Updated: 11 February 2026
The 191st birthday (tithipuja) of Sri Ramakrishna will be celebrated at Belur Math on Thursday, 19 February 2026, according to the Vishuddha Siddhanta almanac.
The programme will be live streamed on our YouTube channel.
PROGRAMME
(19 February 2026: Tithi-Puja Day)
At Sri Ramakrishna Temple
Mangalarati (in the Shrine) 4-30 am
Vedic Chanting (at the Temple) 4-40 am
Usha-Kirtan (at the Temple & Math Compound) 5.30 am – 6.30 am
Special Puja of Sri Ramakrishna & Homa (in the Shrine) 7.00 am
At the Pandal
Sri Ramakrishna Vandana
8.00 am 9.00 am
(Brahmacharins of the Probationers’ Training Centre, Belur Math)
READING & DISCOURSE:
SRI SRI RAMAKRISHNA KATHAMRITA
9.05 am 9.45 am
(Swami Nityayogananda)
BHAKTIGEETI
9.50 am 10.20 am
(Sri Bishnudeb Chakraborty)
READING & DISCOURSE:
SRI SRI RAMAKRISHNA LEELA-PRASANGA
10.25 am 11.05 am
(Swami Tattwasarananda)
GEETI-ALEKHYA – ‘PATIT PABAN SRI RAMAKRISHNA’
11.10 am 12.05 pm
(Surapith, Kolkata)
TAAL VADYA
12.10 pm-1.10 pm
(Sri Kingshuk Mukhopadhyay – Tabla, Sri Mithun Chakraborty – Pakhawaj, Sri Somnath Roy – Ghatam, Sri Shankar Narayanaswamy – Mridangam, Sri Nihar Mondal – Srikhol)
BHAJAN
1.15 pm 2.15 pm
(Pandit Dipak Mishra & Pandit Prakash Mishra)
SANTOOR RECITAL
2.20 pm- 3.20 pm
(Pandit Sandeep Chatterjee – Santoor & Sri Koushik Banerjee – Tabla)
RELIGIOUS MEETING: 3-30 pm
Subject: The Life and Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna
President: Swami Suvirananda
Speakers:
Swami Baneshananda (Bengali)
Swami Sarvabhutananda (Hindi)
Swami Shuddhidananda (English)
Distribution of Prasad
11.00 a.m.
Evening Arati
At Sri Ramakrishna Temple
6.00 p.m.
