Bangalore Venkata Raman (8 August 1912 20 December 1998) was one of the most

important astrologers in modern India and an author of numerous books and articles. He was instrumental in
making Vedic or Hindu astrology known and respected throughout India and the world. With the help of his
sons Niranjan Babu and Sachidananda Babu, he also started the Raman & Rajeswari Research Foundation
to promote the knowledge of Astrology and Vastu Shastra.[1]
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1Career
2Books
3References
4External links

Career[edit]
Raman restarted The Astrological Magazine in 1936, which was earlier run by his grandfather, and remained
its editor for over 62 years. After his death, the magazine was run until December 2007 by his son, Niranjan
Babu Bangalore, and his daughter, Gayatri Devi Vasudev, when it was shut down citing no reason. It is now
relaunched as The Astrological eMagazine by his son Niranjan Babu.[2]
He represented India at the Astrological Congress held at Cambridge, England, and the International
Astrology Conference at New York. Travelling around the world, he delivered innumerable lectures in
Germany, England, France, Italy, Austria, Holland, Canada, Japan, and the United States of America,
addressing universities, medical associations, and educational and cultural institutions on different aspects of
astrology, Hindu astronomy, philosophy, and Indian culture. [citation needed]
In 1968, the Akhila Bharateeya Samskrita Sammelana awarded him the Doctor of Literature degree, and in
June 1976 the Kumaon University (U.P.) awarded him the honorary Doctor of Letters degree. [3]
Raman was the first to deliver a lecture, Relevance of Astrology in Modern Times, in 1970 at the United
Nations, New York, which evoked much interest in diplomatic circles. He asserted that astrology was a
science.[citation needed]
Raman founded the Indian Council Of Astrological Sciences in 1984 to regulate the study and practice of
astrology in the country with chapters in Bangalore, Madras, Delhi, Kanpur, Trivandrum, Patna, and other
cities.
In October 1992, Raman, on a visit to the United States of America to deliver the keynote address at the
First International Symposium on Vedic Astrology, held at Dominican College in San Rafael, California,
[4]
mooted the idea of a national body to organise the study of Indian astrology in the States. The American
Council of Vedic Astrology was founded under Raman's guidance by a group of Americans to help popularize
the study of Indian astrology in USA. David Frawley, the president of the council from 1993-2003, mentions
Raman for his inspiration and guidance.[5] Raman was also a patron founder of the British Association of
Vedic Astrology in 1998.
Mr. K. V. Mallikarjuna Rao, an eminent astrologer from Hyderabad, has translated many of Raman's books
into Telugu.

Books[edit]

A list of books on astrology by B.V. Raman:[6]

Planetary Influences on Human Affairs

A Manual Of Hindu Astrology

Three Hundred Important Combinations

How to Judge A Horoscope (in 2 volumes)

Hindu Predictive Astrology

Astrology for Beginners

Graha and Bhava Balas

Prasna Tantra (Horary Astrology)-translated by B.V. Raman

Ashtakavarga System of Prediction

Hindu Astrology and the West

Astrology in Predicting Weather and Earthquakes

My Experiences in Astrology

Varshaphal or the Hindu Progressed Horoscope

Bhavartha Ratnakara

A Catechism of Astrology

Muhurtha (Electional Astrology)

Notable Horoscopes

Studies in Jaimini Astrology

Prasna Marga (in 2 volumes)-a translation on Horary Astrolog