Purnendu Narayan Sinha

Dewan Bahadur Purnendu Narayan Sinha (his first name being variously spelled as Purmendu, Purnedu, Purnanda, or Purnendra) was a member of the Theosophical Society and an educator in India.

In 1924 he was awarded with the Subba Row Medal.

He was granted the title of "Dewan Bahadur" and in 1938 he was awarded the "Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India", a medal awarded by the British monarch between 1900 and 1947, to civilians of any nationality who rendered distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj. He obtained the Gold Medal for his work in education.

Writings

He was a frequent contributor to The Theosophist, writing the following articles:

March 1883 (supplement) v4 p4 - The Behar Theosophical Society - Rules & Bye-Laws

June 1883 (supplement) v4 p5 - Colonel Olcott at Bankipore

June 1891 v12 p540 - Linga Purana

December 1891 v13 p141 - Some Mythologies in relation to the Vedas

March 1893 v14 p352 - Yellow, Blue & Violet

June 1893 v14 p548 - Colours

July 1893 v14 p592 - Colours (1)

September 1893 v14 p749 - Esoteric Hinduism

November 1893 v15 p110 - Colours (2)

July 1894 v15 p639 - Avataras, or the Guardians of the Universe

April 1895 v16 p434 - The Vedic Pranayama

May 1895 v16 p510 - Some Thoughts on Vedic Pranayama

July 1895 v16 p644 - Some Thoughts on Vedic Pranayama (2)

November 1895 v17 p86 - Thoughts on Vedic Sandhya (1)

December 1895 v17 p155 - Thoughts on Vedic Sandhya (2)

April 1912 v33 p79 - Chaitanya, The Prophet of Bengal

In February 1891 he wrote the article "The Religious Ideas & Practices of India & their growth" in the periodical Branch Work published at Adyar, Madras, India.