“I believe in Ramakrishna Paramhansa’s teaching of harmony of all religions,” Banerjee said, after laying the foundation stone of a guest house of Ramakrishna Math and Mission at Kamarpukur in Hooghly district.

“There is no division among us, we have learnt from Ramakrishna Paramhansa to live together with everyone,” she said.

Stating that Swami Vivekananda had taught that ‘unity is strength’, Banerjee said that his mother tongue was Bengali, just as it was of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose or Raja Rammohan Roy. “Dharma is to treat other religions with love and respect,” she said.

Urging all to read Ramakrishna Paramahansa’s Kathamrita written by Mahendranath Gupta, Banerjee said that people call water by different names, but it is the same.

“Likewise, mother is called by different names, but she is the same,” she said, before embarking on a visit to flood-hit Ghatal in Paschim Medinipur district.

Banerjee also declared the formation of Jairambati-Kamarpukur Development Board, with Swami Lokottarananda, the secretary of the Ramakrishna Math, Kamarpukur, as its chairman.