Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Kamarpukur

Both the Math and Mission centres were founded in 1947.

The Math centre preserves the sacred place where Sri Ramakrishna was born, as well as his ancestral home. It celebrates Durga Puja in a grand manner.

The Mission branch has the following wings:

1. A higher secondary school (class 5 to 12).

2. Three junior basic schools (class 1 to 4), two Government-aided and one self-financed.

3. A hostel for students of the higher secondary school.

4. A public library with 13,507 books and 8 periodicals.

5. A computer training centre.

6. A Gadadhar Abhyudaya Prakalpa unit.

7. Thirty-six coaching centres for school-going students.

8. A dispensary. The eye care centre attached with the dispensary conducts cataract surgeries for villagers.

9. Treatment provided under the National Leprosy Elimination Programme and the National Revised Tuberculosis Control Programme.

10. Three mobile dispensaries.

11. Pallimangal: (a) Includes a jute spinning mill, weaving units, jute handicraft unit, incense stick production and a food processing unit. (b) A vocational training centre offering courses in agriculture, food processing, handicraft, and tailoring.

12. Welfare activities: Providing clothes, winter garments and educational assistance.

Sub-Centre at Ghatal

Ghatal Sri Sri Ramakrishna Sevashram in Paschim Medinipur district was taken over and made a sub-centre of Kamarpukur Mission centre. The Sevashram was founded in 1910.