About YIT
The youth voice of the Theosophical Society in India.
Our Mission
We provide a platform for the youth to explore the theosophical path through study, meditation and service (TOS). Our goal is to form a nucleus of universal brotherhood without distinction of race, creed, or caste - and to live the inquiry rather than merely read about it.
A Brief History of the Theosophical Society
The Theosophical Society was founded in New York on 17 November 1875 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, and William Quan Judge. From its earliest days the Society held two convictions in tension: that the world's great spiritual traditions point at a single underlying truth, and that this truth must be tested - not taken on authority. Theosophy means, simply, divine wisdom.
In 1882 the international headquarters moved to Adyar, Chennai, where it has remained ever since - a 260-acre estate of banyans, libraries, and shrines representing every major faith. The Indian Section was chartered on 17 November 1890 (effective 1 January 1891), and was registered at its headquarters at Varanasi (Kashi) — the ancient seat of philosophical study in India — in 1903. Over the decades the Society has been woven into the Indian story through figures like Annie Besant, who later led the Home Rule movement, and J. Krishnamurti, who began his life within its fold before charting his own path.
Young Indian Theosophists (YIT) is the youth wing of this lineage. We are students, professionals, artists and seekers - gathered to study, meditate, and serve. We don't follow dogmas. We investigate the laws of nature and the powers latent in humanity, and we do it together.
The Three Objects
- To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
- To encourage the study of Comparative Religion, Philosophy and Science.
- To investigate unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in man.
O Hidden Life, vibrant in every atom;
O Hidden Light, shining in every creature;
O Hidden Love, embracing all in Oneness;
May each who feels himself as one with Thee,
Know he is also one with every other.
Kashi - Where the Indian Section Lives
Varanasi has been the philosophical heart of the subcontinent for two and a half millennia. The Indian Section of the Theosophical Society makes its home here, on a quiet campus where Annie Besant's institutions still teach.
