Sami Vivekananda was a noted Hindu monk. The Ramakrishna Mission became famous only because of him. In fact, Hinduism received world recognition because of him. But the Brahmins not only did not recognise him but hated him. Brahmins never even saluted him or his portrait because he was a Kayasth (sudra). Had he been a Brahmin, they would have hailed him an avatar.
Vivekananda’s guru, Ramakrishna Paramhamsa, was a Brahmin. Except his birth he had no other qualification. He was a mediocre. Ramakrishna and his Mission became famous only because of Vivekananda. Brahmins used Vivekananda, exploited him but never recognised him.
The original name of Ramakrishna was Gadadhar Chattopadhya. To establish him as an avatar his Brahmin followers gave him the combined name of Rama and Krishna (avatar).
Dakshineswar temple: Ramakrishna supported and praised the caste system and hated the sudras and Untouchables. Rani Rashmani was a big zaminder of Calcutta. She belonged to the Kaibarta (fishermen) community which constructed the famous temple of Kali at Dakshineshwar, near Calcutta, where Ramakrishna worked as a paid temple-priest.
Once he went to the house of Rani Rashmani and ate rice which he himself had cooked. But after eating it, he felt polluted. To “purify” himself from eating in the house of an Untouchable, he drank the Ganga water.
Touch-me-not-ism: Mathur Babu was the Rani’s son- in-law. Once Mathur Babu’s maid servant, Bhagwati, saluted Ramakrishna by touching his feet. At once he prayed to Kali: “O Mother, my feet is paining as if stung by a scorpion. Bring water of pure Ganga to purify my feet.” Bhagawati heard this and was shocked. Ramakrishna scolded her for touching him.
Once Ramakrishna was walking beside the Ganga at Dakshineshwar. A prostitute came and touched his feet. Immediately he rushed to the Ganga and took bath to “purify” himself.
Kayasths also untouchables: He ordered his Brahmin disciples not to accept rice from Kayasths (Sudras.) Jyoti Basu, Chief Minister of W. Bengal, Kayasth. Before his death Ramakrishna was bed- ridden due to throat cancer. The doctor advised him to eat mistanna (rice cooked in milk and sugar).
Mistanna was brought by two sudras, Latu and Gopal. Swami Vivekananda was also present. Ramakrishna ordered the shudras out before eating it. Vivekananda took objection to this offensive behaviour and told Ramakrishna: “You are beyond worldly rules and regulations; so, why you are saying so?”
Ramakrishna replied: “My body is of a Brahmin. Our culture cannot be changed.
Matua founder: Harichand Thakur is not regarded as an avatar by the Brahmins, founder of the Matua religion of the Namasudras, Bengali Untouchables (DV, May 1, 91, p.20: “Religious revolution of a Bengali community”)
Dalits embracing Islam: He was a namasudra (Untouchable) from East Bengal, now Bangladesh. He was born in 1812 when thousands of Untouchables of East Bengal were embracing Islam and Christianity to escape from brahminical tyranny. But for him Untocuahbles and other “Hindus” of East Bengal would have been converted wholesale. Harichand saved the Untouchables from conversion. He founded a new religion named Mutua.
Namasudras not Hindus : Matua religion is not Hindu religion and not even a branch of it. It is an independent, separate religion like Buddhism and Sikhism. It is humanism.
He was dead against brahminism. Babasaheb Ambedkar was not aware of this religion because Harichand’s Matua religion lacked adequate publicity. Inspite of all this it has half a crore followers in India and 60 lakhs in Bangladesh. Ramakrishna was born in 1836. Harichand in 1812. So, both were contemporaries preaching religion in Bengal (East and West). Ramakrishna was not the founder of a new religion. He only interpreted brahminism.
Harichand was the founder of a new religion named Matua.
Conversion halted: Ramakrishna’s centre was Dakshineswar, near Calcutta. Harichand’s centre was Orakandi, a remote village. His only disciple was Lokkabi late Tarak Chandra Sarkar.
Ramakrishna worked for the promotion of brahminism which is full of in humanism. Harichand promoted humanism, equality and saved Dalits from conversion to other religions.
