Category Archives: North Kolkata

Master Mahasaya – Sri Mahendranath Gupta’s Rented Houses

The name of Sri Mahendranath Gupta, a householder devotee specially graced by Sri Ramakrishna and the author of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita, is well known to all of us. Popularly referred to as Master Mahasaya, he served as the headmaster of Vidyasagar School, i.e., Metropolitan Institution. Writing under the pen name M., he came to be affectionately known in the devotee community as Sri M.

Shambhu Charan Mallick’s Residence at Barabazar

Shambhu Charan Mallick’s Residence at Barabazar Sri Ramakrishna visited his devotee, Shambhu Charan Mallick (references of two other names ‘Shambhuchandra’ and ‘Shambhunath’ are mentioned in the footnotes of page 155 of Bengali book ‘SriRamakrishna Bhaktamalika’- volume 2- ‘Shambhu Charan Mallick’ by Swami Gambhirananda), at his residence in the Barabazaar area of North Kolkata. A prosperous […]

House of Golap Maa at Baghbazar

১৮৮৫ খ্রীষ্টাব্দের ২৮শে জুলাই শ্রীশ্রীঠাকুর ভক্তসঙ্গে এই বাড়িতে আসিয়াছিলেন। বর্তমানে বাড়িটি হস্তান্তরিত হইয়া নূতন রূপ ধারণ করিয়াছে। ঠিকানা-৬/এ, নবীন সরকার লেন, বাগবাজার, কলিকাতা-৩।

Jhamapukur Rajbati: Digambar Mitra’s Palatial House

During 1853-1855, when Thakur Sri Ramakrishna (then Gadadhar) stayed in Jhamapukur, he used to come to this house daily to worship Narayan Shila (Sridhar Jiu). Many parts of this huge palace of Digambar Mitra have now been sold out. This place is now more popularly known as ‘Jhamapukur Rajbari’. In the year 1979, ‘Jhamapukur Sri Sri Ramakrishna Sangha’ has been established in this Rajbari. At present, this Sangha is run by Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Bhavprachar Parishad of Belur Math.

Cossipore Mahasmashan (Crematorium)

শ্রীরামকৃষ্ণদেবের পূতদেহ এই শ্মশানঘাটে ১৬-৮-১৮৮৬ তারিখে ভক্তবৃন্দ লইয়া গিয়া অগ্নিতে আহুতি প্রদান করেন। ওই স্থানটিতে একটি স্মারক মন্দির নির্মিত হইয়াছে। ইহার বর্তমান নাম — শ্রীরামকৃষ্ণ মহাশ্মশান।