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 > > > >--------------------------------- > >Do you Yahoo!? > >New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN > Messenger today! > http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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