One of the many legends of the swami's fund-collection drive is that he walked around Mysore's Yadavagiri area seeking bhiksha on behalf of the new hostel.

[citation needed] After gathering the funds and then acquiring land from the Maharaja of Mysore, Swami Shambhavananda physically led the building construction even in an advanced age.

In 2007, Muktidananda's compilations of Swami Achalananda's expositions on puja were published by the Mysore Ashrama as the 213-page book The Meaning and Significance of Worship.

[9] He was instrumental in conceptualising, designing and constructing a "Knowledge Park" at Vidyashala, aimed at developing scientific temper amongst students.

He also spearheaded the putting up of a mural on the frontage of Vidyashala, depicting different faces of India, be it Cultural, Social, Religious or Scientific.

[3] In that position, Sureshananda built a public auditorium, renovated the Ashrama building, and construct two floors of quarters for monks.

Sureshananda established a biogas facility attached to the dairy, an electric laundry, and biological, physical and chemical student-laboratories.

"[14] In the previous year 2009, of the 96 students that had appeared for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination, 63 secured distinction and 32 passed in first class.

[16] A couple of small cottages, called kutiras, by a scenic pond in the campus, are used for meditation by visiting Ramakrishna Math monks.

The campus hosts about a thousand species of flora including rarities such as a North American Giant Redwood and a Thai tree that blossoms every twelfth year, as well as plantations of sapota, arabica coffee, elephant grass (Saccharum ravennae), coconut, and silver oak.

Vidyashala hosts an award-winning company of the Thirteen Karnataka Battalion of the National Cadet Corps (Army wing).

A statue of Swami Vivekananda in a meditation pose, at the entrance of Vidyashala, is sculpted by an artist from Burma, U. Han Tin.

It was unveiled at its current location in 1978 by Lal Krishna Advani, the then Indian Union minister of information and broadcasting, during Vidyashala's silver jubilee celebration.

The statue is housed in a granite mandapa designed in the style of the Bhagavad Gita chariot by Vidyashala's architect, E. Ashirvadam.

The students have access to a library with nearly 15000 volumes, a 400-seat auditorium with motion picture projectors, a separate digital audiovisual theater, a computer laboratory.

There is a biological and fine arts section, a sports stadium used as parade ground, an open-air theater, teachers' quarters, an electric bakery, ophthalmic and dental clinics, a dispensary (offering homeopathic or modern medical treatments), a two-floor gymnasium with weights and a wooden badminton court, and several table tennis courts.

In 2003 a Golden Jubilee block, comprising classrooms, dormitories, a prayer hall, and a small amphitheater, was constructed about 200 yards (180 m) south of the main building.

The golden jubilee year also saw infrastructure improvements, including a pagoda-style waiting area for parents, an entry facade, and a digital audiovisual theater.

The students follow a demanding regimen from the rising hour of 5.05 a.m. until they go to bed at about 10.15 p.m. A typical day is packed with physical exercise, literary activities, hobby pursuits including art and music, participation in a chosen outdoor sport, Vedic (often Upanishadic) chants and meditation, in addition to classroom work.

Many Indian festivals, including Krishna Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Upanayanam or Munji, Shivarathri and Christmas, are celebrated with special activities.

The annual day includes a gymnastics show as well as a stage-drama on a classical theme, and is also an occasion when the Old Boys Association conducts an alumni meeting followed by a five-course lunch whose highlight is typically the "Prabhakar rasam" (named after a popular cook) and the "fruit salad" (said to be prepared from campus-grown fruits), all served on leaf plates called patrawallis woven from dry areca leaves.

[22] Suhas, a student of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, was handed the medal by chief guest Dr. B. Soma Raju, chairman of CARE Hospitals, Hyderabad.

They use the Mission's motto of "Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha" (आत्मनो मोक्षार्थम् जगद्धिताय च in the Devanāgarī script of the original Sanskrit), which translates as, "For self-realization and for the universal good."

[23] N R Narayana Murthy, the founder of Infosys, on the energy and enthusiasm shown by the boys of Vidyashala, exclaimed "magine what would be if there were 10,000 such schools in India!".