Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Kadapa

The Math centre owes its origin to Sri Ramakrishna Samajam founded in 1910. This was superseded in 1922 by Sri Ramakrishna Seva Samiti. The Seva Samiti was taken over by the Ramakrishna Math in 2004 and made a sub-centre of Ramakrishna Math, Chennai. It became a full-fledged centre in 2005.

Activities:

1. A public library with 4110 books.

2. A dispensary with allopathy, homeopathy and ayurveda sections.

3. Welfare activities: Providing clothes and buttermilk.

4. Religious activities: Daily worship, weekly discourses, monthly spiritual retreats, and celebrations of the birth anniversaries of the Holy Trio and Kalpataru Day.

The Mission centre was started in 2005 at Putlampalli, about 6 km from Kadapa city.

Activities:

1. A high school. All students are provided with free mid-day meals.

2. A students’ home.

3. Spoken English classes.

4. Welfare activities: Scholarships were provided to students.

5. Religious activities: Daily worship, occasional spiritual retreats outside the ashrama, religious classes, and celebrations of the birth anniversaries of the Holy Trio and Kalpataru Day.