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- Within a year he passed away leaving the entire responsibility to his younger brother, Ramakrishna, who during the subsequent thirty years became the seeker of the Goddess Kali and an ardent devotee who imbedded the seed of change in the socio-religious condition of Bengal and earned immense reputation for the Dakshineswar temple.
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Ramakrishna came to the temple in 1855, as an assistant to his elder brother, Ramkumar, the head priest, a job he took over the next year, after Ramkumar's death. Photograph of Ramnath Temple from Views of Calcutta and Barrackpore, taken by Samuel Bourne. Twelve Shiva temples at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
In 1855 Rani Rashmoni of Janbajar offered him the job of the priest of the Goddess Kali at Dakkhineshwar Temple. Onlookers would crowd to see Ramkrishna performing puja as they wanted to see the love and devotion with which it was performed.
Jan 20, 2018 · In 1847 the Rani purchased twenty acres of land at Dakshineswar, a village about four miles north of Calcutta. Here she created a temple garden and constructed several temples. Her Ishta, or Chosen Ideal, was the Divine Mother, Kali. The temple garden stands directly on the east bank of the Ganges.
Ramakrishna grew up practicing Bhakti towards Lord Rama, and his duties as a priest at the Dakshineswar temple led him to practice worship of the Mother Kali. While serving as a temple priest at Dakshineswar, Ramakrishna would encounter various itinerant sadhus who would visit his place and stay
Dakshineswar Kali Temple, majestic 19-century temple in the village of Dakshineswar, outside Kolkata, India, on the east bank of the Hugli River, an arm of the Ganges. It is a pilgimage site largely because of the temple’s association with Ramakrishna.
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The temple was dedicated in the name of Rani's Guru, and Ramkumar, was the head priest, who installed the idol of Kali in the new temple with a grand splendor on Thursday, 31st May, 1855. Many Intellectuals of shastras (scriptures), Brahmin pundits, and celebrated scholars arrived from distant places like Kashi, Orissa, and Navadvip.
Sri Ramakrishna was born on 17.02.1836 in Kamarpukur and was deeply devoted to serve the mother goddess Kali ..... Click here
