Ramakrishna Ashrama, Thiruvananthapuram

This centre of the Ramakrishna Math was started on a hillock at Nettayam, 9 km from the Thiruvananthapuram town, in 1916. The focus of activities later moved to the city centre at Sasthamangalam.

Activities of the city centre:

1. A 300-bed hospital with the following departments: emergency & casualty services, blood bank, diagnostic radiology centre, laboratory, ICU, NICU, labor room, operation theatres, gynaecology & obstetrics, dialysis unit, nephrology, neurology, endocrinology, general medicine, urology, cardiology, psychiatry, laparoscopic & general surgery, orthopaedics, physical medicine, physiotherapy, pulmonology, gastroenterology, ENT, ophthalmology, dentistry along with alternative medicine departments like homeopathy, ayurveda and kalari (ayurveda physiotherapy).

2. Twenty-eight blood donation camps.

3. A mobile dispensary.

4. A college of nursing and a school of nursing.

5. A paramedical institute offering 4 courses.

6. Three hostels.

7. A public library.

8. Four units of Gadadhar Abhyudaya Prakalpa in rural areas.

9. Welfare activities: Providing food, hygiene kits, blankets, winter garments, and pecuniary and medical aid.

Activities at Nettayam sub-centre (situated 7 km from the main centre): General religious activities.

Activities at Kandiyoor, Mavelikara sub-centre (situated 120 km from the main centre): General religious activities.