1921-1923:

Instead of continuing his education he participated in the Non-Cooperation movement from 1921 to 1923. During this period he developed interest in religion and Philosophy and started reading Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo. The works of Swami Vivekananda read in depth in 1920’s, created in him deep change in life on 22nd Feb. 1921, as he recorded in his diary. He started practicing Raja Yoga with a predominant stress on Gayathri japa and meditation even as advocated in the Srivaishnavite tradition.

 

He got married in 1926 to Sow. Rukmini (Rajamma) who belonged to a distinguished family of Patrachariars. His wife’s uncle was Rao Bahadur Narasimhachariar, who was District Judge in the then Madras Presidency. This marriage resulted in many good things in his life of which his contact with V.K. Narasimhan, a brother-in-law is one.

 

Sri. V.K. Narasimhan was a student of B.A (Hons) Economics those days but had been active in the Freedom Movement of India. Sri Narasimhan belonged to the group of patriots who wanted Freedom from the foreign rule quickly even if it were to be through violent means. He was able to influence Pujya Dr. K.C. Varadachari much in such thinking. Bhagat Singh and his ways attracted these young persons and it is believed they participated in several cases of breaking the laws of the land. As his father was a senior Police officer in the Govt. of Madras Presidency and the uncle of his wife was a Dt. Judge, this put the family in awkward position. He was however weaned away from active participation in the freedom movement by his father and the uncle of his wife and he was persuaded to continue his education. However he continued to the acts of burning foreign articles and clothes and used to participate very actively in the Khadi movement and was total Gandhian for a long time to come. He used to spin the charka and make his own paper through hand processing. Till the last day of his life he never wasted paper and used reverse of the wedding/invitation cards and most of the notes he has taken from the various books he read were recorded by him on these cards only.