Gurudevar ramakrishna paramahamsa biography

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (), a 19th-century saint, was the founder of the Ramakrishna Order of monks and is regarded as the spiritual founder of the Ramakrishna Movement.

Swami Vivekananda () was his foremost disciple.

Ramakrishna Jayanti is celebrated on March 15 every year.

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Life of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

• Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya was a poor Brahmin priest who later came to be known as Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.

• Sri Ramakrishna was born in a poor Brahmana family of the village, called Kamarpukur in Bengal, on the 18th of February  
• His father Khudiram Chatterjee was a man of great piety and uprightness of character.

• His mother Chandramani Devi too was a paragon of womanly virtues.
• His education did not proceed beyond the elementary stage, and he had no for