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No great work can be accomplished without the power of organization. In order to spread the Universal message of Sanatana Dharma, Swamiji started an Organization in the name of his master – ‘Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission’.Land was purchased near Howrah at Belur village on the bank of the Ganga with financial help from his western disciples. Swamiji himself carried the relics of his Master on his head and installed them on the newly purchased land of Belur math on 9th December 1898. Swamiji himself designed the temple for Sri Ramakrishna at Belur math. Swami Vignanananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and the fourth President of the Ramakrishna Order completed the sacred task and the temple was dedicated to Sri Ramakrishna on 14th January 1938. Today there are about 160 branches of the order all over the world, engaged in different service activities. Here service is considered as a part of Sadhana, ‘For one’s own liberation and for the welfare of the world’ is the motto of the Sangha. Sri ramkrishna has given a new mantra for this age – ‘Service to man is the worship of God’. Swamiji gave concrete shape to his Master’s idea, known as practical Vedanta.