The household devotees, who took refuge in Sri Ramakrishna, overwhelmed by his universal love and affection are: Ram Chandra Dutta, Surendra Nath Mitra, Balaram Basu, Mahendranath Gupta, Durga Charan Nag (Nag Mahashay), Girish Chandra Ghosh, Akshay Kumar Sen, Devendranath Majumder, to name only a few. They all attained the exalted state of spiritual life by following the life and teachings of the Master.