During the second visit of Swami Vivekananda in November 1897, he noticed the plight of the people of this part of the Himalayas and planned to set up an orphanage here withthe help of Capt. and Mrs. Sevier. However, due to some reasons, that could not materialize.

In order to fulfil Swamiji's wish, Swami Karunananda, a disciple of swami Brahmanands, while trekking through dehradun, decided to open a spiritual retreat during 1916 in kishanpur amidst the picturesque surroundings on Dehradun-Mussoorie road, 6 km away from the town proper, overlooking the beautiful Shivalik range. A marvellous marble image of Sri Ramakrishna was installed simultaneously.

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This temple was dedicated to Bhagwan Sri Ramakrishna Dev on 11th May 1998. It is a very good example of temple architecture which was designed according to vaastu under the patronage of Swami Ranganathananda, Vice President (Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission)