Mother Teresa House
Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center
Missionaries care for those who include refugees, ex-prostitutes, the mentally ill, sick children, abandoned children, lepers, AIDS victims, the aged, and convalescent. They have schools run by volunteers to educate street children, they run soup kitchens, as many other services as per the communities’ needs. They have 19 homes in Kolkata (Calcutta) alone which include homes for women, for orphaned children, and for the dying; an AIDS hospice, a school for street children, and a leper colony. These services are provided to people regardless of their religion or social caste.
Near Mother Teresa House
More to see around West Bengal.
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BBD Bagh (Dalhousie Square)
It was later called the Tank Square and then the Dalhousie Square.
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Belur Math
It is the international head quarters of Ramakrishna Mission. Swami Vivekananda is largely credited with the concept of the Math. This mission has branches all over the country.
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Birla Temple (Kolkata)
The construction of the temple began in 1970. It took 26 years to complete the entire structure.
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Calcutta Jain Temple
The temple was built by a Marwari Shrimal Jain named Seth Badridas in 1867. It is not an ordinary run-of-the-mill temple.
