Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Mumbai

The Math centre was started in 1923.

Activities of the Math centre:

• Religious activities: Daily worship and bhajans, fortnightly Ramnam Sankirtan, religious lectures, scriptural classes, spiritual retreats and celebration of the birthdays of the Holy Trio, Kali Puja, Ganesh Puja, Durga Puja and other religious festivals.
• Spiritual retreats for devotees, cultural competitions for students, youths’ conventions and workshops on values education for teachers.

The Mission centre was founded in 1932.

Activities of the Mission centre:

• A 70-bed hospital.
• Eye camps, a medical camp and a blood donation camp 
• A public library with 44,810 books and 68 periodicals.
• A rural development project at Sakwar, a village 86 km away, with the following activities:
  • A dispensary.
  • A vocational training centre for training in automobile mechanic, carpentry, community health worker, driving-cum-mechanic, electrical wiring, tailoring, welding, computer operations and construction-supervising.
  • A computer training centre.
  • A public library.
  • Distribution of ration kits.
  • Religious discourses and celebration of the birthdays of the Holy Trio.