Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai

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Sri Ramakrishna Math ஸ்ரீராமகிருஷ்ண மடம்
Emblem
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Chennai
Deity	Sri Ramakrishna
Location
Location	Mylapore, Chennai
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Geographic coordinates	13°1′51″N 80°16′2″E / 13.03083°N 80.26722°E / 13.03083; 80.26722
Architecture
Type	Fusion of Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist, Rajput, Christian styles
Creator	Ramakrishna Mission
Completed	2000
Website
www.chennaimath.org

Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai is a monastic organisation for those men who were taught into existence by Sri Ramakrishna (1836–1886), a 19th-century saint of Bengal. The motto of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission is: "For one's own salvation, and for the welfare of the world".^[1] The math in Chennai is the first branch center of the Ramakrishna Order in Southern India. It was established in 1897 by Swami Ramakrishnananda, one of the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. Besides Swami Ramakrishnananda, the Math was visited by Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Nirmalananda,^[2] Swami Shivananda, Swami Abhedananda, Swami Premananda, Swami Niranjanananda, Swami Trigunatitananda, and Swami Vijnanananda.