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{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
|name = Balaram Mandir<br />
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|image = Emblem-Ramakrishna-Mission-Transparent.png<br />
|caption = [[Ramakrishna_Mission#Emblem|Emblem]]<br />
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|map_caption = Location within Bagbazar<br />
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|locale = [[Baghbazar]], [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
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|website = {{url|https://belurmath.org/ramakrishna-math-balaram-mandir-kolkata-2|belurmath.org}}<br />
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[[File:Ramakrishna Math, at Bagbazar, Kolkata.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Balaram Mandir|Balaram Mandir]]<br />
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'''Balaram Mandir''' is a temple and a branch of [[Ramakrishna Mission]] and [[Ramakrishna Math]] located at 7, Girish Avenue, [[Baghbazar]], [[Kolkata]].<ref name="Vivekananda1997">{{cite book|last=Vivekananda|first=Swami|title=Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7coAAAAYAAJ|series=554|year=1997|publisher=Swami Smaranananda}}</ref><ref name="DattaRamakrishna1980">{{cite book|last1=Datta|first1=Bimala Candra|author2=Ramakrishna|last3=Culture|first3=Rāmakrishna Vivekānanda Institute of Research &|title=Sri Rámakrishna tirthas: confluence of devotion and service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=03Y9AAAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Rámakrishna Vivekánanda Institute of Research & Culture|page=8}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Balaram Mandir was the residence of [[Balaram Bose]], a disciple of [[Ramakrishna]]. On 1 May 1897, [[Swami Vivekananda]] organized a meeting in this house to finalize his plans to establish Ramakrishna Mission. In 1922, the converted into an independent place of worship for Ramakrishna-Vivekananda followers. In 2002, it became a branch centre of Ramakrishna Mission.<ref name=Ixigo>{{cite web|title=balaram mandir - ixigo trip planner!|url=https://www.ixigo.com/balram-mandir-kolkata-india-ne-1278214|website=www.ixigo.com|accessdate=27 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Belur Math">{{cite web|title=Balaram Mandir|url=http://www.belurmath.org/centres/display_centre.php?centre_id=BLR|publisher=Belur Math|accessdate=27 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Vedanta Kesari|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4fzWAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Sri Ramakrishna Math.|page=305}}</ref><br />
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== Activities ==<br />
Currently, Balaram Mandir is a branch of Ramakrishna Math and Mission. Some of the activities conducted by the centre are:<ref name="Belur Math" /><br />
# Daily worships;<br />
# Lectures and discourses;<br />
# Celebration of births of Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda;<br />
The centre also has a public library.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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