This house is at the corner of Guruprasad Chowdhury Lane. On 10-12-1881, Thakur graced Rajendranath Mitra’s house and danced and sang in the presence of Keshab Chandra Sen, the most prominent leader of the Brahmo Samaj. Rajendranath Mitra was a renowned figure in those days. He worked at the post of ‘Deputy magistrate’ and rose to the position of assistant secretary and finance minister to the viceroy during the English Era. He was the maternal uncle of two of the lay disciples of Sri Ramakrishna – Sri Manomohan Mitra and Ramchandra Dutta.
Category Archives: North Kolkata
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Nov
Nov
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.
02
Nov
Nov
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.
02
Nov
Nov
During his stay at Jhamapukur, Sri Ramakrishna (then Gadadhar) used to spend time in this shop on the Guruprasad Chowdhury Lane. Vaishnava Nakur Babaji was originally a native of Kamarpukur region, and was thus known to Sri Ramakrishna. This shop does not exist today.
02
Nov
Nov
Thakur Sri Ramakrishna used to stay with his brother in a house on the Bechu Chatterjee street, which was in this same row, just 3-4 houses away a little on the eastern side. They stayed there for about two years, from 1853 to 1855. It was a simple house with tiled hut, which was located on the north side of the road opposite to the Laha household. All those houses have been demolished and have been replaced by brick houses.
College Street, Hatibagan, Jhamapukur, North Kolkata, Shyampukur
Jhamapukur – Govinda Chatterjee’s House
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Nov
Nov
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.
02
Nov
Nov
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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Oct
Oct
There was a famous Fagur food shop on the west side of the road in Barahanagar Bazar. Sri Sri Thakur used to love the ‘kachuri’ from Fagur’s shop. At present there are a few beautiful shops and a food shop (Mukhruchi) at that location.
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Oct
Oct
Thakur Sri Ramakrishna visited the Siddheswari Kali Mandir near Barahanagar market. Although it is a small temple, the idol of Goddess Siddheshwari is big.
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Sep
Sep
Sri Ramakrishna visited this place on the 5th of August 1882 at 4pm along with Master Mahasaya (Mahendranath Gupta, the author of Kathamrita), and he had long discussions with Vidyasagar till 9 pm. These discussions were held in a room situated on the second floor of this two storey building. The detailed description of that day’s meeting is available in Kathamrita.
