| asimhan Subramanian, later to be known as | | | | sources of comfort for their grandchildren. |
| ANNA, entered the world on September 20, 1895. | | | | After retiring from working at the Ramakrishna |
| His mother Arundhati was the only daughter of | | | | Mission Home, Sri ANNA continued to teach |
| Krishna Sastri who had the privilege of being at | | | | students about the Indian culture. He also began |
| the Guru Kulam at Sringeri along with the young | | | | to write, translating many ancient Indian scriptures |
| Sri Narasimha Bharati Swamigal. His father | | | | and writing many other books. He was a fluent |
| Naganarasimhan was an Elementary school | | | | writer in English, Tamil, and the ancient Indian |
| teacher and later village karnam. Born into a poor | | | | language of Sanskrit. To this day, some of his |
| family in Tiruchengodu, Salem District, Tamilnadu, | | | | translations are still in demand. |
| India, no one could imagine or predict the glory | | | | Sri ANNA was the eldest of six sons and three |
| that he would achieve in his lifetime. | | | | daughters born into a poor family in Tiruchengodu, |
| Sri ANNA was the eldest son/child born to a huge | | | | Salem District, Tamilnadu, India. His brothers were |
| family consisting of himself, five brothers and | | | | Krishnaswami, Ramaswami, Ganapathy, |
| three sisters in Tiruchengodu, Tamilnadu, India. By | | | | Mahadevan, and Sankaran. His sisters were |
| sincerely devoting his time and energy into his | | | | Eswarambal, Sharadambal, and Lakshmi. His |
| studies, ANNA was able to enroll in the | | | | mother Arundhati was a home maker and his |
| Ramakrishna Mission Home, which later enabled | | | | father Naganarasimhan was an Elementary school |
| him to go to college. In no time the Mission | | | | teacher. |
| became his new home and he became involved in | | | | Smt. Visalakshi was married to Sri ANNA at the |
| every aspect of it that he possibly could. He | | | | young age of twelve, when he was 21. She was |
| claimed himself to be the living proof of the Biblical | | | | the daughter of the Superintendent of Police of |
| saying, Blessed are poor, because if he had | | | | Madras, and was fairly rich compared to ANNA, |
| not been poor, he would have never come to | | | | yet supported him like a true wife would. Because |
| know of the Ramakrishna Mission. Unlike any | | | | she was married at such a young age, she |
| other student though, ANNA did not just pass | | | | continued to live with her parents until she was 16 |
| through the Mission on his way to college, but | | | | or 17. She then came to live with ANNA, who |
| rather, as many others have said, The two | | | | was 28 or 29 by that time. |
| became inseparable. ANNA was determined to | | | | In a few years both of ANNA’s parents |
| give back to the Mission as much as it had given | | | | had passed away, and all of his siblings came to |
| him; not only out of gratitude, but out of love too. | | | | live with them. Smt. Visalakshi, his wife, treated |
| The lucky woman that he married was Smt. | | | | them as if they were her own children, with no |
| Visalakshi (at the age of 12), an extremely hard | | | | complaints whatsoever. Around this time three |
| worker, amazing cook, and a kindhearted soul | | | | beautiful daughters came into their life. The eldest |
| who loved children. After a few years, three | | | | daughter was named Rajalakshmi, second |
| beautiful daughters came into their life, all of | | | | daughter Seethalakshmi and the youngest |
| whom turned out to be amazing role models and | | | | daughter was named Krishnaveni. |