Ramakrishna Math, Kathamrita Bhawan, - Kolkata

Great Place of Pilgrimage for the devotees of Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother. Sri Mahendranath Gupta, or Sri M, the disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and the author of ‘Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita’ (Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna), is now a sub-centre of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math. The center has been inaugurated on 4 January 2017. It was situated very near the famous Thanthania Kali Temple at College Street, Kolkata.

Mahendra Nath Gupta or M (14th July, 1854 - 4th June, 1932) the intimate disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and famous author of 'Kathamrita' and 'Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna'. The house of M-called M's Thakurbati (Kathamrita Bhavan), situated very near the famous Thanthania Kali Temple at College Street, Kolkata, is regarded as Great Place of Pilgrimage for the devotees of Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother. In a small room in the first floor of this house stayed Kathamritabhavan-M's Thakurbati-The house of M-writer of Sri Ramakrishna KathamritaHoly Mother for long at different times - sometime seven days, sometime for a fortnight, sometime for months together, along with her disciples, Nikunja Devi (M's wife and her usual companions). Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, visited this house more than once. One night in October 1888, Sri Ramakrishna appeared before Holy Mother in her dream in this room and commanded her to worship Goddess Durga in M's shrine.

The house is a historical place in the Kolkata. The writer of Kathamrita, কথামৃত, the famous book, the day by day descriptions of Sri Ramakrishna and his holy speach are accumulated in the book, written by Mahendra nath Gupta in this house. And this house was woned by him also. It is now a centre of Ramakrishna Moth And Mission, named after the holy book, Kathamrita. There are some ariticales used by Sri Ramakrishna, Ma Sarada Devi and Mahendra nath Gupta preserved here.

Have the good fortune to spend some magical moments in this serene place where history awaits for us with spirituality in its hand....

Actually i still not visited this holy place of Master Mahayasaya,The great "M",who blessed us by RAMAKRISHNA KATHAMRITA.

A very serene place, Kathamrita Bhavan is one to visit if you are a devotee of Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and have gone through The Gospel of Shri Ramakrishna. There is a small library at the ground floor where Swami Vivekananda once had conversations with 'M'.

Historic and spiritual place regarding Sri Ramakrishna , Sri Sri Maa Sarada Devi , Swami Vivekananda and Sri M

The house of  "শ্রীম" or M or Mahendra Nath Gupta (14th July, 1854 - 4th June, 1932) the intimate disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and famous author of 'Kathamrita' and Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna is also known as Mar Thakurbati now renamed as Kathamrita Bhavan is situated very near the famous Thanthania Kali Temple at College Street, Kolkata and is regarded as Great Place of Pilgrimage for the devotees of Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother. In a small room in the first floor of this house stayed Holy Mother for long at different times - sometime seven days, sometime for a fortnight, sometime for months together, along with her disciples, Nikunja Devi (M's wife and her usual companions). Sri Ramakrishna, visited this house more than once. One night in October 1888, Sri Ramakrishna appeared before Holy Mother in her dream in this room and commanded her to worship Goddess Durga in M's shrine. In later years, M chose this small room as his own to live in for very many days of his life. In this very room of the house, M wrote a substantial portion of 'Kathamrita' and 'Gospel', and on completion of the fifth volume of 'Kathamrita', he entered into Mahasamadhi on 4th June, 1932 in this room as well. Swami Vivekananda, Swami Ramakrishnananda and other brother disciples of M visited this house several times and met M in this room. Here exist well-preserved the sacred articles used by Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother and M - in a Glass Cabinet Panjabi, Moleskin Wrapper, a jug ('Chumki Ghati as referred in the 'Kathamrita') used by thakur, a small jug of Holy Mother and the Ink-Pot used by M in writing 'Kathamrita' preserved for the visitors to see. Besides, the very old picture of Chaitanya Mahaprobhu and his party dancing in an ecstatic state - presented by Thakur to M on 24th Sept. 1885 is walled up in this room. At one side of this room exists the old cot, long used by M-on which is placed and adorned a big picture of M of his old age ever since the time M passed away in 1932. Still exists in the house well maintained old wooden staircase used by Holy Mother, Swami Vivekananda, M and other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna to enter into M's shrine in the second floor of this house. Here in a glass case are well adorned the sacred articles and relics of Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother - such as the 'Paduka' of Thakur, bundles containing holy hair and nails of Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother, a silken bag containing 'Rudraksha - Mala' of Holy Mother and Her 'Sindur Box' - for daily worship. Moreover, Holy Mother's direct foot-print well-preserved in a small glass case, is also there for daily worship. On a mount in the roof, adjacent to the shrine, Swamiji, M and others meditated for hours. At one corner of the roof stands the century old tree of Gulancho flowers, which in its infancy was implanted by M' and even today, it bears forth hundreds of beautiful and fragrant flowers in season to please the surroundings. For the perpetual preservation of this holy place, Kathamrita Bhavan has of late come under the Ramakrishna Math and mission, and is being run accordingly. Here the birthday celebrations of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother, Swami Vivekananda, M and Others are held every year.