Belur Math

Ramakrishna Mission head Swami Atmasthanandaji Maharaj dies, Narendra Modi calls it 'personal loss'

President of Ramakrishna Math and Mission Swami Atmasthanandaji Maharaj passed away at a city hospital on Sunday after a prolonged illness.

'Ghar ka ladka ghar aaya hai': An emotional Modi revisits his spiritual roots on Bengal tour

Modi made an emotional visit to the Ramakrishna Math and Mission headquarters at Belur Math which had turned down his request to join the monastic order thrice in the past.

Aarti at Dakhineshwar to opening India's largest blast furnace: Modi's Bengal visit in photos

With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by his side, Modi inaugurated the upgraded plant by unveiling a plaque at the Asansol Polo Ground in Burdwan district and also visited several places in Kolkata. Here are the photos

Meet Swami Atmasthananda, the man who had advised PM Modi to join politics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Ramakrishna Math and call on Ramakrishna Mission's president Swami Atmasthananda during his trip to West Bengal on 9 May. If reports are to be believed, it was this swami who had adviced PM Modi to join politics, a step that eventually changed his life.

Confident that Indian youth will make country proud: Modi

"I am confident that the youth of the nation will make the country proud by making it 'Jagatguru' following the ideas of Swami Vivekananda," Modi said.