![]() ![]() ![]() Arthur Holly Compton was particularly enchanted with Athavale's ideas and offered him a lucrative opportunity in the United States, where he could spread his ideas. Many participants were impressed by his ideas but wanted evidence of such ideals being put into practice in India. ![]() There, Athavale presented the concepts of Vedic ideals and the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. In 1954, he attended the Second World Philosophers' Conference, held in Japan. Īthavale read diligently in the Royal Asiatic Library for a period of 14 years at a young age, he was well-known to have read every piece of non-fiction literature (ranging from Marx's philosophy to Whitehead's writings to ancient Indian philosophy). In 1942, he started to give discourses at the Srimad Bhagavad Gita Pathshala, Madhavbaug, Mumbai", a center set up by his father in 1926. Thus, Athavale was taught in a system very similar to that of the Tapovan system of ancient India. When Athavale was twelve years old, his father set up an independent course of study for the young boy. He was one of five children born to the Sanskrit teacher Vaijanath Shastri Athavale and his wife Parvati Athavale. Pandurang Vaijnath Athavale was born on 19 of October 1920 in Chitpavan Brahmin Family in the village of Roha in Maharashtra (Konkan), India.
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