Mr. Parthasarathy Rajagopalan (Masala Chat Project)

Mr. Parthasarathy Rajagopalan

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A verbatim and time-stamped transcription of Mr. Rajagopalan's full oral history interview, for which the original audio file is not available.

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Parthasarathy Rajagopalan, 77, is a financial advisor and former railway circuit engineer. The interview includes discussion of the fifteen people who founded of the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago in 1977, in which he played an instrumental role, particularly as a fundraiser. He was the temple’s first joint-treasurer and participated in selecting the site in Lemont, IL. He discusses how as Hindus in Chicago, they felt that they were not truly worshipping until they could have a temple. Parthasarathy also discusses his early career in the Indian railways, how his training was greatly desired by immigration authorities, and he therefore had no trouble obtaining permanent residency in 1974.

Identifier

oh670

License

Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Date Recorded

December 12, 2016

Interviewer

Padma Rangaswamy

Extent

00:01:15

Date Of Birth

April 1939

Place of Birth or Hometown

Madras (Chennai), India Bangalore, India

Date of Immigration

1974

Reason for Immigration

Higher compensation

Port of Entry

New York, NY

Occupation

Railway engineer; financial advisor

Occupation of Parent(s)

Government accountant (father); Homemaker (mother)

Number of Siblings

Family's Religion

Hinduism

Languages Spoken

Tamil English

Schooling

Good Shepherd Convent; Ramakrishna Mission School; Loyola College

Tags Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago

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