Date of Issue:18/02/1973
Postage Stamp Dinomination:0.20 ps
Postal Stamp Name: Sri Ramkrishna Paramhamsa
A great spiritual luminary of India of the 19th century, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa was born of poor but pious parents at Kamarpukur in Wext Bengal on the 18th February, 1936. From a very early age, he showed signs of a spiritual bent of mind. The first experience of 'Samadhi' came to him when he was about ten years old- it was inspired by the sight of a flight of cranes under a dark-blue cloud. He spent major part of his life in the temple of Kali at Dakshineshwar, a suburb of Calcutta. . Kali became a living companion to this young man who, to all appearance, was mad. In his 23rd year he was married to a young girl, Sarada, but their life remained free from physical pleasures. Sri Sarada Devi affectionately known as the Holy Mother, accepted him as her Guru and carried on the work as laid down by him. Having successfully practised the discipline of the various religious cults of India and proved the efficacy of different paths in realising God, his attention was turned to the faiths of Islam and Christianity.His efforts were rewarded with the realisation of the Divine.  Narendranath  who later became the world-famous Swami Vivekanand, was one of the most important disciples of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa and after the Master's passing away on 16th August, 1886, he founded the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa symbolised the efflorescence of the Indian spiritual life. The unity in diversity still alive in India because of the spreading of social moral linked with faith on god by Ramkrishna Math.The P & T Department feels honoured to bring out a commemorative stamp of this prophet of New India.
Stamp Type:Commemorative
Stamp Overall Size;3.91x2.90 cms
Postal Stamp Print Size:3.56x2.5 cms
Indian Stamp's Color: Brown