Devotees at Cossipore Udyanbati in north Kolkata offer prayers to Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa on the occasion of Kalpataru Utsav. The event commemorates the day on January 1, 1886, when his followers believe that Ramakrishna revealed himself to be an avatar, or God-incarnate on earth
Arnab DuttaDevotees thronged Cossipore Udyan Bati throughout Wednesday. The day was named as Kalpataru Utsav by Ramakrishna’s disciple Ramachandra Dutta. This event carried meanings and memories of cosmic import for the disciples and also prepared them for Ramakrishna’s death, which occurred only a few months later, on August 16, 1886
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