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The Master's birthplace is the village of Kamarpukur in the Hooghly district, and it lies near Birsingha, the village where Vidyasagar was born. From his boyhood Sri Ramakrishna has heard people speak of Vidyasagar's kindness, and living at the Kali temple in Dakshineswar he often hears of his learning and his compassion. Hearing that M. taught in Vidyasagar's school, he had asked him, "Could you take me to Vidyasagar? I have a great wish to see him." M. told Vidyasagar so, and Vidyasagar, pleased, asked him to bring the Master with him one Saturday at four o'clock. Only one question did he ask: "What kind of paramahamsa is he? Does he wear the ochre cloth?" M. had answered: "No, sir. He is a wonderful man. He wears a red-bordered cloth, a shirt, and varnished slippers on his feet. He has a room at Rasmani's Kali temple with a wooden cot in it, and on the cot a bed and a mosquito net; that is where he sleeps. There is no outward mark about him at all. Only, he knows nothing but God. Day and night he thinks of Him alone."