Ramakrishna Saradashrama, Ponnampet

This centre was started in 1927.

Activities:

• A hospital with 25 beds, which registered 249 admissions during the year. The OPD which also provides naturopathy system of treatment treated 12,598 cases during the year.
• A library and a reading room with 2200 books and 28 periodicals and newspapers.
• Balak Sangha, a cultural and recreational centre, with 20 children.
• A vocational training centre with 92 trainees.
• A unit of Gadadhara Abhyudaya Prakalpa with 66 poor children.
• Welfare work by way of distribution of blankets, providing pecuniary help to the needy and educational aids to poor students.
• Regular classes, lectures, youth camps and monthly retreats.
• Regular worship and bhajans, and Ramnam Sankirtan.
• Celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other spiritual luminaries.