Sunday, February 3, 2013

Belur Math

One of the chief disciples of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda founded Belur Math which is known as the head quarters of  Ramakrishna Math and Mission. Belur Math is one of the significant place in Calcutta, it is located on the west bank of the river Hooghly in Belur, West Bengal.. This temple is one of the prime symbol of Ramakrishna Movement. One will be amazed to see the structure of the temple which has notable among all, as it has the fusion of Hinduism, Christianity an Islamic culture, it signifies the unity of all religion.

Belur Math


Sri Ramakrishna Temple, this temple was actually designed and was constructed under the supervision of Swami Vivekananda, the architect of this mesmerizing math was swami Vijnanananda, who himself was a great disciples of Ramakrishna Paramhansa. This temple was ordained on 14th January on the very day of Makar Sankranti day in 1938.
Swami Vivekananda Temple stands where  Swami Vivekananda mortal was cremated in 1902.It was ordained on 28th of January 1924, the upper part of the temple has an Om (a Bengali character).
Another attraction is the Ramakrishna Museum, where all the things used by Ramakrishna Paramhansa,Swami Vivekananda , Sarada Devi are kept. Like long worm used by Swami Vivekananda during his visit to west, Sister Nivedita's table and organ by Mrs Saveir are all kept, this museum has an active roll during the movement in Bengal in those days.

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