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I am completely in agreement with your sentiments. I
hope every human being who believe in vedas and
sanathana dharma will salute this unselfish rishi and
may god bless him with whaterver he needs in life.
Surely if I happen to visit India I will go and offer
my pranamams to this great soul.


Nerur S. Rajagopalan




--- Dr S Sharma <dr_ssharma@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> We need a million Sanskrit schools in Bharat and I
> would request all the 
> readers that one of us must plan, organise and help 
> financially to open 
> more schools to save our ancient Sanskrit and by
> that we can save our 
> Sanskriti, culture,hertage, traditions, wisdom and
> ancient knowledge in 
> Vedas, Puranas, Epics   way of life and identity.
>   I SALUTE THIS  RISHI.
> I wish go and see him soon.
> Dr. s. sharma
> 
> >From: Muni Trayam <munitraya@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To: Shreyas Sarangan <sarangan@xxxxxxxxx>,
> SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] Sanskrit wrapped in
> heritage
> >Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 05:32:56 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Its great to hear that even in this materialistic
> world, 
> >O.R.Rajagopalachariar swami is teaching Sanskrit
> for the past 50 years 
> >without looking for a single penny. Am totally
> astonished by the killer 
> >instinct of this swami. I think he is one man born
> for Sanskrit.
> >My salute to this swami.
> >
> >
> >
> >Shreyas Sarangan <sarangan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/edu/2004/06/28/stories/20040628002408
> >00.htm
> >
> >Sanskrit wrapped in heritage
> >
> >The `language of the heavens' comes alive here.
> Mambalam Samskritha
> >Vidyalaya continues to build on its experience of
> teaching Sanskrit
> >for .ve decades.
> >
> >A Sanskrit class in progress at Orient Math School,
> West Mambalam,
> >Chennai. -- Photo: R. Ragu
> >
> >ADMISSION FEE to a medical college: Rs. 2,50,000
> >
> >For a journalism programme: Rs. 1,50,000
> >
> >For an engineering programme: Rs. 25,000
> >
> >For Mambalam Samskritha Vidyalaya: Re. 1
> >
> >Here, at Oriental Math School, beside the chaos on
> Madley Road
> >subway, patiently sits an 84-year-old man, whose
> eyes twinkle
> >brighter than the diamond studs on his ears. For 50
> years, to over a
> >1,000 students, he has been teaching Kalidasa's
> poetry, Bhavabhuthi's
> >dramas and the choicest Sanskrit literature. And he
> has never ever
> >asked even a rupee from any of them as school fee.
> >
> >`Periya Master' to his students, the frail scholar
> OR Rajagopalan,
> >started this Vidyalaya beside a well 50 years ago.
> And he has never
> >missed a class, even when his wife was ill and
> admitted in hospital.
> >This vidwan has taught the schoolboy and the
> software professional,
> >the Hindi teacher and the college girl. Even if
> there are just two
> >students in the class on one fine day, Mr.
> Rajagopalan would not
> >mind. He will teach them happily, with his
> trademark commitment.
> >
> >Today, there is a class of youngsters, several of
> them college
> >students, hanging on to his every word. In his
> clear voice he takes
> >them through a lesson in the syllabus prescribed by
> the Samskritha
> >Bhasha Pracharini Sabha, Chitoor, which conducts
> Sanskrit
> >examinations every six months.
> >
> >Like the Hindi Prachar Sabha, this institution
> conducts examinations
> >twice a year for Sanskrit students. The course has
> six levels, from
> >Parichaya (for the beginner) to Abhigna,
> Vichakshana, Samartha,
> >Kovidha and Vidhya Bhushana, which is on a par with
> an MA in
> >Sanskrit, says OR Devanathan, a honorary lecturer
> at the Vidyalaya.
> >Classes are on from 6 p.m., thrice a week for the
> beginner levels and
> >daily for senior students.
> >
> >A specialty at the Vidyalaya is the Saturday
> `Vagvardhini Sabha'
> >where students are taught to speak in Sanskrit. "In
> fact, we use it
> >as a forum to discuss social issues," says one
> student. The
> >Vidyalaya, in many ways, is a throwback to a
> different age, run by an
> >idealistic old man who believes that Sanskrit
> cannot be sold.
> >
> >Dhanya Parthasarathy
> >
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