Ramakrishna Mission Institute Of Culture, Kolkata

About Ramakrishna Mission Institute Of Culture, Kolkata

THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION INSTITUTE OF CULTURE (RMIC) is one such branch of the Ramakrishna Mission. Started on 29 January 1938 as an outcome of the commemoration of Sri Ramakrishna’s Birth Centenary Celebrations, the Institute has grown over the years, and is now situated on its present magnificent premises at Gol Park in Kolkata.

Culture is the Institute’s specific field of study; not national culture alone, but all such cultures that have contributed creatively to the common heritage of mankind. Over more than seven decades the Institute has come to occupy a significant place for its philanthropic, cultural, and educational activities for the promotion of mutual understanding and goodwill among all sections of people in India and abroad. Harmony of faiths is its cultural theme. It disseminates the message of universal oneness.

The idea of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture (RMIC) was conceived in 1936 as one of the permanent memorials to Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886) on the occasion of his first birth centenary. It was formally established on January 29, 1938 as a branch of the Ramakrishna Mission to propagate the message of Vedanta as propounded by Sri Ramakrishna.

After functioning from different rented accommodation in North and Central Calcutta, the Institute was shifted to South Calcutta; first to a house donated by a devotee, and eventually to its present and permanent premises at Gol Park in 1961. An annexe to the main building, similar in aesthetic design, was commissioned in 2005. The entire building complex was deemed a ‘Heritage Building’ by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 2007 and continues as such.