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Sri Anna Subramanian, known as "Anna" to his friends and disciples, was a spiritual leader in the community and a prolific writer authoring more than 100 spiritual and religious books. He got his education at an orphanage school run by Ramakrishna Mission in Chennai at a young age. He then devoted his entire life serving the orphan school, first as a teacher, then as its principal, and later as its administrator until his death at the age of 97. == Early life == Naganarasimhan Subramanian, later to be known as ANNA, was born on 20 September 1895 to his mother, Arundhati, to his father, Naganarasimhan, who was an Elementary school teacher who later became village karnam. Born in a poor family in Tiruchengodu, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India. The eldest of six sons (Subramanian, Krishnaswami, Ramaswami, Ganapathy, Mahadevan, and Sankaran) and three daughters (Eswarambal, Sharadambal, and Lakshmi), his family lived a hand-to-mouth existence. Because ANNA's home town in the mountains was fairly small and isolated, he studied most of his elementary education in Tiruchengodu and Bhavani (1900–1911), and studied all of his high school education by boarding at the National High School (1911–1914) in Trichinopoly. There, along with the regular curriculum, he had religious training and vedic study (the study of the ancient Hindu hymns and scriptures). From high school, he passed first in the SSLC and received a gold medal. Being an exceptional student, he passed the Indian Matriculation Examination with a high score, higher than many other students in his area. By distinguishing himself from the others in his district, he received scholarship aid throughout his college experience. However, he still did not have the financial means to go to college from his hometown of Salem. Just when all hope diminished, a well-wisher suggested that he go to the Ramakrishna Mission Students Home in Mylapore for some help, and even provided him with the money for the trip. Immediately upon going to the Ramakrishna Home in 1914, he was admitted and came under the care of the founder-secretary, Sri C. Ramaswami Iyengar and Maharishi S. Vasudevachari, the warden-treasurer. Maharishi was also the Vice-Principal and Professor of Physics at the Wesley College, a well-known college in India. Through him ANNA received his first job as a Demonstrator in Physics at that same college five years later, in 1919. Both Iyengar and Maharishi served as his mentors and guides through college and when the Ramakrishna Mission became his new home. 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「Sri Anna Subramanium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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