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V. Ramaswamy V. Ramaswamy Iyengar : V. Rāmaswamy Iyengar, later known as Vā-Rā in the Tamil literary world, came from Tanjore to stay with Sri Aurobindo for some time; he returned to Tanjore in 1913. He used to meet Sri Aurobindo daily in the evening.

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... pier at Pondicherry (Abhay Singh's collection) 34 A horse cart like the ones used around 1910 (Abhay Singh's coll.) 38 Shankar Chetty's house (Abhay Singh's coll.) 49 V. Ramaswamy Iyengar (Va. Ra. of Tamil literature) 151 A view of Pondicherry in 1790 154 Duplex and his wife 155 Ananda Ranga Pillai 160 Map of Pondicherry by de Fer (1705) 169 ...

... rough, rude, energetic, the very opposite of the smooth-faced Vaishnav who came. So that was the vision of a man I had never seen but as he was to be in future —a prophetic vision." V. Ramaswamy Iyengar came to live with Sri Aurobindo 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... came to Pondicherry, when very few people knew—or were supposed to know—of his presence 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,... secret, he met him but two more times. KY. Rangaswami Iyengar was a man with nationalist sympathies and was well acquainted with Tilak, Khaparde, Lala Lajpat Rai, and others. A word here on V. Ramaswamy may not be without interest. In a letter of 1934 (24 October), in which Sri Aurobindo dwelt on the subject of inner vision, and the faculty of seeing unknown people, he said that "not only Yogins ...

... In February 1914 Moni, Nolini and Saurin left for Bengal. So they were not there to meet the Richards on their arrival at Pondicherry. "The two persons from France have arrived," said V. Ramaswamy Iyengar beckoning Amrita near him as the latter entered the house at N°41 rue Francois Martin. It was towards the end of March, and Amrita had gone there after school to fetch Ramaswamy for their evening ...

... second series, covering the last twelve chapters, ran from August 1918 to July 1920. The first series, slightly revised and with some new chapter titles, was brought out as a book in 1922 by V. Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons, Madras. New editions of the first series were published by Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, in 1926, 1937, 1944 and 1949. The same publisher issued an extensively revised edition ...

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... became "Ghose", and I had to go and see the man. I found the same man of my vision sitting as the Governor and I was much surprised. On another occasion a friend of X. (V. Ramaswamy Aiyanger) was coming to see me and I wanted to have a vision of the man. I saw him as having clean shaven head, bull-dog face; but when he came, I found his appearance quite different, regular South ...

... Governor. I ought never to have met him in the ordinary course, but a curious mistake happened and as a result I went and saw him in his bureau and at once recognised him. The other was a certain V. Ramaswamy Page 383 whom I had to meet, but I saw him not as he was when he actually came, but as he became after a year's residence in my house. He became the very image of that vision, a face ...

... Yogi found me out and bore the cost of the book Yogic Sadhan ." ¹ V. Ramaswamy Iyengar, later known as "Va-Ra" in the Tamil literary world, had come to Pondicherry with K. V. R. Iyengar. He afterwards came and stayed with Sri Aurobindo for some time. A remarkable thing about this was that Sri Aurobindo had seen V. Ramaswamy in the subtle vision before he actually met him. He once mentioned this... Aurobindo in the Rue St. Louis house. He seems to have promised financial help but evidently it was irregular and inadequate. V. Ramaswamy (Va-Ra), who had come from Tanjore to stay with Sri Aurobindo, used to meet Sri Aurobindo daily in the evening. K. Amrita used to visit V. Ramaswamy. An incident which threatened to happen but did not come about deserves to be mentioned in order to give an idea of the... Governor. I ought never to have met him in the ordinary course, but a curious mistake happened and as a result I went and saw him in his bureau and at once recognised him. The other was a certain V. Ramaswamy whom I had to meet, but I saw him not as he was when he actually came, but as he became after a year's residence in my house. He became the very image of that vision, a face close-cropped, rough ...

... respected village Munsiff of Kazhipervembakam. An insatiable desire to serve the country brought Amrita to Pondicherry. Here he met a galaxy of refugees from British India, like poet Bharathi, V. Ramaswamy lyengar and others. From that time onward, he used to visit Sri Aurobindo. Finally in the year 1919 he was accepted by the Master as his disciple. Since then up to the last day of his earthly life ...

... Tagore, Sylvain Levy. The great national poet of Tamilnad, S. Subramanya Bharati, was in contact with Sri Aurobindo for some years during his stay at Pondicherry; so was V. V. S. Aiyar. The famous V. Ramaswamy Aiyangar—Va. Ra of Tamil literature—stayed with Sri Aurobindo for nearly three years and was influenced by him. Some of these facts have been already mentioned in A Life of Sri Aurobindo. ...

... Tagore, Sylvain Levy. The great national poet of Tamilnad, S. Subramanya Bharati, was in contact with Sri Aurobindo for some years during his stay at Pondicherry; so was V. V. S. Aiyar. The famous V. Ramaswamy Aiyangar—Va. Ra of Tamil literature—stayed with Sri Aurobindo for nearly three years and was influenced by him. Some of these facts have been already mentioned in A Life of Sri Aurobindo. Jung ...

... and Sylvain Levy. The great national poet of Tamilnad, S. Subramanya Bharati, was in contact with Sri Aurobindo for some years during his stay at Pondicherry; so was V. V. S. Aiyar. The famous V. Ramaswamy Aiyangar – Va. Ra. of Tamil literature – stayed with Sri Aurobindo for nearly three years and was influenced by him. Some of these facts have been already mentioned in "A Life of Sri Aurobindo ...

... Romance Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1960 Written in Pondieherry in 1912 or 1913. SABCL: Collected Plays, Vol.6 21 . ESSAYS ON THE GITA V. Ramaswamy Sastrulu & Sons, Madras, First Series, 1922 ' Arya Publishing House, Calcutta, First Series in 1926, Second Series in 1928 Combined Edition: Sri Aurobindo Library, New York ...

... gave some money to Sri Aurobindo and pledged regular financial help. But his help ceased to be regular and finally stopped altogether. He visited Sri Aurobindo twice again at Pondicherry. V. Ramaswamy lyengar 9 , later known as Va-Ra, came with K.V. Rangaswami. He was powerfully drawn to Sri Aurobindo and came to live with him for sometime in 1911. Sri Aurobindo had seen him in a vision before... visions, only I don't usually try to remember or verify them. But there were two curious instances which were among the first of this kind and which therefore I remember.... The other was a certain V. Ramaswamy whom I had to meet, but I saw him not as he was when he actually came, but as he became after a year's residence in my house. He became the very image of the vision, a face close-cropped, rough ...

... Governor. I ought never to have met him in the ordinary course, but a curious mistake happened and as a result I went and saw him in his bureau and at once recognised him. The other was a certain V. Ramaswamy whom I had to see, but I saw him not as he was when he actually came, but as he became after year's residence in my house. He became the very image that vision, a face close-cropped, rough, rude ...

... a few of them were, like me, political refugees from British India, and were already in Pondicherry when I came here. One of them was Bharati. I also remember very clearly another person. He was V. Ramaswamy lyengar, who was later known in Tamil literature simply as 'Va-Ra'. When he expressed a wish to meet me, I tried first to visualise him by my subtle sight. I saw a head of short-cropped hair, a ...