P. K. Telang
Life and professional career
Pandharinath Kashinath Telang was an Indian Theosophist of the Brahmin caste, son of Justice Kashinath Trimbak Telang. He earned a Master of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Laws, and became an educator. In 1909 he joined Central Hindu College, and also served as Principal of the Theosophical College and theTheosophical National Boys School in Benares. He died on June 5, 1929.[1]
Theosophical work
Professor Telang served on the General Council of the Theosophical Society. He helped to edit New India. In 1925, he worked with Pandit A. Mahādeva Sāstri, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and other Brahmins to develop the Bhārata Samāj Pūja ritual of congregational worship.
Central Hindu University library donation
In memory of his father, in 1917, Professor Telang donated "a small but precious collection" that formed the core of what is now The Banaras Hindu University Library system. The collection was initially housed in the Telang Hall of the Central Hindu College, Kamachha, but was eventually shifted to its present majestic building modeled after the British Museum Library. The library has expanded greatly, attracting major donations from the Nehru and Tagore families and other benefactors.[2]