Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India

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Kamarpukur, in the former Bengal Presidency of British India, is a rural village historically notable as the birthplace of the mystic Ramakrishna and an important site in the early lives of key figures of the Ramakrishna movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
associatedWith Ramakrishna Math ⓘ
Ramakrishna Mission ⓘ
Ramakrishna movement ⓘ
birthplaceOf Ramakrishna ⓘ
linked to: Sri Ramakrishna
characterizedAs rural village ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
culturalRegion Bengal ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Hindu population ⓘ
distanceTo Jairambati is a few kilometers away ⓘ
linked to: Jayrambati
documentedIn Sri Ramakrishna’s biographies ⓘ
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (indirectly through narratives) ⓘ
economyType agrarian ⓘ
governedBy local village panchayat (in modern India) ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance important in biographies of Ramakrishna ⓘ
site of early spiritual experiences of Ramakrishna ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution schools run by Ramakrishna Mission (modern period) ⓘ
hasFestivals Ramakrishna’s birth anniversary celebrations ⓘ
various Hindu religious festivals ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus place of pilgrimage for Ramakrishna devotees ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Jairambati ⓘ
hasNotableResident Ramakrishna ⓘ
linked to: Sri Ramakrishna
hasReligiousSite Ramakrishna Math centre ⓘ
linked to: Ramakrishna Math

Ramakrishna’s ancestral home ⓘ
temple dedicated to Ramakrishna ⓘ
hasTemple Raghubir temple ⓘ
local Shiva temples ⓘ
hasTransportConnection road connection to Arambagh ⓘ
road connection to Tarakeswar ⓘ
historicallyUnderJurisdictionOf British colonial administration ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century Bengal ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Bengal Presidency ⓘ
locatedInThePresentDay India ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
locatedInTime British colonial period ⓘ
locatedNear rural agricultural fields ⓘ
notableAs birthplace of Ramakrishna ⓘ
important site in early lives of figures of the Ramakrishna movement ⓘ
partOf Hooghly district ⓘ
primaryLanguageSpoken Bengali ⓘ
religiousSignificance associated with Ramakrishna ⓘ
pilgrimage site for followers of the Ramakrishna movement ⓘ
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
tourismType religious tourism ⓘ
visitedBy devotees of Ramakrishna ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarada Devi → placeOfMarriage → Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India ⓘ
Sri Ramakrishna → placeOfBirth → Kamarpukur, Hooghly district, Bengal Presidency, British India ⓘ
linked to: Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India