page_title: Ramakrishna Mission
section_title: Activities
hierarchical_section_title: Ramakrishna Mission / Activities
caption_attribution_description: English: PORT BLAIR, India (March 24, 2010) Mineman Seaman Derek Smith helps a boy from the Ramakrishna mission, an orphanage in Port Blair, plant a tree. Smith was one of 16 Sailors assigned to the mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) who cleared ground to plant a garden of pomegranate, guava and lemon trees at the mission. Patriot is the first U.S. Navy warship to visit Port Blair and will be conducting military training with the Indian navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin/Released)
context_page_description: Ramakrishna mission is a Hindu religious and spiritual organisation which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as the Ramakrishna Movement or the Vedanta Movement. The mission is named after and inspired by the Indian saint Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on 1 May 1897. The organisation mainly propagates the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta–Advaita Vedanta and four yogic ideals–jnana, bhakti, karma, and Raja Yoga.
  Apart from religious and spiritual teaching the organisation carries out extensive educational and philanthropic work in India. This aspect came to be a feature of many other Hindu movements. The mission bases its work on the principles of karma yoga, the principle of selfless work done with dedication to God. The Ramakrishna Mission has centres around the world and publishes many important Hindu texts. It is affiliated with the monastic organisation.Vivekananda was greatly influenced by his guru Ramakrishna.
context_section_description: The principal workers of the mission are the monks. The mission's activities cover the following areas,
  Education
  Health care
  Cultural activities
  Rural uplift
  Tribal welfare
  Youth movement etc.
  The mission has its own hospitals, charitable dispensaries, maternity clinics, tuberculosis clinics, and mobile dispensaries. It also maintains training centres for nurses. Orphanages and homes for the elderly are included in the mission's field of activities, along with rural and tribal welfare work.
  The mission has established many renowned educational institutions in India, having its own university, colleges, vocational training centres, high schools and primary schools, teacher-training institutes, as well as schools for the visually handicapped. It has also been involved in disaster relief operations during famine, epidemic, fire, flood, earthquake, cyclone and communal disturbances.
  The mission played an important role in the installation of photovoltaic (PV) lighting systems in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal. Due to the geographical features of the Sunderbans, it is very difficult to extend the grid network to supply power to its population. The PV lighting was used to provide electricity to the people who were traditionally depending on kerosene and diesel.
caption: A sailor assigned to the mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot who cleared ground to plant a garden of pomegranate, guava and lemon trees at the mission.
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