The college was founded on the 19th July, 1915 through the pioneering efforts of Dr. ANNIE BESANT and the noble band of Theosophical workers who came under her inspiration. The event will always be remembered as a land mark in the history of Rayalaseema as the College was at that time, the only institution to cater to the needs of higher education in this region. It also brought the people of the area into closer contact with international programs for the propagation of the culture and spiritual ideals of the Theosophical society and also the National movement for political liberation, the under the inspiration of Dr. Annie Besant .
In 1917 when Dr. Annie Besant led the agitation for “Home Rule“. This institution, which became a centre of nationalist activities, was obliged to dissociate itself from the Madras University and became part of the newly organized National University of which Dr. Rabindranath Tagore was the Chancellor. It was during 1919 Tagore visited the College and stayed in the College for a few weeks. During his stay he sang “JANAGANAMANA” (now our National Anthem) and translated the lyric from Bengali to English . At that time it was called the "Morning Song of India". The Scout movement and the All India Women’s Association were inaugurated at Madanapalle during this period and in the words of Tagore, the institution showed every promise of developing into “Santiniketan of the South”.
In the year 1923, however, the college was re-affiliated to the Madras University. Except for a short interval of three years (1926-1929) when it was affiliated to Andhra University, it was associated with the Madras University for nearly thirty years. As a result of the changes in the territorial jurisdiction of the Madras and Andhra Universities, the college was affiliated to the “Andhra University” for a short period (1954-1956) and was finally affiliated to the “Sri Venkateswara University”,Tirupathi since 1956. The college has grown in strength through all these vicissitudes in its fairly long career, thanks to the untiring labours and splendid leadership of eminent Educationists.
WHAT IS THEOSOPHY ?
Theosophy is the body of truths which forms the basis of all religions and which cannot be claimed as the exclusive possession of any. It offers a philosophy which makes life bearable and which demonstrates the justice and the love which guide its evolution. It puts death in its rightful place as a recurring incident in an endless life, opening the gateway to a fuller and more radiant existence. It restores to the world the Science of the Spirit as himself and the mind and the body as his servants. It illuminates the Scriptures and Doctrines of religious by unveiling their hidden meanings and thus justifying them at the bar of intelligence, as they are justified them in the eyes of intuition.
Theosophy is unlimited Wisdom, abstract in its essence but capable of an infinite expansion. The significance of what we seek to understand and attain as theosophists is heightened by the use of a non-religious and non-denominational word “Theosophy” a word which associates us with those seekers in the past who were not content with the dogmas of their time, but addressed themselves to an original enquiry into the deeper nature of things. There is of course no finality in the wisdom, in the sense that what we seek to understand lends itself to an endless quest of understanding.
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