Srimat Swami Shivananda (Mahapurush Maharaj) direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and 2nd President of the order visited Nagpur in early 1925. During this visit, he consented to start a permanent centre in Nagpur.
Later in November 1925, a devotee, Ananda Mohan Chaudhari gifted a plot of land to the Ramakrishna Math, Belur for this purpose.