Ramakrishna Math, Naora

The centre, situated at the birthplace of Swami Trigunatitananda (a monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna), was taken over by the Ramakrishna Math in February 2011.

Activities:

• A vocational training unit with 773 trainees, imparting training in tailoring, poultry, goatery, pisciculture, plumbing, computer operations and vegetable gardening.
• Seven free coaching centres with 1025 students. An early childhood education centre where special classes were organized for 72 children of 3 to 5 years for developing school-going habits and basic personal hygiene.
• An adult education centre with 63 Adivasi adults.
• A public library and reading room with 2200 books.
• A cultural centre where 1512 students were given training on physical exercise, parade, games, bratachari, yoga, etc.
• An allopathic-cum-homeopathic charitable dispensary, which treated 11,599 patients.
• A mobile medical unit (treated 11,022 patients) and 230 medical camps (treated 19,712 patients). 156 patients underwent cataract surgery.
• Under rural development work the following were undertaken: (a) distribution of solar lanterns in Jalangi area and training for the beneficiaries in maintaining it, (b) construction of low-cost cottages and low-cost toilets, (c) sinking of tube well, (d) construction of a bathing ghat, and (e) construction of a poultry farm.
• A unit of Gadadhara Abhyudaya Prakalpa with 171 underprivileged children.
• Welfare work by way of providing food, clothes, blankets and pecuniary help to the poor.
• Religious activities: Daily worship, religious discourses, and celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Trigunatitananda and other saints.