In his early days in Dakshineswar, Thakur used to visit one Bhagavat Pandit’s house in Barahanagar every evening to listen to recitation from Srimad Bhagavatam. It is mentioned in the book ‘Barahanagar-Alambazar Math’.
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Thakur visited and graced this famous Pathbari of Vaishnavism. It is mentioned in the fifteenth volume of Sri-Ma-Darshan. Since Thakur used to visit most of the temples in the Barahanagar region, it was likely that he visited this sacred ashrama too.
It is mentioned in certain books that Thakur visited devotee Joy Mitra’s Kripamoyee Kali Mandir on the banks of the Ganges in Barahanagar.
Thakur had food at this garden house in Barahanagar. He used to come here at times.
Narayandas Bandyopadhyay, a devotee of Kuthighat Road, Barahanagar, was an expert in reading and exposition of mythological stories. He was popularly known to the people as Kathak-Thakur or Thakurdada.
Mastermasay’s brother-in-law Ishanchandra used to treat Thakur at Dakshineswar. Thakur paid a kind visit to his Barahnagar residence.(Sri-Ma-Darshan)
দক্ষিণেশ্বরের পার্শ্বে আলমবাজারে তাঁহার বাড়িতে ঠাকুর গিয়াছিলেন
In an ecstatic state, Thakur would come sometimes to this house and eat food there. The priest of Vishnu Mandir Sri Ram Chatterjee who used to stay in Dakshineswar was another person.
Sri Sri Thakur went to many places to listen to Srimad Bhagavat Path (recital), Bhagavat Leela Kirtan and Jatra (folk theatre). It is mentioned in Sri Sri Ramakrihna-Punthi that he attended Harisabha at devotee Kalachand Mukhopadhya’s house in Bali and joined the recital of Srimad-Bhagavatam and singing of Kirtan.
Bhadrakali village is located on the other side of Dakshineswar. It is stated in Sri Sri Ramakrishna-Punthi that Thakur was impressed listening to the singing of Panchali (ballad) by Shibu Acharya.