Narayana Kasturi

Narayana Kasturi (25 December 1897 – 14 August 1987) (Kannada: ನಾರಾಯಣ ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ; Tamil: நாராயண கஸ்தூரி; Malayalam: നാരായണ കസ്തൂരി; Telugu: నారాయణ కస్తూరి) was born Kasturi Ranganatha Sharma in North Travancore, which now forms part of the modern day Indian state of Kerala. He is remembered by many as a great visionary who promoted human fraternity and multilingualism.

He received his bachelor's degree in Law, and his master's degree in Arts from the University College, Trivandrum, India. "After his degree at the age of 21, he stumbled up on an advertisement for the post of a lecturer in a High School in the city of Mysore." He acquired the position. After a few years, Kasturi began to "seriously contemplate on a career in Law."

Around 1928 he served as a lecturer in Maharaja's College of Arts (affiliated to the Mysore University). He served as the Secretary of the Sri Ramakrishna Mission in Mysore for over seventeen years. During these years he came into contact with Sri Siddharudha Swami, Ramana Maharshi, Meher Baba, and Narayana Guru; and was initiated into Japam by Mahapurushji, the direct disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. He met Sathya Sai Baba in the year 1948 in Bangalore. In his first meeting with Sathya Sai Baba, Sai Baba related, ""After retiring from the University, stay with Me. You can write My biography." "Me?" Kasturi replied. "Yes, I shall tell you whom to consult for details – parents, brothers, kinsmen, neighbours, teachers, etc. I shall also help." It was July 1948." He began to write the life of Sathya Sai Baba and published it as Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Part I. He later became the editor of the magazine of the Sathya Sai Organization, called Sanathana Sarathi.

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