Under the inspiration of Swami Vivekananda, his Madras disciples G.Venkataranga Rao, M.C.Nanjunda Rao and Alasinga Perumal started the Brahmavadin on 14 September 1895.Until Alasiga's death in 1909 the magazine came out regularly. Even after his passing away it continued but with less regularity, and its last issue was the March-April 1914 number. The very next month (in May 1914) the Brahmavadin reincarnated as The Vedanta Kesari. It has had many learned monks as editors and has built up a good
