Devotees celebrate Kalpataru Utsav on January 1 across Kolkata

Glimpses from Kalpataru Utsav at Dakshineswar Temple, Udyanbati and Adyapith

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Published 01.01.24, 08:56 PM

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Like every year on January 1, lakhs of devotees queued up outside the Dakshineswar Temple on the occasion of Kalpataru Utsav

All images by Ashim Paul

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Devotees assembled in front of the room at Cossipore Udyanbati to offer their homage to Sri Ramakrishna where the sage had breathed his last in 1886

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Sri Ramakrishna had lived in this north Kolkata house for the last few months of his life with his disciples

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Monks of the order believe that on Kalpataru Day — January 1, 1886 — Sri Ramakrishna had revealed himself to be an avatar (God incarnate)

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One of his disciples, Ramachandra Dutta, had said that on this day Sri Ramakrishna had become Kalpataru - the mythical wish-fulfilling tree

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Kalpataru Utsav was also celebrated at Adyapith