Sri Bapiraju and a group of ardent devotees of Sri Ramakrishna made their sincere efforts to start a centre in Vijayawada which was fulfilled in 1956 They formed an association called Ramakrishna Seva Samiti and established the present City Centre. They built a Prayer Hall and a School offering both spiritual and educational services to the public. Later they started a school at Sitanagaram. 

Further, the devoted, earnest and enthusiastic group succeeded in affiliating both these centrese as the full-fledged branch of Ramakrishna Math and Mission. Swami Sashikantananda ji Maharaj became the first head of this branch in 2001. For the past 70 years the institution has been serving the public at large in various ways while incorporating gradual development and expansion by stages.