The Theosophical Society - Adyar is a successor organization to the original Theosophical Society founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and others in 1875. The Theosophical Society - Adyar, named for the area of Chennai where its headquarters is located, traces its beginnings to 1895 and the Theosophical Society faction headed by Henry Steel Olcott and Annie Besant after the faction led by William Quan Judge left to form its own organization. That other organization today titles itself simply the Theosophical Society, though often with the clarifying statement, "International Headquarters, Pasadena, California".
The presidents of the Theosophical Society - Adyar have included Besant, N. Sri Ram, and currently Radha Burnier.
This organization's objectives are
To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color.
To encourage the study of Comparative Religion, Philosophy and Science.
To investigate unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in man.
This organization also has a North American branch called the "Theosophical Society in America" located at the Olcott Estate in Wheaton, Illinois
The faction led by Olcott and Besant is today based in India and known as the TheosophicalSociety - Adyar, while the faction led by Judge is today known simply as the TheosophicalSociety, but often with the clarifying statement, "international headquarters, Pasadena, California".
The headquarters of the TheosophicalSociety at Adyar are situated in a charming locale from where a path passing through a coconut grove leads to the sea across a wide stretch of sandy beach where the Adyar river pours into the Bay of Bengal.
The TheosophicalSociety of India was founded in 1883 by Dr. Annie Besant who dominant personality figured prominently in the early stages of the Indian struggle for freedom.
Annie Besant became President in 1907, members of the Society were encouraged to build themselves houses and live in them whenever they visited Adyar, on the understanding that in their absence, she could dispose of the accommodation as she chose, and that on their deaths, the buildings became the property of the Society.
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