The Mission in Rajasthan, in the diocese of Udaipur was started by Brs. Martin Poothokaren and late Jerson Joseph. In response to the invitation of Bp. Joseph Pathalil of Udaipur Diocese, the Brothers were in search of a suitable location for the establishment of a Capuchin house.
A large farm land with an old house was bought at Tambesra in the District of Banswara. Though the plot of land was purchased at a remarkably less price in June, 1990, what was missing was a Christian community nearby. The nearest Christian house was about 2-3 kilometers away. Br. Martin moved out to Tambesra and set up a new foundation and christened it as “SHANTI SADAN”. This is the first Indian Capuchin foundation in Rajasthan. The virgin territory of Tambesra, was declared a parish! The surrounding villages belonged to the nearby parishes of Ambapada and Amlipada, where Capuchins of Paris Province had been the pioneers.
Tambesra area was taken up by the Capuchins of Krist Jyoti, which had about 500 catholics scattered in 14 tribal villages. A boarding was started at Tambesra in the year 1995-96 by Brs. P. A. Joseph, Augustine Nattunilam, and Pravesh Philip for the promotion of local vocations. In 1997-98, the construction of the hostel building and multipurpose hall were started by Br. P. A. Joseph and the same was completed by Br. Martin Poothokaren.
The bishop helped substantially for the construction of the hall. Br. Jose Kurian worked there as a parish priest and maintained the community life. A Hindi Medium School was started for tribal children by P. A. Joseph. Br. Jai Prakash served the school as principal for a few years. A number of social work programmes were conducted in Tambesra parish like: womens’ empowerment programme, self-help scheme, income generation, literacy, mahila samaj, small-scale and cottage industry etc.
In 1999, Sisters of Holy Cross of Hazaribagh Province joined the Tambesra Mission as collaborators. They took charge of the school in 2000 and it is a high school now.