He received a high-class education in Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram and Kandy before being awarded a Master's degree by Madras Presidency College.
[1][2] Natarajan had come into contact with Narayana Guru and experienced the gurukul way of life in Aluva and Ooty before becoming headmaster at Varkala High School, which had been founded by Naryana.
[1] It was after a "conference of all religions" at Alwaye that Natarajan founded his Narayana Gurukulam Movement (NGM) and University for the Science of the Absolute in 1924.
These studies lasted five years, during which he obtained a doctorate of letters from the Sorbonne in Paris while also teaching at the Quaker International School in Geneva.
[1] On returning to India, Natarajan spent two years seeking work in various parts of the country because the followers of Narayana were not welcoming to him after the guru's death.