Ramakrishna
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About
19th-century mystic who said, "When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited." His teachings inspired the Ramakrishna Mission.
Before Fame
He attended the village school for 12 years, but left when he decided he did not want an education that only led to a bread-winning occupation.
Trivia
His followers thought of him as an incarnation of God and referred to him as Paramahamsa or Ramkrishna Paramhamsa.
Family Life
He married
Associated With
He and Swami Vivekananda played very significant roles in the Bengali Renaissance and the Hindu Renaissance in the 19th and 20th centuries.
