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2 unusual facts about Dakshineswar


Dakshineswar

Mourigram - Barrackpore via Andul, Alampur, Bally Halt, Dunlop, Sodepore

Yogoda Satsanga Society of India

YSS's headquarters, Yogoda Satsanga Math, is situated in Dakshineswar, in the state of Kolkata with branches in Dwarahat, in the state of Uttarakhand, and Ranchi, in the state of Jharkhand.


Belghoria Expressway

It is a key arterial road linking the terminal junction point of NH 2 and NH 6 near Dankuni to Dakshineswar across Nivedita Setu and NH 34 (Jessore Road) near Dum Dum Airport.

Sarat Chandra Chakravarty

The latter introduced him to the ideology of Sri Ramakrishna and took him to Dakshineswar temple and to Alambazar Math where he met many direct monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna, like Swami Brahmananda, Swami Turyiananda, Swami Ramakrishnananda, Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Premananda.

William Hastie

While lecturing on William Wordsworth's poem, The Excursion, Hastie suggested to his students that they visit Ramakrishna of Dakshineswar to understand the true meaning of the phenomenon of "trance".


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