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Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Bengali: রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, romanized: Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; pronounced [ramɔkriʂno pɔromoɦɔŋʃo] (listen), 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahansa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya, was an Indian Hindu mystic and religious leader who lived in the 19th century Bengal. He adhered to various religious practices from Bhakti yoga, Tantra, Advaita Vedanta, as well as from Islam and Christianity, before proclaiming that the world's various religions are "so many paths to reach one and the same goal". Ramakrishna's followers came to regard him as an avatara, or divine incarnation, as did some of the prominent Hindu scholars of his day.

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Rkmnabadwip: distribution of anna and vastra from the main campus of ramakrishna mission nabadwip as a part of annapurna puja( 29.03.2023). we are blessed to have the holy company of swami durgeshananda and swami nirihananda ji at this auspicious occation of the puja of living goddess jai ma
Rkmnabadwip: distribution of anna and vastra from the main campus of ramakrishna mission nabadwip as a part of annapurna puja( 29.03.2023). we are blessed to have the holy company of swami durgeshananda and swami nirihananda ji at this auspicious occation of the puja of living goddess jai ma
Rkmnabadwip: distribution of anna and vastra from the main campus of ramakrishna mission nabadwip as a part of annapurna puja( 29.03.2023). we are blessed to have the holy company of swami durgeshananda and swami nirihananda ji at this auspicious occation of the puja of living goddess jai ma
Rkmnabadwip: distribution of anna and vastra from the main campus of ramakrishna mission nabadwip as a part of annapurna puja( 29.03.2023). we are blessed to have the holy company of swami durgeshananda and swami nirihananda ji at this auspicious occation of the puja of living goddess jai ma
Navjivanngo: today on the occasion of mahastami, we participated in the arnapurneswari pooja celebration held at ramakrishna mission ashram, kothar under the supervision of mission editor swami devshananda g maharaj and co-editor basuprada g maharaj.
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Impelled by memory in a wayward mood,
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