Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre

Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre in Simla, North Kolkata, is the birthplace and childhood residence of Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902). Located at 3 Gourmohan Mukherjee Street, the restored 18th-century Datta family house has been converted into a museum and cultural centre managed by the Ramakrishna Mission. It preserves his birth room, family artefacts, and exhibitions on his life, teachings and travels, serving as a heritage museum and cultural pilgrimage site.

Visitors can explore the restored three-storey ancestral house including Swami Vivekananda's birth room preserved as a shrine, museum galleries with artefacts, photographs, letters and models depicting his life and world travels, an exhibition hall, a meditation hall, a library and a cultural centre. The complex includes landscaped courtyards, a book stall and audio-visual displays. The setting is an urban heritage house in densely built North Kolkata, visited for quiet viewing, guided tours and cultural programmes.