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Faces in Focus

V. C. Kondappa – The Teacher Biographer

Fortunate to be His teacher, grateful to be His devotee

V. C. Kondappa was Baba’s teacher at the school at Bukkapatnam and Uravakonda. He was also one of his first devotees. Along with teachers like Manchiraju Thammiraju and Sesha Iyengar, he would go to the Thursday sessions to listen and benefit from the young Raju’s spiritual wisdom. They would ask him questions. They treated him with awe and respect – as a divine being. They would perform rituals, pujas and attend bhajans....

 

...Today his sons survive Kondappa. Baba still recalls this humble devotee and one time teacher with fondness and respect. Here was a case where a Sandipani (guru of Lord Krishna) had also become a Valmiki (biographer of Lord Rama).

Please read the complete article in the print version of SPIRITUAL IMPRESSIONS
( Vol.1 No. 2 May - June 2001)

R. Padmanaban