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(contracted; show full)[[:en:Madras University|Madras University]] and was also the co-winner of the Jagirdar of Arni’s Gold Medal of 1892-94 batch. He joined the [[:en:Madras Christian College|Madras Christian College]] as Assistant Professor in 1894. Very soon he became a popular teacher among students. Narasu had a firm grasp of his subject matter. His altercation with one Professor Wilson, an Englishman, on the subject of Dynamics, Narasu’s speciality, became a lore among the students and colleagues even during his lifetime.
  <ref>https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/madras-miscellany-the-essential-buddhist/article2079228.ece</ref>

In 1909 Narasu left Christian College to become a full-time professor in Pachaiyappa’s college. For sixteen years he served the college well, actively participating in debates, activities and in the general administration. Narasu retired from teaching in the college in 1925.
A specialist in exact sciences, Narasu’s interests were not confined to the books, laboratories, classrooms, or the campus. He was a voracious reader of all that concerns man and society- literature, art, philosophy, history, culture and religion. Narasu became proficient in English by training. He also appeared to have picked up French, Sanskrit and Pali on his own.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/madras-miscellany-the-essential-buddhist/article2079228.ece</ref><ref>https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/</ref>

== Religious work ==
Pt. [[:en:Iyothee Thassar|Iyothee Thassar]], T. Singarivelu and P. L. Narasu founded the South Indian Buddhist Association (Shakya Buddhist Society) to propagate Buddhism In collaboration with the [[:en:Mahabodhi Society|Mahabodhi Society]] founded by [[:en:Anagarik Dharmapal|Anagarik Dharmapal]] in 1890. Narasu has written several articles and books on Buddhism. His book 'The Essence of Buddhism' (1907) was considered as mouthpiece o(contracted; show full)Prof. P. L. Narasu passed away at the age of seventy-three on 14 July 1934, due to heart problems. His body was cremated in a simple Buddhist ceremony in the Mylapore burning-yard.

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