Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Chapra, Bihar is a branch Centre of the Ramakrishna Mission with Headquarters at Belur Math (Dist. Howrah, West Bengal, India) The Ashrama became affiliated as a branch centre of the world wide Ramakrishna Mission in 2003. The Ashrama in chapra commemorates the birthplace in Chapra of Latu Maharaj, Swami Adbhutananda, the wonderful sannyasi disciple of Sri Ramakrishna.

    Latu Maharaj was born into a very poor family of shepherds in Bihar's Chapra District. Latu was named by his mother 'Rakhturam' as she was convinced Lord Rama had saved him from smallpox and almost died. Misfortune was no stranger to the poor family and hardly they could survive for want of two nourishing meals a day. Due to the hard life in the countryside the boy lost both his mother and father when he was only five. Rakthuram was brought up by his uncle who earned a small income as a shopkeeper. For a few years the boy enjoyed a happy carefree life with other children of his uncle's family. But when the family business began to fail, the compassionate uncle took the boy to Calcutta where he sought to earn a better living. The boy, Latu, also had eventually to support himself in the city and he was at last fortunate to become a servant in the house of Sri Ramchandra Dutta, a wealthy doctor and officer in a pharmaceutical firm.