Alagappa Alagappan (December 3, 1925 - October 24, 2014) was the founder of the

Hindu Temple Society of North America The Hindu Temple Society of North America is a nonprofit organization that manages the Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam temple in Queens, New York. It is known as the Ganesha Temple after its main deity. Consecrated on July 4, 1977, it was t ...

Early life

Alagappan was born in

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, India. Alagappan graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees from Presidency College in Chennai. Alagappan later received a master's degree from the

London School of Economics and Political Science , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

in international relations.

Career

In London, Alagappan worked for

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. Remarkably, while working at BBC, Alagappan interviewed a pope. After working at BBC, Alagappan returned to India and became a journalist for ''The Hindu''. He went on to work at the

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and transferred to New York in 1961. Alagappan worked at the UN for 30 years and served as the deputy director of the natural resources and energy division.

The Hindu Temple Society of North America

Algappan, along with a few others, established the

in 1970. He served as the chairman of the temple till 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alagappan, Alagappa 1925 births 2014 deaths American officials of the United Nations Presidency College, Chennai alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics Indian emigrants to the United States