Sri Ramakrishna (then Gadadhar) came to Jhamapukur in 1853 and lived in this house for some time, where he worshiped the household deities. About a century-old Radhakrishna temple (Shyamsundar Jiu’s temple) exists today in the Jhamapukur area. The Radhakrishna idol of this temple was formerly worshiped by Thakur in Govinda Chatterjee’s house. The single-story house does exist today, but is rather very old. The Radhakrishna temple has been built exactly on the same site, where the Sanskrit school of Sri Ramakrishna’s elder brother Ramkumar Chattopadhyay was located. At the eastern end of this temple is the entrance to Govinda Chatterjee’s house.
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Nather Bagan is presently located in the Sobhabazar region of North Kolkata. In 1853, when Sri Ramakrishna (then Gadadhar) accompanied his elder brother Ramkumar Chattopadhyay to Calcutta for the first time, they stayed here temporarily for a few days. Later, they left this temporary residence, and settled in the Jhamapukur region of North Calcutta (from 1853 to May 1855). The place where they lived in Nath’s Bagan Street, does not exist now.
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In 1868, Sri Sri Thakur returned from Prayag to Kashi and after a fortnight, went to Vrindavan and Mathura Dham with Mathurbabu. He also brought with him Bhairabi Brahmani from Kashi. Brahmani spent the rest of her life in Vrindavan Dham and left for heavenly abode from there. At various occasions in Kathamrita, Sri Sri Thakur used to tell his devotees about Mathura and Vrindavan.
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Sri Sri Thakur came on pilgrimage to Prayag twice, in 1863 AD and 1868 AD. Along with Mathurbabu, he came to Prayag from Kashi Dham in 1868 AD and bathed and stayed for three nights at the confluence of Ganga and Jamuna.
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It is mentioned in the Kathamrita that Sri Sri Thakur went on pilgrimage to Kashi twice. Once in 1863, he visited with his mother, Sri Ram Chatterjee and a few sons of Mathurbabu. At that time the railway journey to Kashi had just started.
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On way to Kashi Dham, Sri Sri Thakur visited Baidyanath Dham twice. In 1863, he visited Baidyanath Dham for the first time.
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The house of Mathur Babu’s guru was in Talmagro village, not very far from Sonabere. Mathurbabu went there at the invitation of the family members of his Guru. He took Thakur and Hriday there on an elephant’s back and spent a few weeks there.
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Visiting Kalaighat near Ranaghat to see Mathurbabu’s zamindari estate, Sri Sri Thakur was saddened by the want and poor plight of the men and women of Kalaighat, and through Mathurbabu he arranged to distribute a bottle of hair oil, new clothing for them and invited them to a full meal.
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Mathur Babu had his ancestral home in Sonabere village near Satkhira (now in Bangladesh). Its adjoining villages were also included in his zamindari (feudal estate). Mathurbabu took Thakur with him to those places.
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Bhagwandas Babaji’s Ashram – Sri Sri Thakur graced the Ashram with Mathurbabu. As a result of his association with Bhagwandas Babaji, Babaji was able to identify Thakur as a Holy man..
