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Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, 18 February 1836 โ 16 August 1886), born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya, was an Indian Hindu mystic and religious leader who lived in the 19th century Bengal. He adhered to various spiritual practices including Bhakti yoga, Tantra, Advaita Vedanta, and even Islamic Sufism and Roman Catholicism. While practicing meditation under the guidance of his guru Totapuri, Ramakrishna achieved nirvikalpa samadhi within three days. His preferred choice of deity was the goddess Kali. Ramakrishna's followers came to regard him as an avatara, or divine incarnation, as did some of the prominent Hindu scholars of his day.
Ramakrishna, who experienced spiritual ecstasies from a young age, started his spiritual journey as a priest at the Dakshineshwar Kali Temple, built by Rani Rashmoni. Soon his mystical temperament gained him a widespread acknowledgement amongst the general public as a Guru, attracting to him various religious teachers, social leaders, Bengali elites, and common people alike; he eventually taught his disciples, who later formed the monastic Ramakrishna Order. After his death, his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda popularized his ideas, and founded the Ramakrishna Math, which provides spiritual training for monastics and householder devotees, and the Ramakrishna Mission, to provide charity, social work and education
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