Ashrama History
Ashrama History
Ramakrishna Math Vyttila was founded by Swami Puranjananandaji, disciple of Swami Nirmalanandaji Maharaj. Sri Ambady Sankara Menon an eminent lawyer of Cochin High Court, and deputy Chairman of the then Cochin State, was a close devotee of Swami Nirmalanandaji. During his travel, Nirmalanandaji used to stay in his house at Ernakulam and conduct religious discourses, which were attended by the elite of the place. One day, Sri Sankara Menon requested Nirmalanandaji to construct an Ashram in his land at Vyttila, Kochi. Nirmalanandaji accepted this proposal, but this did not materialise until his Mahasamadhi, which happened in 1938 at Ottapalam Ashram.
Sri Sankara Menon approached the Nirmalananda Mandalam, Ottappalam and offered his land. The Mandalarn authorised Swami Puranjananandaji to receive the land and the deed was registered in the year M.E. 1720 (1945). Swami Puranjananandaji used to travel long distance on bicycle for collecting funds for construction work and it took about four strenuous years to complete the construction of the Ashram. He could successfully complete the construction and fulfil the wishes of his Guruji and dedicated it to him by naming it - 'Sri Ramakrishna Nirmalananda Ashrama'. Regular classes on Bhagavat Gita, Narayaneeyam and Srimad Bhagavatam and celebration of the Thithi Pujas of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Nirmalananda were conducted in the Ashram. In 1953, the Ashrama celebrated the centenary of Sri Sarada Devi in a grand scale for nine days. For the benefit of poor people, a free homeopathy dispensary was also opened in the adjacent building in the same month of opening the Ashram. Swami Kaivalyanandaji, the then head of Sri Ramakrishna Ashram, Kayamkulam, took additional charge of the Ashram on 06 Feb 1994.
Our Ashrama became a branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math on 27 Oct 1999.
