K. Narayanaswami Aiyer
K. Narayanaswami Aiyer was He was joint General Secretary (President) of the Indian Section in 1907-08.
He abandoned abandoned legal profession to give his life to the Theosophical work. He was one of organizers of Tamil Districts T.S. Federation in 1903, while acting as Provincial Secretary for South India. He was a Lodge inspector and powerful Theosophical lecturer from the 1890s. To him is largely due the successful organization of the T.S. in Southern India. He translated into English many works from Sanskrit. He died in 1923.[1]
His work in the late 1890s has been described in The Theosophist, Col. Olcott describes as follows:
On a par with Miss Edger's work, in its energy and devotion, stands that of our old and tried Brother Mr. K. Narayanswami Aiyer, on whose definitive addition to our staff of men devoting their whole lives to the work, we had to congratulate ourselves last year, and well indeed has he fulfilled the hopes then expressed.
In October 1897 he visited the Branch at Chingleput, in March 1898 that of Sholingur, and in July 1898 that of Tiruvalur, and revived them all three, for they had been practically quite dormant for several years.
He has also formed new Branches at ConjeeTeram, Namakal, Tirupaitar, Yanijambadi, Krishnagiri, Dharmapari, Parasawalkam, Tirnppattnr, Triplicansy Tiravallur, Poonamalle, Wallajahnagar, Timpati, Patukota, Vedaranyam and Tiraturaipundi, fifteen in all ; besides visiting and leotoring at Mylapnr, Saidapet and Adyar, as well as accompanying Dr. Richardson to Gbingleput and Conjeeveram and Miss Edger thronghoat her South Indian tear. He has tbus formed fifteen new Branches, revived three qaite dormant ones, in addition to the other work mentioned, and I am sure that we all agree that this is a splendidrecord of work for anyone roan, and should serve as a lesson to us all in showing how much the energy and real devotion of one man even can accomplish for our movement.
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THIRTY MINOR UPANISHADS : Translated into English by K. Narayanaswami Aiyar.
- ↑ International Theosophical Year Book (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1937), 227.