Ramakrishna Math
Vilanagan
P.O. Puranattukara
Dt. Thrissur 68055l
Kerala, India.
Phones: 0487-711719 & 4941231
A Note from the
Website Administrator
We have not yet been able to get in touch with this
center and collect a formal appeal, which we plan to do over course of
time but which might take a considerable while due to our having to get
in touch with a large number of centers, the remoteness of the centers,
as well as their not having any readymade formal appeals in hand.
What we have portrayed below, therefore, is the philanthrophic/charitable
activities conducted by this center as submitted in their annual report
to the Ramakrishna Mission Headquarters.
As should be obvious, all philanthrophic/charitable
activities of Ramakrishna Mission are supported through contributions from
kind hearted folks and/or institutions.
Started in 1927 and affiliated in 1929, this ashrama conducts the following:
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A Lower Primary school with 467 children,
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A high school with 1036 boys,
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Sanskrit coaching classes for boys,
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A Gurukula with 133 boys (15 Harijans and 29 orphans)
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A child welfare centre with 28 Harijan children,
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Welfare work, such as pecuniary help to poor students, destitutes etc.,
expending about Rs. 3,85,000 annually,
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A publication department including a press which brings out books in Malayalam,
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A publication of Prabuddha Keralam, a Malayalam monthly,
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A charitable allopathic dispensary which treats about 6250 cases annually,
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A hospital with 18 beds which cares for about 725 patients annually,
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Monthly and annual spiritual retreats for the devotees,
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Daily worship and bhajans as also regular religious classes for the public
in and outside the Ashrama,
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Birth Anniversaries of religious celebrities besides festivals
The Town branch at Punkunnam conducts the following:
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Free Sanskrit classes and weekly religious classes, and
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A library and reading-room with about 4975 books and 16 periodicals and
dailies
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