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Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
Sarisha, South 24-Parganas, West Bengal, PIN 743 368, India

Origin

RAMAKRISHNA MATH AND RAMAKRISHNA MISSION are twin organizations which form the core of a worldwide spiritual movement (known as Ramakrishna   Movement or Vedanta Movement), which aims at the harmony of religions, harmony of the East and the West, harmony of the ancient and the modern spiritual   fulfillment, all-round development of human faculties, social equality and peace for all humanity without any distinctions of caste, creed, race or nationality.

RAMAKRISHNA MATH is a monastic order for men brought into existence before 1986 and registered on 1901 by Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), the Chief Apostle   of Sri Ramakrishna (1836 - 1886), who was the great Saint of Bengal and is regarded as the prophet of the modern age. The main thrust of all Math centres is to   cater the spiritual, intellectual and mental food towards the path of God Realization and basic welfare service according to the needs of the society.

RAMAKRISHNA MISSION is a registered society in which monks of the Ramakrishna Math and lay devotees co-operate in conducting various types of social services.   It was founded in 1897 and registered in 1909 under Society Registration Act by Swami Vivekananda, who is regarded as 'One of the main molders of the modern   world', thinkers and a leader with a prophetic vision.

Though the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission with their respective branches are distinct legal entities and financial identity, they are closely related, in   as much as the Governing Body of the Mission is selected from Trustees of the Math, and several other ways. So both are to be regarded as twin organisations. The   Math and Mission together have 189 branch centres all over the world of them 143 centres are in India.

The Ashrama running all its activities based on the ideals of Serve Humanity as an entity of Almighty. All monks and volunteers are inspired with the twin ideals of   self-realization and service to the world.

Sarisha Mission is well known for educational services for rural backward women in different sphere. It runs number of educational institutes with more than 3000   students and 400 trainees. Over 8 decades, Sarisha Mission contributed to education, skill upliftment, women empowerment, other welfare activities and extension   programmers with a new outlook creativity for the rural backward masses. The harmony of all human energy is one of the specializations of the Sarisha Mission, where children, boys & girls, youths and aged are developed with positivism, man making and character-building vision.