Service as worship
Shiva jnane jiva seva — to serve the living being in the knowledge that he is God. The patient reached by the mobile clinic and the deity in the shrine receive the same care.
Since 2005
About the Ashram
Since 2005, education, residential care, skills training, healthcare and women’s empowerment have grown together as practical forms of service.
Our Story
Born of a village’s need
Singerkone Ramkrishna Ashram was founded in 2005 with a residential arrangement for school dropouts and students from financially disadvantaged families. The aim was to bring them back into education and help them grow into self-reliant, disciplined adults.
From that beginning, the ashram expanded its service step by step: computer education, coaching for competitive examinations, livelihood training for women, tailoring and driving instruction, a mobile charitable clinic, and a residential school supported by devotees and well-wishers.
These programmes continue through the ashram’s own efforts, donations from devotees and limited resources. The residential school still faces challenges concerning official recognition, infrastructure and other necessary government support, but the effort to educate and care for its students continues.
Our Ideals
What we hold to
आत्मनो मोक्षार्थं जगद्धिताय च
“For one's own liberation and for the welfare of the world” — the motto Swami Vivekananda gave the Order.
Harmony of faiths
Sri Ramakrishna practised the disciplines of many religions and found them all leading to one goal. No one is asked their religion here, and none is spoken against.
Man-making education
Education that draws out what is already in the child — character, self-reliance, and the courage to stand — not merely information to be repeated.
Dignity of women
Holy Mother's life is our measure. Our work with the women of these villages aims at skill, safety and independence, not charity.
Purity of means
Accounts are kept openly, donations are used for what they were given for, and no work is undertaken that the ashram cannot sustain.
Renunciation
The monastic ideal at the centre of the ashram — plain living, unpaid work, and a life ordered around worship and study.
Milestones
Our journey of service
2005
The ashram is established with a hostel and residential care for school dropouts and financially disadvantaged students, helping them return to education and build disciplined, self-reliant lives.
2006
A computer training centre opens for residential students and other learners from the surrounding area.
2009
Livelihood projects begin for local women, with training and production in incense, jam, jelly and other goods to help create independent incomes.
2011
Coaching for competitive examinations begins to improve students' access to higher education and employment.
2019
Vocational training expands to tailoring and driving, supporting women's self-reliance, youth employment and safer personal driving.
2019
A mobile charitable clinic is initiated to take primary medical assistance to rural and remote communities.
2019
Devotees and well-wishers provide land for a school and suitable residential infrastructure for the students in the ashram's care.
2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the ashram starts a residential school to provide regular education and a stable living environment.
2024
A women's self-defence training centre is established to develop practical safety skills, physical capability and confidence.
So long as even a single dog in my country is without food, my whole religion is to feed it and take care of it.Swami Vivekananda
You Are Welcome
Come and sit a while
The shrine is open to visitors of every faith and none. Arati is held morning and evening; on Sundays there is a scripture class that anyone may attend. If you are travelling from outside the district, write ahead and we will arrange what we can.
- Daily 6:00 AM – 11:00 AM, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Vill. & P.O. Singerkone, P.S. Kalna, Block Kalna-II, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal – 713122