Ramakrishna Advaita Ashrama, Kalady

The ashrama was started in 1936 and made a branch of the Math in 1941.

Activities:

1. A higher secondary school.

2. A secondary school.

3. A Sanskrit upper primary school.

4. A junior basic school.

5. A nursery school.

6. A students’ home for boys.

7. A public library with 10,230 books and 5 periodicals.

8. A computer centre.

9. A typewriting centre.

10. Values education programmes like personality development workshops, youth conventions and teachers’ seminars.

11. Welfare activities: Providing pecuniary and educational help.

12. Religious activities: Daily worship, religious discourses, occasional spiritual retreats, celebration of the birthdays of the Holy Trio and other spiritual luminaries and major religious festivals.

13. Pandupara: This rural unit, situated 15 km away from the main centre, maintains a rubber plantation. Agricultural activities are carried out on 33 acres of land there.

14. Muvattupuzha sub-centre: Situated 35 km away from the main centre, this sub-centre conducts daily worship and satsangs.