at Baranagar the new math (monastery) for remaining disciples.[1][2] The house belonged to a zaminder family of Taki, North 24 Parganas district.[3]" Wikipedia

Divine place Baranagar Math (Baranagar Monastery) or Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar was the first monastery of Ramakrishna Order. In September 1886, after the death of Ramakrishna, when his devotees stopped funding, Swami Vivekananda (then known as Narendranath Datta) and other disciples of Ramakrishna decided to make a dilapidated house at Baranagar their new math.The house crumbled to dust in 1897. 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 restoration and development work of the area is still going on. After the death of Ramakrishna on 16 August 1886, his devotees and admirers stopped funding. Many of his disciples showed inclination to return home and live Grihastha(family-oriented) life. The monastic disciples led by young Narendranath Datta understood the necessity to find out a new shelter. Narendranath and others decided to make dilapidated house at Baranagar the new math(monastery) for remaining disciples.The house belonged to a zaminder family of Taki, North 24 Parganas district. Surendra Nath Mitra, a devotee of Ramakrishna desired to pay the rent for the house.Narendranath and his guru bhais used to collect their daily food by "holy begging" (madhukari). The math became the first building of the Ramakrishna Math—the monastery of the monastic order of Ramakrishnab. Narendra later reminisced about the early days in the monastery.

After Sri Ramkrisna Dev Passes Away Swami Ji Stay here till 1902