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[[File:Damodar K. Mavalankar.001.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Damodar K. Mavalankar]]<br />
[[File:Blavatsky Olcott Mavalankar.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[H.P. Blavatsky]] standing behind [[Henry Steel Olcott]] (middle seated) and Damodar Mavalankar (seated to his left). [[Bombay]] 1881]]<br />
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'''Damodar K. Mavalankar''' (born September 1857 in [[Ahmedabad]] - departed for the Himalayas 1885)<ref>Sri Raghavan Iyer, 'Damodar K. Mavalankar'</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Sven Eek (comp.), Dâmodar and the Pioneers of the Theosophical Movement, Theosophical Publishing House (TPH), 1965</ref> was an Indian [[Theosophist]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born in the family of the Karhâda Mahârashtra [[caste]] of [[Brahmin|Brâhmanas]],<ref name="ReferenceB">Damodar K. Mavalankar, 'Castes in India', The Theosophist, May 1880</ref> a wealthy Indian family. Apart from learning the tenets of his religion by his father from an early age, he also received a very good English education.<ref name="ReferenceB"/><br />
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In 1879 he met [[Henry Steel Olcott]] and [[Madame Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] in [[Bombay]], after they had just established the [[Theosophical Society]]'s temporary Indian headquarters there. Damodar joined the Society in 1879, giving up his [[caste]], and in 1880, he officially became a [[Buddhist]] while in [[Sri Lanka]], along with [[Henry Steel Olcott]] and [[Madame Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]].<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="ReferenceC">Henry Steel Olcott, 'Old Diary Leaves', Vol. 2, 1900</ref> His actions displeased his family and led to conflict, due to them desiring him to return home and live with his wife who was betrothed to him in his childhood, or face the consequences of being cut out of his will. In response to this, Damodar gave up an income of 50,000 Indian rupees to provide for the future of his wife, and continued to live and work with the Theosophical founders.<ref name="ReferenceC"/><br />
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He continued his work in this way until 1885, when he went to [[Tibet]].<ref>Henry Steel Olcott, 'Old Diary Leaves', Vol. 3, 1904, pp. 265-6</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Helena Blavatsky]]<br />
* [[Koot Hoomi]]<br />
* [[Morya (Theosophy)]]<br />
* [[Tallapragada Subba Row]]<br />
* [[Henry Steel Olcott]]<br />
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*[http://www.theosophytrust.org/tlodocs/articlesTeacher.php?d=DamodarKMavalankar.htm&p=32 'Damodar K. Mavalankar' by Sri Raghavan Iyer]<br />
*[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/damodar/dam-hp.htm 'Damodar, The Writings of a Hindu Chela', Compiled by Sven Eek]<br />
*[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/damodar/dam1.htm 'Damodar, The Writings of a Hindu Chela', Compiled by Sven Eek -- Biographical notes]<br />
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