Genesis: When Swami Vivekananda returned from the west, he exhorted the youth of the country to dedicate themselves to the service of the Motherland and ameliorate the distress of their fellow beings. In Madras his call met with a ready response. When he reached Kolkatta (then Culcatta), he sent Swami Ramakrishnananda, a Direct Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna to Chennai (then Madras) to start a centre. During his work and activities, Swami Ramakrishnananda came across several cases of bright young boys eager for education but not having the resources, even for food and shelter. There was a boy of Mysore whose both parents died in an epidemic of plague and the Swami took him under his care. Four other boys came in search of food, shelter and education from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh but found themselves lost in the streets with no one to look for support. Thus, out of compassion for boys in such a predicament, the Home was born in 1905.