Our Inspiration
Sri Ramakrishna
Sri Sarada Devi
Swami Vivekananda
Sri Mahendranath Gupta
Sri Ramakrishna was born on 18 February 1836 in the village of Kamarpukur about sixty miles northwest of Kolkata. His parents,Kshudiram Chattopadhyaya and Chandramani Devi, were poor but very pious and virtuous. As a child, Ramakrishna (his childhood name was Gadadhar) was dearly loved by the villagers.
Endearingly known as ‘Holy Mother’, Sri Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna, was born on 22 December 1853 in a poor Brahmin family in Jayrambati, a village adjoining Kamarpukur in West Bengal. Her father,Ramachandra Mukhopadhyay, was a pious and kind-hearted person, and her mother, Shyama Sundari Devi, was a loving and hard-working woman.
Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as Narendra Nath Datta, was born in an affluent family in Kolkata on 12 January 1863. His father,Vishwanath Datta, was a successful attorney with interests in a wide range of subjects, and his mother, Bhuvaneshwari Devi, was endowed with deep devotion, strong character and other qualities.
Mahendranath Gupta, well known as Master Mahashay or Sri M was born on 14th July 1854. After completing his BA from Presidency College, in 1874, he became headmaster of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's high school, where he was called "Master Mahashay". His vivid narration of conversations with Sri Ramakrishna was published as Kathamrita