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'''T. Vijayaraghava Charlu''' was an Indian member of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society]] who served as Treasurer during the administration of [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. | '''T. Vijayaraghava Charlu''' was an Indian member of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society]] who served as Recording Secretary and later as Treasurer during the administration of [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. His reports appear frequently in [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']] from 1889-1906. | ||
He seems to have been devoted to Colonel Olcott, who mentioned him several times in [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|his diaries]]. | He seems to have been devoted to Colonel Olcott, who mentioned him several times in [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|his diaries]]. Mr. Charlu was one of the few people who was with the Colonel at an important event in establishing the [[Adyar Library and Research Centre]]: | ||
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In my Diary of 1886 the entry for January 1st, says: | |||
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"In the name of the Masters and for the sake of their cause, I, Henry S. Olcott, President of the Theosophical Society, this day turned the first rod for the Sanskrit Library and Museum at Adyar. The only witnesses present were T. Vijiaraghava Charlu and two of the gardeners. The impulse to do it came so strongly — after staking out the ground for the building — that I did not call any of the other people in the house."<ref>H. S. Olcott ''Old Diary Leaves'' Second Oriental Series, Chapter XXIV, as printed in ''The Theosophist'' 20.7 (April, 1899), 385.</ref> | |||
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In another example, when Olcott was traveling with Miss Edger in 1898: | |||
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Some of the faithful ones, among them T. V. Charlu, V. C. Seshacharri and S. Ramaswami Iyengar, saw us off at the pier, | Some of the faithful ones, among them T. V. Charlu, V. C. Seshacharri and S. Ramaswami Iyengar, saw us off at the pier, | ||
leaving with us baskets of fruit and some money towards Miss Edger's travelling expenses.<ref>... | leaving with us baskets of fruit and some money towards Miss Edger's travelling expenses.<ref>H. S. Olcott ''Old Diary Leaves'' Sixth Series, Chapter XVII, as printed in ''The Theosophist'' 27.8 (May, 1906), 562.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 02:04, 2 October 2019
T. Vijayaraghava Charlu was an Indian member of the Theosophical Society who served as Recording Secretary and later as Treasurer during the administration of Henry Steel Olcott. His reports appear frequently in The Theosophist from 1889-1906.
He seems to have been devoted to Colonel Olcott, who mentioned him several times in his diaries. Mr. Charlu was one of the few people who was with the Colonel at an important event in establishing the Adyar Library and Research Centre:
In my Diary of 1886 the entry for January 1st, says:
"In the name of the Masters and for the sake of their cause, I, Henry S. Olcott, President of the Theosophical Society, this day turned the first rod for the Sanskrit Library and Museum at Adyar. The only witnesses present were T. Vijiaraghava Charlu and two of the gardeners. The impulse to do it came so strongly — after staking out the ground for the building — that I did not call any of the other people in the house."[1]
In another example, when Olcott was traveling with Miss Edger in 1898:
Some of the faithful ones, among them T. V. Charlu, V. C. Seshacharri and S. Ramaswami Iyengar, saw us off at the pier, leaving with us baskets of fruit and some money towards Miss Edger's travelling expenses.[2]
He is among the faithful workers who was mentioned in Letter 19 in the Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, First Series.