Ramakrishna Mission, Shillong
Sebastian Bia Road, Laitumkhrah, Shillong, Meghalaya 793 003, India
9863411269
[email protected]
www.rkmshillong.org
Sub-Centre(s) / Unit(s)
Vivekananda Cultural Centre
(Quinton Memorial Hall), Quinton Road, Shillong
8974215740
Charitable Dispensary
9436705813
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.
