Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Smriti Mandir, Khetri

This branch centre, started in 1959, is housed in the mansion where Swami Vivekananda stayed as the honoured guest of the Raja of Khetri, Sri Ajit Singh, on two occasions.

Activities:

1. A primary school (nursery to class 5).

2. Three units of Gadadhar Abhyudaya Prakalpa and one unit of Vivekananda Abhyudaya Prakalpa.

3. Six vocational training centres (provided training in tailoring and bag-making).

4. A computer training centre.

5. A public library with books and periodicals.

6. A homeopathic dispensary.

7. Twelve eye camps (screenings and cataract surgeries arranged).

8. A museum on Swami Vivekananda.

9. Khetri Virasat Divas: In commemoration of Swami Vivekananda’s historic visit to Khetri on 12 December 1897, every year on 12th December, the branch centre, in association with the local Municipality, arranges processions and cultural programmes.

10. Welfare activities: Providing food, buttermilk, sewing machines, blankets, clothes, educational kits and stipends, and potable water.

Sub-centre at Mount Abu

At the request of Ramakrishna Ashrama at Mount Abu, Rajasthan, whose immovable properties already belonged to the Ramakrishna Mission, the possession and management of the Ashrama were taken over by us in March 2025. The Ashrama was then renamed Ramakrishna Mission and made a sub-centre of the Khetri branch. Swami Divyanandaji dedicated the sub-centre on 8 November with a programme featuring special worship and homa. The Ashrama was founded in 1956.