Baranagar Math

Many of his disciples showed inclination to return home and live Grihastha (family-oriented) life.

The monastic disciples led by young Narendranath Datta understood the necessity to find out a new shelter.

Narendranath and others decided to make dilapidated house at Baranagar the new math (monastery) for remaining disciples.

[3] Surendra Nath Mitra, a devotee of Ramakrishna desired to pay the rent for the house.

[5] Narendra later reminisced about the early days in the monastery:[6] We underwent a lot of religious practice at the Baranagar Math.

We had no thought even as to whether the world existed or not.In January 1887, Narendranath Datta and eight other disciples of Ramakrishna took formal monastic vows at Baranagr Math.

At that time Belur Math Management[c] asked Baranagar's local Ramakrishna Mission Centre to take care of the possession.

Baranagar Math, dilapidated house of nineteenth century
Group photo taken on 30 January 1887 in Baranagar Math, Kolkata.
Standing : (l–r) Swami Shivananda , Swami Ramakrishnananda , Swami Vivekananda , Randhuni, Debendranath Majumdar, Mahendranath Gupta (Shri M), Swami Trigunatitananda , H.Mustafi
Sitting : (l–r) Swami Niranjanananda , Swami Saradananda , Hutko Gopal, Swami Abhedananda