Rangaswamy Iyengar K.V.R. K. V. R. : Kodailam V. Rangaswamy Iyengar, the zamindar of Kodailam, who bore the cost of the book Yogic Sadhan, seems to have promised financial help again when he met Sri Aurobindo at Rāghavan House in Rue St. Louis (where Sri Aurobindo stayed from April 1911 to April 1913). It is very likely therefore that the money received by Sri Aurobindo in November 1912 & January 1913 came from Rangaswamy. Sri Aurobindo’s letter in 1916 to a Mr Appādurai mentions KVR as one of those who sent him money whenever he could.
... disservice, if, as I think, the Pundit belongs to the Moderate school of politics; it might cause him to look upon Mr K.V.R. as an extreme politician to be avoided rather than supported. However, if you don't mind taking the risk, you can use the letter which I send. Kindly ask Mr K.V.R. to send me money from time to time if he can for a while as just at present my sources of supply in Bengal are very ...
... there, a person in the know blurted out the secret to K. V. Rangaswami. Immediately K. V. R. sent a friend, V. Ramaswamy to find out the truth or otherwise of this piece of news. With the help of Bharati and Srinivasachari, V. Ramaswa my was able to pay his respects to Sri Aurobindo. The good news confirmed, K. V. R. hurried to Pondicherry and had a meeting with Sri Aurobindo. His hope became a certainty... sometime in 1911, and left by the middle of 1913. He became a writer of repute in Tamil literary world as an author of short stories. He is the Va. Ra. of Tamil literature. It was with the help of K. V. R. that he had been able to go through his college studies. In 1910 he had gone to Calcutta. He even Page 49 tried to meet Sri Aurobindo at K.K. Mitra's house at College Square ...
... am inclined to believe in the Republican administration theory,—the Republic always likes to have time on its hands. "I have not written all this time because I was not allowed K. V. Rangaswamy Iyengar, the zamindar of Kodailam; see ch. 5 for details. Page 347 to put pen to paper for some time,—that is all. I send enclosed a letter to our Marathi friend. If he can give you ...
... as I can give you another instance of how yogis who have access to the occult world can transcend space and time and foretell the future. The circumstances in this case were related by K.V. Rangaswamy Iyengar, a well-to-do zamindar who was a regular visitor at Shankara Chettiar's house and the facts were confirmed by Sri Aurobindo. Iyengar's family had been devoted to a famous South Indian Yogi, Nagai... the Uttara Yogi would come to the South to seek protection so that he could continue practising his Yoga and that, secondly, he would be known by his 'three sayings.' Many years later, when Rangaswamy Iyengar met Sri Aurobindo at Shankara Chettiar's house he was amazed to recognise in him the Uttara Yogi mentioned by his Guru. About this Sri Aurobindo himself has written: 'The Yogi from the North... using my pen and hand.' In this fashion a whole book Yogic Sadhan, was written during evening seances at Chettiar's house. The book had nine chapters containing instructions and advice on yoga. Rangaswamy Iyengar was so impressed that he arranged for the publication of the book, bearing all the cost, and the name of the author was given as Uttara Yogi. However, Sri Aurobindo always said that he was ...
... not known. It is known that K. V. R. Iyengar gave Sri Aurobindo a promise of economic help and besides this actually gave some money. Those were days of great danger to anyone who dared to render any kind of help to a revolutionary political leader. That is why nothing was spoken about the details of the interview or about the exact extent of the help rendered. K. V. R. Iyengar came Page 144 ... looking for Sri Aurobindo for the following reason. He had known a Yogi named Nagai Japata, who had been the guru of his family. When the time of his death was near this Yogi called his devotees to him. K. V. R. Iyengar asked him about the spiritual guide he must take for his future progress. The Yogi remained quiet for a time and then said that a great Yogi would come from the North whose help he could take... many yogis came to the South from the North. Japata replied that the great Yogi would come seeking refuge in the South, and he would make a declaration of three things before his arrival. When K. V. R. Iyengar came to know that Sri Aurobindo had come to Pondicherry and retired from politics, he had one clue for identifying him as the "Yogi from the North" – Uttar Yogi – about whom Nagai Japata had ...
... Appadurai. 13 April 1916 . Appadurai was the brother-in-law of the poet Subramania Bharati. Bharati was living as a refugee in French Pondicherry at the time this letter was written. The "Mr. K. V. R" to whom Sri Aurobindo refers was K. V. Rangaswami Iyengar, who sometimes helped him out financially. Fragmentary Draft Letter. 1916 - 1920 . The surviving portion of this draft (its beginning ...
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