Mysuru: Even as Historian Prof. P.V. Nanjaraj Urs claimed recently that there was no proof to say that Swami Vivekananda stayed at Niranjana Mutt during his visit to the city in 1892, two former officials of the city have come up with evidence to suggest that the monk stayed here and have also thrown light on some other facts concerning the NTM School on Narayana Shastry Road in the city.
N.S. Chakravarthi, retired Additional Secretary, Government of India and J.K. Basappa, retired Deputy Tahsildar and a Practising Advocate, in a joint letter, have stated that Niranjana Mutt located on Narayana Shastry Road was under the control of the State Education Department about seven years ago. The Mutt then housed three structures — the heritage Niranjana Mutt building, New Type Middle School (NTMS) and a building belonging to the Block Resource Centre (BRC), with a small Shiva temple close-by.
