A memorial for Swami Vivekananda to mark his stay in Mysuru in 1892 is set to be a reality with the performance of the ground breaking ceremony here on Wednesday.
Amidst the chanting of the Vedic hymns and mantras by monks of Sri Ramakrishna Ashram, the groundbreaking ceremony was performed for the ₹36.23 crore project which will focus on personality development of youth.
Swami Vivekananda had stayed at the Niranjan Mutt in Mysuru for some days and was the guest of the then Mysuru maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiya X before leaving for the U.S. to participate in the World Parliament of Religions in 1893. Hence, a memorial was proposed at the site and the land transferred to Ramakrishna Mission which was vested with the responsibility of completing the project.
