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Address and Activities of Rahara Centre | |
Ramakrishna Mission Boys’ Home, Rahara
Ramakrishna Mission Boys’ Home
Rahara
Kolkata, West Bengal 700118
India
Phone : 033-2568 2850 & 2568 3219; 2523 6336 (Central Office), 2523-6323 (Monks’ Quarter,
2568-2021(Brahmananda College of Education), 2568-2049(V Centenary College),,
2523-7991, 2523-8171, 25238000, 25683149,
Email : rkmrahara@yahoo.co.in
This centre, which was started in 1944, is primarily a residential
educational institution for orphans and poor boys. However, a good
number of day-scholars also attend its various schools and colleges.
Activities of the Mission centre :
An orphanage with 533 boys, where general education and
training in crafts are provided.
A degree college offering honours and pass courses in science
subjects (total 835 students).
A higher secondary school (with a high school section) with
1269 boys.
A junior high school with 631 students.
A junior basic school with 774 students.
A non-formal (junior) school with 65 students and a night school
with 23 students.
A residential college of education with 78 students.
A primary teachers’ training institute with 96 students.
An industrial training centre and a higher secondary vocational
institute with 126 students.
Vocational training in electrical works, carpentry, composing and
printing, tailoring, etc to 27 students.
A hostel for high school boys, with 136 students.
Eight libraries attached to schools and colleges had 88,423
books and 96 newspapers and periodicals besides a wellequipped
district library (54,604 books, and 42 newspapers and
periodicals) with a mobile unit and an audio-visual unit.
A free homeopathic-cum-allopathic dispensary for public (cases treated:
12,737) and a 52-bed hospital for the students.
Welfare work by way of distribution of clothes, educational aids,
blankets, etc and some village development activities.
Religious activities: Daily worship, arati and bhajans, regular
discourses, and celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna,
Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other
religious luminaries as also Durga Puja, Kali Puja, etc.,
Medical camps at various places of Sundarbans (8270 patients treated)
and a blood donation camp (124 persons donated blood).
Additional Photos of the Activities of the Centre:
Educational
Degree College
Industrial School
Library & Reading Room
Students Home
Vocational Training Centre
Spiritual
Devotional Singing
Temple
Temple
Shrine
W S A R C H I V E
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This information on Centre's activities is collected from
The General Report
of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, April 2012.
(From April 2010
to March 2011)
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