Belur Math

Belur Math is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, on the west bank of the Hooghly River near Kolkata, West Bengal. Established by Swami Vivekananda on land acquired in 1897 (the relics of Sri Ramakrishna were installed there in 1898), it is the monastic centre of the Ramakrishna movement; the present main temple was consecrated in 1938.