Bangalore Venkata Raman - The great Hindu Astrologer

Bangalore Venkata Raman  was born on August 8, 1912, at 7:46 P.M. IST in Bangalore, India. This famous Hindu Astrologer achieved global fame and recognition for his accurate predictions of the success and failure of Hitler and Mussolini, and the victory of the Allied forces during World War 2nd.

Bangalore Venkata Raman is the figure that stands out like a colossus in the history of Modern Hindu Astrology. This great man made Astrology ‘respectable’ and rescued it from the cheap jeers of ignoramuses whose only qualification to criticise astrology was that they knew nothing about it.

The profession of the native began as early as 1936 when he started Raman Publications for publishing books on Indian Culture and Astrology and in the same year. He restarted ‘The Astrological Magazine’ as a quarterly.

The Popularity and the success of ‘The Astrological Magazine’ is due to the remarkable editorials in which the critical world situation are judged to a nicety and events foretold long before anybody even conceive of them as being likely from the trends of political events. It is only proper that such merits should receive recognition. He was conferred the dignity of Doctor of Science by the “Academie et Universite Internationale”

The native married early and led a happy married life. He had a large family of seven children. Bangalore Venkata Raman had a successful tour of United states and Europe in October and November 1959 during the Saturn Dasha. In this world tour, he delivered innumerable lectures in Europe and America. He had a unique honour of giving a lecture on astrology at the United Nations in October 1970. Again in April 1971, he visited U.S.A. to inaugurate an international congress of astrology. Jupiter and Saturn conferred reputation and financial prosperity.

During the Mercury period of his life, he had some outstanding achievements. He had another world tour of lectures, creation of interest in astrology in several places of learning and raising the status of astrology to academic levels, presiding over innumerable conferences and frequent visits from person in high walks of life.

In B.V. Raman Horoscope, Mercury has caused powerful rajayaoga in the 7th from Lagna and the 4th from Chandra Lagna which means the 10th lord from the chandra lagna is influenced. Mercury is in conjunction with Venus, the Yogakarka. Being the lord of 5th, his conjunction with Mars, lord of the 10th has strengthened the Yoga further. Besides this, Mercury is vargottama and occupies the constellation of Yogakaraka Venus. Thus the period of Mercury could confer further reputation and honour and fulfillment of the native’s objective - putting astrology on a level with other respectable sciences.

Venus is a potential Yogakaraka. Hence, in Venus sub period with Mercury Major period, Bangalore Venkata Raman received high distinctions and an honorary D.Litt. degree from the Kumaon University and the titles of Abhinava Varahamihira, Jyotirvidya Marthanda and Abhinava Bhaskara from the Varahmihira Memorial celebrations committee, Jyotirvidya Mandal and Saraswat Mahaviswa Vidyalaya respectively.

During the Mars Bhukti in Mercury dasha, B.V. Raman had to face a troublesome period. He had to face severe crisis in his domestic life and heavy expenditure. However, the Yogakarka effect also continued and he came out of all troubles in flying colours. Finally, Rahu in Mercury gave him another trip to Europe and America in May, 1981.

It was a sad day on the December 20, 1998, when renowned Hindu astrologer B.V. Raman passed away. He was a great author, lecturer and teacher of the 20th century. As per his family members, Dr . Raman died suddenly and peacefully of a heart attack when he was proofreading The Astrological Magazine which was the best Astrological Magazine of India.

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