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Story of Revered Dr. K.C. Varadachari
newspaper, and got him enormous reputation as a philosopher.
He was a Research Scholar of the Madras University from 1926 to 1929. In 1929 he joined as a Research Fellow of the Andhra University, then located at Guntur. He then developed the close contact with the Theosophical Society, Adyar and was influenced by the writings of Madam Blavatsky and Ms. Anne Besant. During these days he lectured in the Theosophical lodges at Chittoor and Madanapalle. He was greatly influenced by the writings of Ouspensky and other researchers in the field of Spirituality. During this period he also had a brief contact with Sri. Jiddu Krishnamurthy, who did not however impress him and he was more attracted to the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo.
During this period he developed very close friendship with Sri S. Vedantam and Sri S. Rajam of the Murray and Co. that lasted his entire life period. It is stated that the scholar used to visit the auctions of the Murray and Co. and purchased books acquired and maintained as personal Libraries by
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