Kalpataru Day also calledKalpataru Diwas orKalpataru Utsav is an annual religious festival observed by monks of theRamakrishna Math monastic order ofHinduism and lay followers of the associatedRamakrishna Mission, as well as the worldwideVedanta Societies. These organizations follow the teachings ofRamakrishna, the 19th century Indian mystic and figure in theBengali Renaissance.
The event commemorates the day on 1 January 1886, when his followers believe that Ramakrishna revealed himself to be anAvatar, or Godincarnate on earth.[1] It is held each 1 January. Although the observances are held in many locations, the most significant celebration takes place at Kashipur Garden House or Udyanbati nearKolkata (then called Calcutta), present Ramakrishna Math, a branch of Ramakrishna Order, the place where Ramakrishna spent the last days of his life.[2]
The day was named as Kalpataru Day by Ramakrishna's disciple Ramachandra Dutta. This event carried meanings and memories of cosmic import for the disciples and also prepared them for Ramakrishna's death, which occurred only a few months later, on 16 August 1886.
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