Ramakrishna facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa |
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Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar
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| Birth Date | 18 February 1836 Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day West Bengal, India) |
| Died on | 16 August 1886 (aged 50) Cossipore, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Kolkata, West Bengal, India) |
| Birth name | Gadadhar Chattopadhyay |
| Guru/teacher | Totapuri,Bhairavi Brahmani |
| Philosophy | Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti, Tantra, Sarva Dharma Samanyaya |
| Titles/honors | Paramahamsa |
He is born in vain who, having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realise God in this very life.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (17 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya, was an Indian Hindu mystic, saint, and religious leader in 19th century Bengal. Sri Ramakrishna experienced spiritual ecstasies from a young age, and was influenced by several religious traditions, including devotion toward the Goddess Kali, Tantra, Bhakti and Advaita Vedanta.
As a priest at the Dakshineshwar Kali Temple, his mystical temperament and ecstasies gradually gained him widespread acknowledgement, attracting to him various spiritual teachers, social leaders, and lay followers; he eventually taught disciples, who would later form the monastic Ramakrishna Order. He was generally revered by Bengali elites and within religious circles, which led to his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda founding the Ramakrishna Math, which provides spiritual training for monastics and householder devotees and the Ramakrishna Mission to provide charity, social work and education.
Images for kids
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The small house at Kamarpukur where Ramakrishna lived (centre). The family shrine is on the left, birthplace temple on the right
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Dakshineswar Kāli Temple, where Ramakrishna spent a major portion of his adult life.
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Sarada Devi (1853–1920), wife and spiritual counterpart of Ramakrishna
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The Panchavati and the hut where Ramakrishna performed his advaitic sadhana. The mud hut has been replaced by a brick one.
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Ramakrishna in bhava samadhi at the house of Keshab Chandra Sen. He is seen supported by his nephew Hriday and surrounded by brahmo devotees.
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Some Monastic Disciples (L to R): Trigunatitananda, Shivananda, Vivekananda, Turiyananda, Brahmananda. Below Sadananda.
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The disciples and devotees at Ramakrishna's funeral
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The marble statue of Ramakrishna at Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission
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Photograph of Ramakrishna, taken on 10 December 1881 at the studio of "The Bengal Photographers" in Radhabazar, Calcutta (Kolkata).
