Ramakrishna Paramahamsa remembers on his birth anniversary
TNN Bureau. Updated: 2/17/2018 5:22:45 PM
National
Kolkata, Feb 18 : Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, considered to be one of the greatest saints of India, was remembered today on his 182nd birth anniversary.
West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee remembered Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa Dev on the occasion.
Born on February 18, 1836 as Gadadhar Chatterjee, in the village of Kamarpukur, in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, into a very poor and orthodox Brahmin family, his teachings influenced millions worldwide and Swami Vivekananda, his chief disciple, formed the Ramakrishna Mission, a philanthropic, volunteer organisation in 1897.