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{{Infobox organization
| name = Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama Narainpur
| image = [[File:Emblem-Ramakrishna-Mission-Transparent.png|200px]]
| caption = [[#Emblem|Emblem]]
| motto =''[[Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha]]'' (''For one’s own salvation and for the welfare of the world'')
| type = [[Religious organisation]]
| status = [[Foundation (nonprofit)|Foundation]]
| abbreviation = RKMN
| founder = Swami Atmananda
| purpose = [[Educational]], [[Philanthropic]], [[Religious Studies]], [[Spirituality]]
| headquarters = [[Belur Math]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| leader_title = Secretary
| leader_name = Swami Vyaptananda
| main_organ =
| membership =
| area_served = Bastar
| website = {{URL|https://www.rkmnarainpur.org//}}
}}
'''Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narainpur (RKMN)''' is a branch centre of Ramakrishna Math and Mission in state of [[Chhattisgarh]]. It was founded on 2 August 1985 by Swami Atmananda to serve the tribals of the remote abujhmarh jungle.<ref>{{Cite magazine|author=N. K. Singh |date=August 15, 1989 |title=Abujhmarh: The inhospitable home of the little-known Hill Marias|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19890815-abujhmarh-the-inhospitable-home-of-the-little-known-hill-marias-816404-1989-08-15|access-date=2021-04-09|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref> These tribals were mute victims of oppression and utter neglect for several centuries. The tribals, popularly known as 'Abujhmarias' have been categorised as [[particularly vulnerable tribal group]] by the government of India.

RKMN serves 211 villages with the aim of uplifting the tribals in terms of education, agriculture and employment.

The ashrama has a residential high secondary school, an agricultural training cum demonstration unit, a worker's training centre, a central library, two residential junior schools, three primary schools, thirty ekal vidyalayas, free residential industrial training institute, free computer training centre, a thirty bedded hospital, a mobile medical unit, three nutritional rehabilitation centres, bal grihas for orphans and six fair price shops under its jurisdiction. The nutritional rehabilitation are joint ventures of the ashrama and [[UNICEF]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-12-16|title=Ramakrishna Mission reviews rural welfare projects|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/ramakrishna-mission-reviews-rural-welfare-projects-30182.html|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The Statesman|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pioneer|first=The|title=Memorial to be made where Swami Vivekananda stayed in Chhattisgarh|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/memorial-to-be-made-where-swami-vivekananda-stayed-in-chhattisgarh.html|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Rakhi Chakrabarty|date=Jul 12, 2012|title=Swami Sarvahitananda: Maoists allow monks to work in liberated zone, not govt {{!}} India News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maoists-allow-monks-to-work-in-liberated-zone-not-govt/articleshow/14832103.cms|access-date=2021-04-10|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

VISHWAS is a sister voluntary organisation of RKMN working for the upliftment of tribal girls.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tiwari|first=Shiv Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fY2KUL-feSwC&q=RAMAKRISHNA+MISSION+NARAINPUR+SERVE+TRIBALS&pg=PA91|title=Tribal Situation and Development in Central India|date=1995|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-60-0|language=en}}</ref> It also runs a free residential girls high school at Orcha.

== History ==
In the mid-sixties, the [[Madhya Pradesh]] government was conducting rehabilitation and relief initiative for the uprooted immigrants from East [[Pakistan]] in a place called Mana near [[Raipur]]. Swami Atmananda, wrote to [[Swami Vireshwarananda|Swami Vireswarananda]], the then General Secretary of the mission, about his eagerness to serve the displaced people in the camp. [[Swami Vireshwarananda|Swami Vireswarananda]] sent [[Swami Gambhirananda]], to tour, plan and execute the relief work. During that period, Swami Atmananda travelled with Swami Gambhirananda in many interior tribal districts like Bastar. Swami Nikhilatmananda and Swami Tyagatmananda teamed up to build the ashrama at Narayanpur. Starting from 1986 to 1993, five sub centres were built in the interior most villages of the region at Akabeda, Kutul, Kachchapal, Irakbhatti and Kundla.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Compilation|first=A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phomEAAAQBAJ&q=swami+atmananda+bastar&pg=PT54|title=Companions and Followers of Ramakrishna|publisher=Advaita Ashrama (A Publication House of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tribute|first=A. Birth Centenary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OoklEAAAQBAJ&q=swami+atmananda+madhya+pradesh+tribals&pg=PT114|title=The Monk Without Frontiers: Reminiscences of Swami Ranganathananda|publisher=Advaita Ashrama (A Publication House of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ashrama|first=Advaita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5o7XAAAAMAAJ&q=swami+atmananda+tribals+bastar|title=The Story of Ramakrishna Mission: Swami Vivekananda's Vision and Fulfilment|date=2006|publisher=Advaita Ashrama|isbn=978-81-7505-285-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CgCcEqqa-C8C&q=ramakrishna+mission+ashrama+narainpur+serves+tribals|title=Social Welfare|date=1998|publisher=Publications Division|language=en}}</ref>

== Government Initiatives and Corporate Social Responsibilities ==
In 2009, this ashrama was chosen for the 25th [[Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration|Indira Gandhi Award for national Integration]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-10-07|title=Indira Gandhi Award for Rahman|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/indira-gandhi-award-for-rahman/story-6SMiPjhFjzrDSTFRcAV9EP.html|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> [[Pranab Mukherjee]] visited the students of the Ashrama to boost their confidence in 2012. He also asked the students to pursue their dreams and ambitions.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dhar|first=Aarti|date=2012-11-08|title=A "learning experience" for Pranab at Narayanpur|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/a-learning-experience-for-pranab-at-narayanpur/article4075088.ece|access-date=2021-04-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2013, the ashrama commenced 7 trades in the industrial training institute to uplift the tribal youth. In 2019 SAIL-BSP signed MOU with the Ashrama for the growth and development of tribal youths.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BSP signs MoUs with IIT-Bhilai & Ramkrishna Mission-ITI|url=https://psuwatch.com/bsp-signs-mous-with-iit-bhilai-ramkrishna-mission-iti|access-date=2021-04-10|website=psuwatch.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://narainpur.rkmm.org/ https://www.rkmnarainpur.org/]
* https://belurmath.org/ramakrishna-mission-ashrama-narainpur-bastar-abujhmarh-tribal-service/

[[Category:Ramakrishna Math and Mission branches]]
[[Category:Chhattisgarh-related lists]]
[[Category:Swami Vivekananda]]

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