New grandmaster of Grand Lodge of India installed
The Hindu
A new pair of freemason hands has taken over the reins of the Grand Lodge of India (GLI). Freemasons from dozens and dozens of lodges across the country descended upon Chennai Trade Centre this weekend to witness and celebrate the installation of Gutha Krishnan Selvarajan as GLI’s 19th grandmaster for a tenure running from 2024 to 2027. And he is taking the baton from Anish Kumar Sharma.
A new pair of freemason hands has taken over the reins of the Grand Lodge of India (GLI). Freemasons from dozens and dozens of lodges across the country descended upon Chennai Trade Centre this weekend to witness and celebrate the installation of Gutha Krishnan Selvarajan as GLI’s 19th grandmaster for a tenure running from 2024 to 2027. And he is taking the baton from Anish Kumar Sharma.
He is GKS to both freemasons and the wider world outside freemasonry’s perimeter.
According to a press release shared with The Hindu, GKS is as multi-faceted a personality inside the freemason movement as he is widely known to be in the larger world.
He has had various calling cards, as lawyer (particularly in the area of arbitration), as a bold entrepreneur not shying away from new challenges. The release notes that he has forayed into real estate business and has many notable projects to his credit.
His association with freemasonry spans 42 years and he has held significant positions in both regional as well as the Grand Lodge, where he is now donning the biggest role possible.
GKS is a admirable ritualist with the rare ability to reproduce verbatim, pages and pages of rituals fluently without a flaw, says the release.
GKS was also instrumental in restoring the free masons hall Ethiraj Salai way back in 2000. In recognition of his efforts in building freemasonry, he has had a has a lodge named after him, says the press release.
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