Belur Math — Ramakrishna Mission HQ

Hindu / Ramakrishna Mission - Belur, Howrah, West Bengal (22.6333°N, 88.3583°E) Belur Math (1898, by Swami Vivekananda) is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission — the global monastic-plus-social-service organization. The main temple houses a marble statue of Ramakrishna, who is considered an avatar by the tradition. The temple's syncretic architecture — combining Hindu śikhara, Islamic dome, Christian facade, Buddhist stupa-elements — expresses Vivekananda's teaching of universal relig