Devotees celebrate Kalpataru Utsav on January 1 across Kolkata

Glimpses from Kalpataru Utsav at Dakshineswar Temple, Udyanbati and Adyapith

By My Kolkata Web Desk | Published 01.01.24, 08:56 PM

Like every year on January 1, lakhs of devotees queued up outside the Dakshineswar Temple on the occasion of Kalpataru Utsav

All images by Ashim Paul

Devotees assembled in front of the room at Cossipore Udyanbati to offer their homage to Sri Ramakrishna where the sage had breathed his last in 1886

Sri Ramakrishna had lived in this north Kolkata house for the last few months of his life with his disciples

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Monks of the order believe that on Kalpataru Day — January 1, 1886 — Sri Ramakrishna had revealed himself to be an avatar (God incarnate)

One of his disciples, Ramachandra Dutta, had said that on this day Sri Ramakrishna had become Kalpataru - the mythical wish-fulfilling tree

Kalpataru Utsav was also celebrated at Adyapith