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(contracted; show full){{Cite book|title=Religion of modern Buddhist|last=Narasu|first=P. L.|publisher=Samyak Prakashan, New Delhi|year=2002|isbn=978-81-98524-70-8|location=Delhi|pages=XVIII|language=English}}</ref> He also wrote ''Religion of Modern Buddhist'' in the early 1930s. He also wrote a book on [[caste]] called ''A Study of Caste'' (1922). 

In 1910, with the help of South Buddhist Association, he did a [[census]] of Buddhist people of [[Madras]]. He found there were 18,000
{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}..<ref>{{Cite book|title=Essence of Buddhism|last=Narasu|first=P. L.|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location= |pages=03|language=English}}</ref> Narasu gave lectures at various places to promote Buddhism. He also organised four Buddhist [[Conference|conferences]]. The first was held in 1917 at Moore Pavilion People’s Park in Madras. The second was in 1920 in [[Bangalore]]. The third was in Madras in 1928. The fourth one was in Bangalore Presidency, at Tirupatur Kolar Gold Field in 1932.<ref>{{Cite book|title=What is Buddhism|last=Narasu|first=P. L.|publisher=Samyak Prakashan, New Delhi|year=|isbn=81-88794-42-2|location=Delhi|pages=8, 9|langua(contracted; show full)== External links==
* [https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/madras-miscellany-the-essential-buddhist/article2079228.ece Madras miscellany: The ‘Essential Buddhist' (''The Hindu'')]

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