Manindra Krishna Gupta (1871-1939)—Born in Calcutta in early 1871. Father Gosaindas, mother niece of the poet Ishwarchandra Gupta. First saw the Master at Dakshineswar at the age of 11 or 12. About 4 …
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Navagopal Ghosh and Nistarini Ghosh
The Master’s well-known lay disciple, of simple and cheerful nature. Born at Begampur village in Hooghly district, resident of Badurbagan, employee of a commercial firm. After deaths of first two …
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Manomohan Mitra
Manomohan Mitra (1851-1903)—One of the foremost devotees of the Master, cousin of another eminent lay devotee, Ramchandra Datta. Born on 8.9.1851 in ancestral home at Konnagar in Hooghly district, …
Hridayram Mukhopadhyay
Hridayram Mukherjee (1840-99)—Third son of the Master’s cousin Hemangini Devi and Krishnachandra of Shihar village, about 5 miles northwest of Kamarpukur. Possessed the unique distinction of having …
Swami Bhuteshananda
Swami Bhuteshananda, the twelfth President of the Ramakrishna Order, was born on 8 September 1901 at Somsar in Bankura district of West Bengal. His pre-monastic name was Vijay Chandra Roy. His parents …
Not even Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva…
Sarala (later Bharatiprana) recalled: “One day at Jayrambati, vexed with her relatives, the Mother said to them angrily: ‘Do not torture me too much. If He who dwells inside this body hisses but once, …