Sargachi Ramakrishna Mission High School is a boys-only day and boarding school in

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, and it is located in Sargachi, of the Murshidabad district. The school was founded in 1897 by Swami Akhndananda ji Maharaj. It is affiliated to the

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) came into existence in 1975. It is an autonomous examining authority, which is responsible for conducting examinations for standard XII for both government and private schools aff ...

and

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination (or secondary school level examination) of West Bengal, India. It has come into force ...

History

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Swami

Akhandananda Swami Akhandananda (1864–1937) was a swami and direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, a 19th-century mystic. He was the third president of the Ramakrishna Mission. Early life Initial Years Akhandananda was born as Gangadhar Ghatak (Gan ...

Maharaj, a direct disciple of 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 ...

, established this institution in 1897. He came to the nearby village Mahula for helping the famine affected poor villagers of Murshidabad on 15 May 1897. The present site of Sargachi ashrama was taken over in 1913. Akhandananda started an orphanage and primary school initially to provide quality education to the local students. At present, this is a higher secondary school now. There is a hostel for about 65 boys besides the school, where about 12 students from each class between V to X reside. This institution has been governed by many respected missionaries of the

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 ...

. Most respected among them include Swami Devarajananda maharaj, Swami Jnanolokananda maharaj & now Swami Tapanisthananda maharaj. Respected vice president

Swami Suhitananda Swami ( ; sometimes abbreviated sw.) in Hinduism is an honorific title given to a male or female ascetic who has chosen the path of renunciation (''sanyāsa''), or has been initiated into a religious monastic order of Vaishnavas. It is used eith ...

maharaj has served the post of secretary of ashrama which is now being maintained by

Swami Biswamayananda Swami ( ; sometimes abbreviated sw.) in Hinduism is an honorific title given to a male or female ascetic who has chosen the path of renunciation (''sanyāsa''), or has been initiated into a religious monastic order of Vaishnavas. It is used eith ...

References

High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in Murshidabad district Educational institutions established in 1897 Schools affiliated with the Ramakrishna Mission Boarding schools in West Bengal 1897 establishments in British India {{WestBengal-school-stub