Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama is a branch of

Ramakrishna Math Ramakrishna Math is the administrative legal organization of the Ramakrishna Order, considered part of the Hindu reform movements. It was set up by sanyasin disciples of Ramakrishna Paramhansa headed by Swami Vivekananda at Baranagar Math in Bar ...

and

Ramakrishna Mission Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a Hindu religious and spiritual organisation which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as the ''Ramakrishna Movement'' or the ''Vedanta Movement''. The mission is named after and inspired by th ...

involved in providing humanitarian, healthcare, education and relief services to poor and needy through the universal principle of serving "God in man", based on the motto, ''Atmano Moksartham Jagat Hitaya Cha'', which was propounded by

Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda (; ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the intro ...

List of Sevashramas

The oldest Sevashramas were

Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service is an Indian non-governmental organisation (NGO) located in Varanasi (formerly known as Banaras), established in 1900, and a branch of Ramakrishna Mission since 1902. It manages an education program on essen ...

, in Varanasi, established by Kedarnath Moullik (

Swami Achalananda Achalananda (born Kedarnath Moulik in 1876, died 1947), popularly known as Kedar Baba, was a direct monastic disciple of Vivekananda and the founder of Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service, in Varanasi. He initially worked as a policeman, but wa ...

) and Charu Chandra Das ( Swami Subhananda), the two monastic disciples of

in 1900,

Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal (RKMS) is in its present form is a 210-bed multi-specialty charitable hospital in Kankhal, Haridwar in Uttarakhand. It is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission, and was established in 1901 by Swami Kalyananand ...

, established by

Swami Kalyanananda Kalyanananda (1874–1937) was a direct monastic disciple of Vivekananda, who had set up the Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama at Kankhal, near Haridwar. As a monk of the Ramakrishna Order, he took up service to the humanity as the most importa ...

and

Swami Nischayananda Nischayananda (11 May 1865 – 22 October 1934) was an Indian monk who worked to help the poor and needy. He was a direct monastic disciple of Vivekananda. He, together with Kalyanananda was responsible for setting up and running the Ramakri ...

, the two monastic disciples of Swami Vivekananda in 1901, Ramakrishna Mission Sevashram in Vrindavan, established under Babu Jajneswar Chunder with his own son and Bramachari Harendra Nath of

Belur Math Belur Math () is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. It is located on the west bank of Hooghly River, Belur, West Bengal, India. The tem ...

in 1907, Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Allahabad, established by

Swami Vijnanananda Swami Vijnanananda (born Hariprasanna Chattopadhyaya; 30 October 1868 – 25 April 1938) was an Indian monk of Ramakrishna order, born in an upper-class family near Dakshineswar, and was a direct disciple of Ramakrishna. He was an engineer and ...

in 1910. Subsequently, other centers were established in different places which include - Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Silchar in Assam, *Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Muzaffarpur, Bihar, *Ramakrishna Mission T.B Sanatorium Ranchi, *Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Calicut, *Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Lukhnow, *Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Bankura, *Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Contai, *Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Garbeta, *Ramakrishna Mission Sarada Sevashrama Jayrambati, *

Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) is a medical institution and hospital on Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata, which functions under the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a Hindu religious and ...

in Kolkata, and *Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Tamluk. Centers in Bangladesh include Dhaka (founded in 1899), Barisal (1904), Narayanganj (1909), Baliati at Manikganj (1910), Sylhet (1916), Chittagong (1921), Faridpur (1921), Habiganj (1921), Mymensingh (1922), Dinajpur (1923), Bagerhat (1926), and Comilla (1936).

Work undertaken

The primary work undertaken by all Sevashramas is in the area of providing basic and advanced healthcare facilities to poor and needy at affordable costs, through the hospitals under their wings. All sevashramas work as their key principle service to the mankind irrespective of religion, caste and creed, in line with the philosophy of

Vedanta ''Vedanta'' (; sa, वेदान्त, ), also ''Uttara Mīmāṃsā'', is one of the six (''āstika'') schools of Hindu philosophy. Literally meaning "end of the Vedas", Vedanta reflects ideas that emerged from, or were aligned with, t ...

of looking upon every human being as the manifestation of the divine as propounded by

Sri Ramakrishna Ramakrishna Paramahansa ( bn, রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; , 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886),——— — also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya,, was an In ...

and Swami Vivekananda.Activities of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
/ref> In addition some Sevashramas also offer educational, humanitarian (like relief and rehabilitation) and spiritual services.

References

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