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CHAPTER I
SRÎ RÂMAKRISHNA AT THE TEMPLE OF DAKSHINESWARA
Bhagavân[1] Srî Râmakrishna lived for many years in Râni Râshmoni's celebrated Temple garden on the eastern bank of the GangesWhere Râmakrishna lived. in the village of Dakshineswara about four miles north of Calcutta. This Temple with the garden attached was dedicated by its foundress (Râni Râshmoni) to the Divine Mother (Kâli). In the northwest corner of the spacious Temple-compound is a small room which faces on the west the waters of the sacred river Ganges. This room with its holy surroundings was
- ↑ "Bhagavân" is a Sanskrit word meaning "The Blessed Lord." When the word is used without the accent on "a" of the last syllable it signifies the vocative case used in addressing a Saviour.
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