Following the partition in 1947,a good number of destitute people from East Bengal came to Raiganj in erstwhile West Dinajpur and settled there. The devotees and followers of Sri Ramakrishna amongst them felt in their hearts an urge to set up a shrine in the name of Sri Ramakrishna in Raiganj.
The dream cherished by the devotees was actualized by the earnest and most fervent efforts of Revered Swami Gadadharanandaji Maharaj of Dinajpur Ramakrishna Mission centre of East Bengal,and in 1948 the present Ashrama was established in Ukilpara, Raiganj on a piece of land donated by the then Jamindar of Dinajpur, most honourable Maharaj JagadishChandra Nath.
In 2020 the ashrama came under the aegis of Belur Math and now it is popularly known as 'Ramakrishna Mission, Raiganj'.
From its very inception, the ashrama has been running uninterruptedly the regular worship of Sri Sri Thakur, aratrik in the evening, spiritual discourses, chanting of spiritual songs and bhajans, annual Tithi Puja of Sri Sri Thakur-Maa-Swamiji and Kalpataru Utsav.Besides these, Sri Sri Shyama Puja,Falaharini Kalika Puja, janmatithi observance of the direct disciples Sri SriThakur,Sri Sri Ramnam chanting in every EkadashiTithi are performed with utmost devotion and sincerity.
A charitable dispensary is housed in a two-storied building purchased by the ashrama where there are provisions for allopathic and homoeopathic treatments both.
Apart from this, charitable mobile homoeopathic treatment is offered in two villages.
Almost adjacent to the ashrama in a house a free coaching centre has been arranged for imparting lessons to about fifty underprivileged students from class I to class IV. At the same time, khata, pencil and other materials related to learning are regularly distributed among the poor students in some schools situated nearby.
In time of urgency relief works are also done by the ashrama. Recently from the ashrama campus clothes, blankets and winter garments were distributed among the needy people of the town and the same were distributed among the people residing in the countryside, far away from the town.
Purified drinking water derived from the Water Treatment Plant of the ashrama is being supplied from the ashrama campus to the local people that are of real help to them.
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Raiganj has been trying its best to give a concrete shape to Swamiji's very lofty doctrine 'Siva Jnane Jiva Seba' even with its limited resource and capacity.