Mathoor Krishnamurti

Mathoor "Mathoorji" Krishnamurti (born August 8, 1928 in Mattur , Shimoga District , Karnataka , India , † December 2011 ) was an Indian school principal who campaigned for the promotion of traditional Indian values, philosophy and culture in the United Kingdom .

Life

After the completion of secondary school in 1947, it was Krishnamurti not possible because of the financial circumstances of his family, studying at a college record, he that to support its members work as a bus conductor, traffic inspector, and accepted as a clerk, before working as a journalist began . He worked briefly for a Canadian daily newspaper and then for All India Radio (AIR), India's state radio broadcaster . In addition, he began to write books on numerous topics.

In addition, he was involved in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan , a movement to promote Indian art and culture. In 1968 he became director of the center of the Bhavan movement in Bangalore before he was sent to London in 1972 from the headquarters of the movement in Bombay to establish a branch of the movement there. This was initially in a small rented room on Great Russell Street and soon after on New Oxford Street.

In 1978 he opened the much larger Bhavan Center in Kensington , which eventually taught 22 subjects that dealt with Indian art and culture such as classical dance and music . To deliver these courses, he has relentlessly sought both private and government financial assistance in the UK. In 1995 he resigned from the post of director of the Bhavan center in London and immediately after his return to India took over the reorganization of the Bhavan center in Bangalore as well as the establishment of numerous other centers.

Background literature

• JE Upādhya: Vyākhyāna Bhāskara Mattūru Kr̥ṣṇamūrti , 2004

Web links

• Mathoor Krishnamurti obituary , In: The Guardian , December 6, 2011.
• Biography (PDF)