The Theosophical Society
Riverside theosophical headquarters with vast gardens, rare trees and a centuries-old banyan.
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This guide to the Theosophical Society in Adyar, Chennai, follows Jiddu Narayaniah, a clerk who moved his family onto these riverside grounds in early nineteen-oh-nine, and the April day a senior Theosophist noticed his son on the beach. It touches Annie Besant, the Society's president, a guardianship signed by a poor father, and a courtroom fight between an employee and his employer's leader. Best heard in the gardens near the river's south bank.
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