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Ramakrishna Math And Mission Branches
Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886——— —), also called Ramakrishna Paramahansa (; ; ), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhay,M's original Bengali diary page 661, Saturday, 13 February 1886''More About Ramakrishna'' by Swami Prabhananda, 1993, Advaita Ashrama, page 23 was an Indian Hindu Mysticism, mystic. He was a devotee of the goddess Kali, but adhered to various religious practices from the Hindu traditions of Vaishnavism, Tantra#Śaiva and Śākta tantra, Tantric Shaktism, and Advaita Vedanta, as well as Christianity and Islam. His parable-based teachings advocated the essential Omnism, unity of religions and proclaimed that world religions are "so many paths to reach one and the same goal". He is regarded by his followers as an avatar (divine incarnation). Ramakrishna was born in Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, India. He described going through religious experiences in childhood. At age twenty, he became a temple priest at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Daksh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakshineswar
Dakshineswar is a neighbourhood in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Etymology Dakshineswar gets its name from the Sanskrit name the ''Dakṣiṇeśvara'' of Shiva. The temple of Shiva is located around 1.5 km north of the famous Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Kali temple, at the southern part of Ariadaha. The temple is very important to the Shaivism, Shiva devotees and the Lingam is believed to be Svayambhu. The mythological ''asura'' king, Banasura attributed to build the temple. There is also a tank named after the king, ''Ban Rajar Dighi''. The locality was previously known as ''Deulpõtā,'' suggesting the ancient temple could have been destroyed and submerged, later discovered and brought to the riverside from the ancient lake and built the present temple by Dewan Haranath Ghosal, a local ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
