His first Sojourn outside the Baranagar monastery was at Puri, the sea-side holy city of Jagannah. After a time he came back, and went out again to spend a considerable time in various sacred places in Noethern India. Through Banaras, and Ayodhya he proceeded to Hrishikesh, where, absorbed in spiritual practice, he stayed on for some months leading the traditional life of Hindu monks. In the summer of 1890, he climbed up the Himalayas to visit Kedarnath, Tunganath, Badrinarayan, and in July came down to Almora, where within a month he met Swami Vivekananda. With the latter he again went to Hrishikesh through the Garwal state. Then after spending some time in Meerat and Delhi with Swami Vivekananda, he went down to Banaras, visiting on the way holy places like Mathura, Vrindaban and Prayag (Allahabad). After another period of intense spiritual practice in the holy city of Banaras, he had an attack of blood dysentery, which eventually brought him back to the Baranagar monastery in Sept 1891. On recovery, he went to Jayrambati to pay his respect to the spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna, known to the devotees as Holy Mother.
In 1892 the monastery was shifted from Baranagar to Alambaza, a place nearer to Dakshineswar Temple.r
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