 Afterwards he viewed money as dirty, and later wandered as a mendicant for fourteen years around India without touching money.Once Ramakrishna moved to Cossipore for treatment of his throat cancer Gangadhar would spend as much time as possible helping there, otherwise meditating on the banks of the Ganges with his friend Harinath.His father accepted his son was not going to complete his education and so arranged for him to work in an office.