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 also his ancestral home. It conducted daily worship and religious classes and observed certain festivals and birthdays of religious personages.

The Mission branch has the following wings:

• A secondary school (class 5 to 10).
• Two junior basic schools (class 1 to 4).
• A hostel for boys of the secondary school.
• A public library with books and periodicals.
• A computer training centre.
• A vocational training centre offering courses for girls in cutting, tailoring & embroidery.
• Two units of Gadadhar Abhyudaya Prakalpa.
• Thirty-seven coaching centres.
• A dispensary and Eye care centre.
• Under the National Leprosy Elimination Programme.
• Under the National Revised Tuberculosis Control Programme.
• Two mobile dispensaries.
• A mini jute spinning mill, weaving units, a jute handicraft unit, an incense sticks producing unit and a food processing unit.
• Welfare activities: Distribution of scholarships.