W. Bro. T V Menon of Lodge Gibbs No. 86 under the Grand Lodge of AF&AM of India and is situated in Bangalore. Venu is Webmaster of the excellent Lodge Gibbs web site.

Bro. Venu has provided this interesteing overview of Freemasonry in India.

Freemasonry is very, very strong in India and it is on the upward rise. We have 347 lodges under the Grand Lodge of AF&AM of India. They are divided into 4 regions viz., Regional Grand Lodges of Northern, Western, Eastern and Southern India. The degrees available are the Craft, Royal Arch Chapter, Mark Master Masonry and Royal Ark Mariner. The Grand Lodge is ruled by a Grand
Master and the Regional Grand Lodges by a Regional Grand Master.

Further there are Lodges under the United Grand Lodge of England and Scottish and Irish constitutions. The relationship between the constitutions are very cordial and we visit one another.