With an intention to inculcate the habit of reading and spreading the importance of education and literacy amongst the mill workers community spread over Khedgalli, Prabhadevi and Worli, four social reformers, Late Shri Vanga Somalingham, Shri Chinta Vittal, Late Shri Dyavarshetty Venkateshwar and Shri P. Nagarajulu started Vivek Granthalaya on 19 October, 1952 on the eve of Deepawali festival in the premises of Bhagwan Shri Satyananda Maharishi Bhaktha Mandali in their room no. 9, Bori Chawl at Prabhadevi, Mumbai. Vivek Granthalaya functioned in their premises for about a year.