In 1909, C.W. Leadbeater, one of the leaders of this movement [Theosophical Society], in expectation of an imminent new appearance by the Maitreya, "discovered" Jiddu Krishnamurti, an adolescent Indian boy, who was proclaimed as the most suitable candidate for the "vehicle" of the Maitreya.[12][13] Krishnamurti's family had relocated next to the Theosophical Society headquarters in Adyar, India, a few months earlier, at a time when Annie Besant was President of the organization.[14]
However, by 1925 Krishnamurti had begun to move away from the course expected of him by the leadership of the Theosophical Society in Adyar and many Theosophists. In 1929 he publicly dissolved the worldwide organization created to prepare the world for the new "coming" of the Maitreya, and abandoned his assumed role as the new World Teacher.[15] He eventually left the Theosophical Society altogether, yet remained on friendly terms with individual members of the Society.[16] He spent the rest of his life traveling the world as an independent speaker, becoming widely known as an original thinker on spiritual, philosophical, and psychological subjects.