Gadadhar Chattopadhyay

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Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, better known as Sri Ramakrishna, was a 19th-century Indian mystic and spiritual teacher whose life and teachings inspired the Ramakrishna Movement.

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instanceOf Hindu saint
Indian mystic
religious reformer
spiritual teacher
alsoKnownAs Ramakrishna Paramahamsa NERFINISHED
Sri Ramakrishna NERFINISHED
associatedWithPlace Calcutta NERFINISHED
Dakshineswar NERFINISHED
birthName Gadadhar Chattopadhyay NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath throat cancer
century 19th century
coreTeaching all religions lead to the same goal
direct experience of God is possible
harmony of religions
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1836-02-18
dateOfDeath 1886-08-16
ethnicGroup Bengali NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sri
influenced Brahmo Samaj members NERFINISHED
Swami Vivekananda NERFINISHED
inspired Ramakrishna Math NERFINISHED
Ramakrishna Mission NERFINISHED
Ramakrishna Order NERFINISHED
language Bengali
movement Ramakrishna Movement NERFINISHED
notableWork teachings recorded in The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
occupation guru
mystic
priest
philosophicalSchool Neo-Vedanta (as later systematized by disciples) NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency NERFINISHED
British India
Hooghly district NERFINISHED
Kamarpukur NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Calcutta NERFINISHED
Cossipore NERFINISHED
positionHeld priest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple
practiced Advaita Vedanta disciplines
Christian devotional practices
Islamic devotional practices
Tantric sadhana
Vaishnava bhakti
various paths of Hinduism
religion Hinduism
religiousTradition Bhakti
Vedanta NERFINISHED
spouse Sarada Devi NERFINISHED
teacherOf Mahendranath Gupta (M.) NERFINISHED
Narendra Nath Datta (Swami Vivekananda) NERFINISHED
Rakhal Chandra Ghosh (Swami Brahmananda) NERFINISHED
Swami Vivekananda NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Ramakrishna Order NERFINISHED
modern Hinduism

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Sri Ramakrishna birthName Gadadhar Chattopadhyay
Sri Ramakrishna fullName Gadadhar Chattopadhyay