Ramakrishna Mission, Shillong

This branch centre was started in 1937.

Activities:

• An allopathic-cum-homeopathic dispensary.
• A mobile medical unit.
• Three units of Gadadhar Abhyudaya Prakalpa.
• A students’ hostel.
• Religious activities: Daily worship & bhajans, spiritual discourses, fortnightly Ramnam Sankirtan and celebration of the birth anniversaries of the Holy Trio as also other religious festivals.

Sub-centre:

Vivekananda Cultural Centre: This sub-centre stands on the very spot where stood the famous Quinton Memorial Hall in which Swami Vivekananda delivered his last public lecture in April 1901.

Activities at this centre:

• A computer training centre.
• A public library.
• Drawing and painting and spoken English classes.
• Vivekananda Youth Forum, a cultural unit where youth members attended classes on values education, personality development and Indian heritage.
• Sanskriti, a cultural unit in which 84 children participated in yoga & meditation, storytelling, games, chanting, recitation, etc.
• Publication of a trilingual online magazine Ka Jingshai-The Light in Khasi, Hindi and English.