Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Salem

The ashrama was founded in 1919.

Activities:

• A dispensary.
• Eye and medical camps.
• A public library.
• A Balak Sangha for imparting values education.
• Two coaching centres, and a lending library with books at Pudur in Salem.
• Welfare activities: Providing pecuniary, medical and educational aid; distribution of food, clothes, blankets and winter garments; and infrastructural support to government hospitals.
• 8. Religious activities: Daily worship, religious discourses, fortnightly Ramnam Sankirtan, occasional spiritual retreats, and celebration of the birthdays of the Holy Trio and other religious festivals.