Master Canchupati Venkata Rao Venkatasami Rao, popularly known as Master C.V.V. (4 August 1868 - 12 May 1922) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, and guru. Master C.V.V served as the Chairman of Kumbakonam Municipal Council for some time and later became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution. Biography Master C. V. V. was born on 4 August 1868 in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India (then part of British India) into a middle class Brahmin family. His family name was Canchupati. His parents are Sri Kuppuswamy Iyyengar and Smt. Kamamma. During the reign of the Vijayanagar dynasty, their family moved from the regions of Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu. His Upanayana took place at the age of five. he was given in adoption to his paternal aunt Srimathi Kanchupati Subbamma, who educated him. His elementary education took place in Kumbhakonam itself and his higher education in Srirangam. Personal life Master C. V. V. married Rukmini in 1880 when he was 12 years old and they had three sons and a daughter. His wife Rukmini died in 1904 when she was 36 years. At the age of 38 in 1908 he married Venkamma with whom he had another three daughters and a son. Philosophy and spiritual vision Master C.V.V founded a new yoga system known by the name "Bhrikta Rahita Taraka Raja Yoga" or "Electronic Yoga" in 1910 with a goal to make changes to human format and to cosmic forces influencing human format in order to give eternal life to humanity. "Bhrikta Rahita Taraka Raja Yoga", means the Raja Yoga that neutralizes the accumulated past Karma. Vedavyas, who was a leading exponent of Master CVV's Philosophy, in his book The Electronic Yoga of Master C.V.V. discusses about this new yoga system, Unlike traditional yoga in which one begins to work with first chakra and progress upwards, with the development of each chakra, giving greater spiritual awareness, in this system, the crown chakra opens first and radiated energy downwards. Master C.V.V compares the body to a battery with the left side conveying negative electronic current through Ida Nadi and right side carrying the positive current of the Pingala Nadi. When folded palms are brought together, sparking is produced in the heart chakra. Vedavyas also discusses numerology, astrology, latent power of intelligence and the striking similarities he finds in the work of Madame Blavatsky, George Gurdjieff, Sri Aurobindo,