23 moments

1. Birth at Kamarpukur

   1836-02-18 · Kamarpukur, Hooghly district, West Bengal, India

   

   Ramakrishna was born in the village that remained a recurrent place of residence and pilgrimage throughout his life.

2. Move to Calcutta

   1852-01-01 · Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India

   He moved from his native village to Calcutta to assist his elder brother Ramkumar in priestly work. Coordinates represent central Kolkata because the cited text does not identify a precise residence.

3. Dakshineswar Kali Temple dedication

   1855-05-31 · Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Dakshineswar, West Bengal, India

   

   Ramakrishna attended the dedication of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, where he subsequently spent most of his adult life.

4. First northern pilgrimage: Kashi

   1863-01-01 · Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

   Ramakrishna visited Kashi during his first documented northern pilgrimage. Coordinates represent Varanasi; the source does not identify a particular site in the city.

5. First northern pilgrimage: Prayag

   1863-01-01 · Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

   Ramakrishna visited Prayag during his first documented northern pilgrimage. Coordinates represent Prayagraj; the source does not identify a particular site in the city.

6. First northern pilgrimage: Vaidyanath

   1863-01-01 · Baidyanath Temple, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India

   On an early pilgrimage with his mother, Ramakrishna visited Vaidyanath before continuing to Kashi and Prayag. The source supports the year but not a more precise date.

7. Stay at Kamarpukur with Bhairavi Brahmani

   1867-01-01 · Kamarpukur, Hooghly district, West Bengal, India

   

   Ramakrishna stayed in his native village with the ascetic Bhairavi Brahmani before his 1868 northern pilgrimage. The chronological source supports the year only.

8. Pilgrimage at Kedar Ghat

   1868-01-01 · Kedar Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

   Ramakrishna stayed in Kashi during the 1868 pilgrimage and regularly travelled by palanquin to worship at the Vishwanath temple. The source supports 1868 through the dated pilgrimage context, but not a more precise date in Kashi.

9. Pilgrimage at Prayag

   1868-01-01 · Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

   Ramakrishna visited Prayag with Mathur during the 1868 pilgrimage, bathed at the confluence, and remained for three nights. The source supports 1868 through the dated pilgrimage context, but not a more precise date at Prayag.

10. Pilgrimage at Vaidyanath

    1868-01-01 · Baidyanath Temple, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India

    During the 1868 pilgrimage, Ramakrishna stayed at Deoghar and urged Mathur to provide food and clothing to impoverished villagers. The source supports 1868 through the dated pilgrimage context, but not a more precise date at Deoghar.

11. Pilgrimage at Vrindavan

    1868-01-01 · Nidhuvan, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Ramakrishna visited religious sites around Vrindavan, including Nidhuvan, Radhakunda, Shyamkunda, and Govardhan. The source supports 1868 through the dated pilgrimage context, but not a more precise date at Vrindavan.

12. Return to Dakshineswar from pilgrimage

    1868-01-01 · Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Dakshineswar, West Bengal, India

    

    After about four months away on pilgrimage, Ramakrishna returned to Dakshineswar and ritually placed soil brought from Vrindavan in the temple grounds. The source gives only a mid-1868 return period.

13. Pilgrimage departure with Mathur

    1868-01-27 · Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India

    Ramakrishna left with Mathur Babu, his mother, Hriday, and other companions on a northern Indian pilgrimage. The text establishes the departure date but not its precise Calcutta departure point; coordinates represent central Kolkata.

14. Pilgrimage to Nadia

    1870-01-01 · Nabadwip, Nadia district, West Bengal, India

    Ramakrishna travelled by boat on a pilgrimage to Nadia, associated with Chaitanya and Nityananda. Coordinates represent Nabadwip in the Nadia region; the cited text identifies Nadia rather than a precise landing place.

15. Visit to Keshab Sen at Belgharia

    1875-01-01 · Belgharia, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Ramakrishna travelled with his nephew Hriday to meet Brahmo Samaj leader Keshab Sen at Sen's garden house. Coordinates are a representative point for Belgharia; the historical garden-house site is not specified in the cited text.

16. Kirtan at Keshab Sen's house

    1879-09-21 · Keshab Chandra Sen's house, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    

    Ramakrishna attended a gathering of Brahmo Samaj devotees at Keshab Chandra Sen's house; a well-known photograph records him there in bhava samadhi. Coordinates are a representative point in north-central Kolkata because the caption does not provide a street address.

17. Final extended stay at Kamarpukur

    1880-03-03 · Kamarpukur, Hooghly district, West Bengal, India

    

    Ramakrishna began his last recorded extended stay at his native Kamarpukur, remaining there until October 1880. The source gives a date range; this card uses the documented arrival date.

18. Portrait at Bengal Photographers' Studio

    1881-12-10 · Bengal Photographers' Studio, Radhabazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    

    Ramakrishna visited the Bengal Photographers' studio in Radhabazar, where his standing portrait was made. The former studio no longer exists; coordinates represent the documented historic Radhabazar/Bowbazar area.

19. Meeting Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

    1882-08-05 · Vidyasagar Residence, Badurbagan, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Ramakrishna travelled from Dakshineswar to Badurbagan to meet educator and reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at his residence.

20. Residence for treatment at Shyampukur

    1885-10-18 · Shyampukur House, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    During treatment for throat illness, Ramakrishna was staying at the Shyampukur house with disciples and visiting physicians.

21. Transfer to Cossipore Garden House

    1885-12-11 · Cossipore Garden House, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    

    As his condition worsened, Ramakrishna was relocated from Shyampukur to a garden house in Cossipore, where he spent his final months.

22. Blessing devotees at Cossipore

    1886-01-01 · Cossipore Garden House, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    

    While living at the Cossipore Garden House, Ramakrishna came into the garden and blessed devotees in an ecstatic state.

23. Death at Cossipore Garden House

    1886-08-16 · Cossipore Garden House, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    

    Ramakrishna died at the Cossipore garden house after months of illness and care by Sarada Devi and his disciples.