Vecente Avelino ( ? ) who was the Consul General for Brazil in India in 1930 belonged to the inner circle called Tattva Shri Chaitanya. He was a devout Vaishanava and an ardent admirer of Shri Ramakrishna. In an address at Panihati, near Calcutta, on the occasion of a religious festival organized by the Shri Gauranga Grantha Mandir to commemorate Shri Chaitanya's visit to that place, he said:
"India is the only country which has known God and if anyone wants to know God he must know India."
(source: The Vision of India - By Sisirkumar Mitra p.207-208).
"India is the only country which has known God and if anyone wants to know God he must know India."
(source: The Vision of India - By Sisirkumar Mitra p.207-208).