P. Iyaloo Naidu
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P. Iyaloo Naidu was an Indian member of the Theosophical Society, and a friend to the Founders.
Henry Steel Olcott wrote of him: "that golden-hearted old man, P. Iyaloo Naidu, Retired Deputy Collector, whose acquaintanceship was a privilege, whose friendship an honor."[1] When Colonel Olcott and Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, upon seeing the property at Adyar for the first time, Mr. Naidu was the devoted member who advanced the money needed to secure the purchase.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Henry Steel Olcott, Old Diary Leaves Second Series (1878-83), page 347. See this link.
- ↑ Henry Steel Olcott, Old Diary Leaves Second Series (1878-83), page 361. See this link.