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Kambuliatola: Master Mahasaya’s Rented House

লীলাপ্রসঙ্গে গুরুভাব পূর্বার্ধ (ঝামাপুকুরে) ১ম অধ্যায়ে শ্রীশ্রীঠাকুরের এখানে আসার কথা আছে। সেদিন কয়েকজন মহিলা ভক্ত দক্ষিণেশ্বরে তাঁহার দর্শনে গিয়াছিলেন। সেখানে দর্শন না পাইয়া এই বাড়িতে আসিয়া শ্রীশ্রীঠাকুরের দর্শনলাভপূর্বক তাঁহার সহিত কথাবার্তা বলিয়া ধন্যা হইয়াছিলেন। শ্রীশ্রীঠাকুর এই বাড়িতে জলযোগ ও আহারাদি করিয়া সেদিন দক্ষিণেশ্বরে ফিরিয়া যান।

Sadharon Brahmo Samaj

‘Sadharan Brahmo Samaj’ was established in the Thanthane area by senior Brahmo devotees like Pandit Shivanath Sastri and Acharya Bijoy Krishna Goswami. This place has been blessed on several occasions by the visit of Sri Ramakrishna. This Sadharan Brahma Samaj was created in 1878 as a result of an ideology confict between the leaders of the Nababidhan Brahmo Samaj and Bharatborshiyo Brahmo Samaj.

Ishanchandra Mukherjee’s House

As per the Gospel, Sri Ramakrishna graced this house twice by his visit, first on 27.12.1883 and the other on 25.6.1884, when he was invited to attend the Rath yatra festival. During his second visit, Mastar Mahashay introduced him with the second son of Ishanbabu, Shrishchandra.

Swami Subodhananda’s House

During his stay in Jhamapukur region, Thakur visited Subodh Ghosh’s (later Swami Subodhananda, one of the monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna) residence at Thanthania a few times. Subodh was not born then. Later when Subodh, as a young student, came to meet Thakur in Dakshineswar, Thakur told him, ‘When I used to stay in Jhamapukur, I had visited Siddheshwari temple as well as your house so many times. You were not born then’. This old two-story house exists even today.

Jhamapukur – Govinda Chatterjee’s House

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.

Nather Bagan

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.

Thanthania Kalibari

Gadhadar (later Sri Ramakrishna) while living in the Jhamapukur area in 1853 to 1855, used to often visit Ma Siddheshwari Kali of Thanthania Kalibari, and sing to the Goddess of this temple.