Shree Ramakrishna Shanti Ashram (a registered society under the Societies Act) is situated in the south-west end of the town of Hazaribagh, on Barkagaon Road (now known as Vivekananda Path). The Ashram is a parent body to its sub-centres viz. Sarada Ramakrishna Shanti Ashram in Berhampore and Ramakrishna Himansu Shanti Ashram of Kharagpur, both in West Bengal. The affairs of the organizantion are managed by a Governing Body with Swami Muktananda as President.

Right from inception, the Ashram dedicated itself to the service of the poor and needy and moulded its activities along the ideals of service as preached by Swami Vivekananda. It was the vision of the founder Srimat Himansu Maharaj, under influence of the inspiration received from the Holy Mother, that the Ashram shall emerge to be a large institution in future.

The temple of Shree Ramakrishna was begun in 1962. Shortly afterwards, want of funds forced the construction work to remain pending for quite sometime. Work once again started in full swing in 1967. Devotees stood by the Ashram and with their support, the temple was opened in April 1968 with the statues of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda installed.

A grand ceremony commemorating the event was held for three days during this time. The birth anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna has been henceforth celebrated till date in the same spirit. Every day, evening prayers are held at the temple. Other discourses and religious occasions are held regularly.

A temple was dedicated to the memory of Himansu Maharaj on the ocassion of Sri Ramakrishna's birth anniversary in March, 1978. A religious festival was held on the ocassion.

On the ocassion of the Ashram's Golden Jubilee, a statue of Himansu Maharaj was installed in the temple.

In the campus, stands the temple of Goddess Bhavani. Built in 1980, it houses a beautiful statuette of the Godess and has a meditation room in the basement. The Shiva temple came up a couple of years later.

The room where Himnagshu Maharaj stayed can be seen too.

OBJECT OF ASHRAM

The Ashram is established with the main object of charitable purposes for the benefit of public in general and not with any intention of profit. Its objects involve free education at primary level, establishment of welfare centers for women, destitute under privileged and socio-economically week and backward community which include Schedule Tribes and down-trodden people. One of the dominant objects of the Institute is to maintain medical and health centers for rendering medical services and to channel humanitarian aid through all kinds of medical treatment as a means of furthering its purpose and object. The emerging role of the Ashram in relation to medical services poses various problems, as the existing unit cannot provide the requisite numbers of beds for patients or ailing persons exclusively for the women and children below 12 years. There is dearth of modern equipments, accessories or special devices for medical treatment and is hardly any laboratory equipped with computer based technology or equipments in the field of pathology and bio-science. Thus the Ashram aims at achieving a long felt need for a comprehensive medical and health care center and hospital. The impact of this project will be put to use for the benefit of poor, destitute, backward and down-trodden classes of the society in rural & tribal areas of the schedule location exclusively for the women and children below 12 years of age within the State of Jharkhand and beyond territorial area. Both medical center and hospital under the scheme shall be established at the existing site covering diverse fields such as Pathology and Histopathology, X-Ray, EEG, MRI, CT-Scan, Ultrasonography, Echo-cardiography.

The Ashram brings out a quarterly publication Egiye Chalo (Stride Forward). It contains articles contributed by the members and eminent persons as well as news of the organisation.

The calm and serene atmosphere of the Ashram attracts devotees who come for a quiet stay and to spend time involved in the Ashram's activities.

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