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THE HINDU SABHA.
Proceedings of the President-Founder in Council.
18. In acknowledgment of their eminent services as Dewans of Hindu states and of the sympathy and advice which have been received by the President-Founder, the following gentlemen to be Honorary Chairmen of the Hindu Sabba.
Rajah Sir T. Madhava Row k. c. s. i.
The Hon’ble A. Sashia Sastri c. s. i.
and The Hon’ble V. Ramaiengar c. s. i.
19. The undermentioned gentlemen to be additional members of the Sabba.
T. K. Kristna Menon b. a. b. l. Judge, Alleppy.
T. K. Shungunny Menon b. a. Collector’s Office, Calicut.
S. Soobramanya Iyer, Munsif, Guruvagur, Malabar.
P. Sivaramakrisnaiyer, Landlord, Chittoor Palghaut.
A. Raja Sastry, Govindappa Street, Combacomum.
20. Honorary chairman Dewan Ramaiengar avergal with a statesman’s genius grasps the Basic idea of the President-Founder when he writes “you can not feel more strongly than I do on the desirableness of bringing about what you call Hindu Unity through Brahmanical unity, but I fear you underrate the difficulties in the way. If you tell me in what I can assist you, I shall be very glad to do so.” It is because there are great difficulties to be overcome with tact and prudence as Rajah Sir T. Madhava Row says and with knowledge, power, and persevering co-operation that so much pains have been taken to found the Hindu Sabba with branches in all parts. The mission of the President-Founder as regards the Hindu Sabba is now ended and proceedings from 1883 will kindly be signed and published through the Editor of the Hindu Reformer and politician by the Executive President or one of the Honorary chairmen for the President-Founder. The President-Founder will then be able to give his undivided attention to the proceedings of the Pandit council and all the help he seeks from the Hindu Sabba and Branches consisting of laymen is not to play the “Odam Kavitha bramachari” by disrespecting the rights of the Pandit-Priests to decide on the Religious interests of the nation as sectarianism, acharam, ceremonies, pilgrimages, &c. Next to this primary and negative help he seeks positive assistance to bring Pandits and Priests to consult together by employing them in connection with the Hindu Sabba Press, Library, and Schools. Respects every aid from the High Priests or Mada Chariars and the Sidhasramams and Theosophical societies if lay associations do their best to keep alive in themselves and respect in others the spiritual instinct and culture. There are a hundred and one purely loukika, political, social, commercial, agriculturrl caste &c., interests to be attended to without respect to the Pandit council. It is amusing to see a Library and Reading Room association memorialise on politics, Europeans airing themselves as authorities on Hindu Religion and Literature, Missionaries maintaining colleges for the University secular Examinations, and a jumble of laymen and officials addressing Priests and widows respecting Vedic rites.
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21. Honorary Chairman Dewan Sashia Sastry writes “yonr journal is very good. My apathy has only been apparent. I shall read everything carefully and give my opinion.” The Tanjore people’s association presided over by such a veteran statesman is called upon by a journalist to give a decision on vedic rites and widow-remarriage and to join in memorialising the Achariars! The President Founder in Council would respectfully request every true Hindu not to attach much weight to Book-knowledge and Parliamentary discussions as the way to get at the truths of the Vedas and the Smrities or the Arsham in fact is unique:—
Manu 2-11—“Yoavamanyeta to mule, hetusâstrâsayat dwija; sa sadhubir bahiskaryo Nastiko Veda nindakah.”
2-140—“Upaniyatu yah Sishyam, Uedam adhyapayet dwijah, sa Kalpam sa Rahasyam cha, Tam Acharya prachakshate.”
22. Read the subjoined proceedings of the Tinnevelly and Guntur Theosophical Societies.
The President-Founder thanks them for their kind co-operation and has forwarded copies to the Education Commission with the assurance that the cause of national higher education in India is in the safe hands of the Theosophists.
At the meeting of the Theosophists, Krishna Branch, Guntoor, Mr. Singaravelu Modalyar in the chair, the following Resolutions were unanimously passed.
1. * * * * * * *
2. Read papers by the President-Founder Hindu Sabha on Higher Education.
Resolved:—
1. That representations be made through the President Founder Hindu Sabha, to the President, Education Commission that instruction in national religion and civilization should be given to native youths in schools and Colleges through Pandits approved of by Associations.
2. That the Vernacular Literature should be expanded and enriched with the aid of Sanskrit.
3. That the stipulations of the President-Founder in his letter to Honourable W. W. Hunter that the Government should hand over Funds and regard savings as trusts are essential to the success of our patriotic efforts.
Vice.
Presidents.
Subrayya, Secretary.
TINNEVELLY THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,
Tinnevelly.
The proceedings of a meeting of the Tinnevelly Theosophical Society held on Sunday the 1st of October 1882.
Read papers by M. R. Ry. A. Sankariah Avergal, President-Founder of the Hindu Sabha, on “Higher Education.”
Resolved:—
I. That instruction in National Religion and Civilisation should be given to Native youths in Schools and<... continues on page 14-101 >
Editor's notes
- ↑ The Hindu Sabha. by unknown author, Numbered proceedings18-22 and enclosed Guntoor resolutions; publisher/issue date absent; Hindu Reformer mentioned internally, not proved as the clipping’s publisher
- ↑ The writer has not been identified.
- ↑ Tinnevelly Theosophical Society, by unknown author, Separate headed meeting proceedings at bottom right100, completes101; October1,1882 is the meeting date, not publication date; officers sign at end