Alasinga and his friends felt this could be a wonderful opportunity for them to present the ideals of Hinduism and Vedanta to the world.

After receiving this information, Alasinga borrowed ₹ 1000 from a merchant, and even sold his wife's gold ornament to collect money for Vivekananda.

[4] Perumal's father, Chakravarti Narasimhacharya, was a Thenkalai Sri Vaishnavite and an employee of the local municipality office.

In 1870, he came to Madras (now named Chennai) in search of a job and managed to find employment in the Customs Department.

William Miller, principal of the college at that time, was very much pleased with the studious Alasinga and arranged a scholarship for him.

He then started pursuing a course in law, but could not finish due to the poor financial condition of his family.

[2] While studying at the Presidency College, Madras, Alasinga married Rangamma, a girl from a Karnataka Iyengar family.

Rangamma was a pious Hindu woman who stood by her husband in all the troubles and difficulties Alasinga faced in life.

In 1909, one year prior to his death, Alasinga was appointed as a professor of physics at Pachaiyappa's College.

[2] Around 1890–1891, Alasinga heard about the upcoming Parliament of the World's Religions being held in Chicago, in the United States in 1893 from S. Parthasarathy Aiyangar.

[2] Alasinga and his friends thought this could be a good opportunity for them to present the ideals of Hinduism and Vedanta to the world.

In December 1892 Swami Vivekananda went to Madras[7] and was staying at the house of Manmathanath Bhattacharya, the first Indian accountant-general of the city.

[2] After Vivekananda agreed to go to America, a committee was formed under the leadership of Alasinga to raise funds for the tour.

At this time the king of Ramnad failed to make good on his promise of financial support for the tour.

[2][7] At this, Alsinga started to feel disappointed, but, at the same time, Vivekananda went to Hyderabad where people requested and encouraged him to go to America as a preacher.

The Americans are so rich that they spend money like water, and by forced legislation keep up the price of everything so high that no other nation on earth can approach it.

To popularize Vivekananda's efforts and success in India, Alasinga organized a meeting at Pachaiyappa's Hall, Madras on 28 April 1894.

The meeting was attended by many notable and reputable people of the city, such as Rajah Sir Savalai Ramaswamy Mudaliar, S. Subramania Iyer and Dewan Bahadur Raghunatha Rao.

Nanjunda Row and Venkataranga Raos, started publishing Brahmavadin, a journal on Hindu religion and Vedanta philosophy.