He was awarded the title "Sevaka Ratnam" in 1941[1] Kuppuswami, the son of Govind Swamy Naidu, was born in the village of Konoor, Tamil Nadu, India in 1890.
[citation needed] He then tried cane farming but soon gave it up to join the Melbourne Trust Company in Rakiraki as a two-horse ploughman.
[citation needed] His father, an Orthodox South Indian, ensured that his son was given the best to develop his knowledge of South-Indian religion, culture and art in his mother tongue Tamil from a young age.
[citation needed] He was also impressed with efforts by Vashist Muni to improve the plight of Fiji Indian farmers and workers.
[citation needed] On 10 January 1926, while celebrating the birth of Swami Vivekananda in Rakiraki, attended by people of all districts, the idea of forming a South Indian organisation was proposed.