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F. G. Natesa Iyer was an Indian activist in the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement. He was also one of the pioneers of modern Tamil drama and Tamil cinema. He was a talent scout who recognized merit and promoted many youngsters, who went on to become great performers in Carnatic music ==Early life and background== Natesa Iyer was born on 11 November 1880, to Janakiammaiyar Sastri (Pudukkotamma) and Gangadhara Shastri: who was the legal advisor to the then Pudukkottai state, a Princely state in the Indian subcontinent under the British colonial rule. Iyer's elder brother was Rao Saheb G. Ganapati Sastriar who went on to hold the position of Dewan of the Pudukottai state. Iyer's love for music and theatre made him run away from home at the age of ten, to join the railways as a clerk in the Madura and Tinnevelly - Quilon Railways construction department.〔[http://sruti.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4_6&products_id=316&zenid=0f450d228a10790b6de87b34fc74edea F.G. Natesa Iyer [330] - $.5.00 : Sruti, A Monthly Magazine on Indian Performing Arts]〕 In an article written by his grandson, it is claimed that as a child, " He took shelter with Englishmen who brought him up and converted him to Christianity. Twenty years later, dissatisfied with the ability of the priests to clarify his doubts, he met the Kanchi Shankaracharya, and, getting satisfactory answers from him, reconverted to Hinduism." . The Shankaracharya referred to was Paramacharya Chandrashekarendra Saraswati. It is recorded in a conversation he had in June 1923, that based on his twenty years of experience and knowledge on the Christian religion, "the Hindu religion was our mother and it was not appropriate to abandon your mother." Iyer also is reported to have stated that he was unfortunate to have committed such a sin, but realized his folly in time and he did notlike to see anyone else commit the same mistake. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Converter convinced not to convert )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「F. G. Natesa Iyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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