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Profiles Oct 03, 2018

Rai Bahadur Arcot Srinivasacharya (Part 2)

The Muzrai Amendment In 1891, the government decided that a separate body needed to be established for regulating the activities of the Muzrai institutions, na...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Sep 29, 2018

Rai Bahadur Arcot Srinivasacharya (Part 1)

Sometime around 1910, my article in English about Diwan Rangacharlu’s governance was published in Indian Review, a Madras-based monthly. With that, I not only r...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Sep 28, 2018

Dakshinamurti Shastri

Dakshinamurti Shastri hailed from Kollegal. He was a vaidika[1] from birth; a person who was absorbed in the study of the Vedas. He was also one who deeply enga...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Sep 25, 2018

Two Music Connoisseurs of Bangalore

Dushtabuddhi Soorappa Soorappa was a clerk at the Government Printing Press. This is the last thing that should be said about him. What should be mentioned fir...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Manjunath Hegde Balgar

Profiles Sep 22, 2018

The Galaxy of Madhva Vidwans: Dung Association

Ill-will between the Mathas I’ve already mentioned that there were two Madhva Mathas in Mulabagal. There arose a cause for ill-will between the two. I’ve also...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Sep 21, 2018

The Galaxy of Madhva Vidwans: The Madhva Sabha of Tirupati

We have recounted in an earlier episode[i] that the Madhva Brahmanas of Mulabagal depended on the land grants given to them in the ancient times for their livel...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Sep 09, 2018

Vidwans of Chamarajapet

Translator’s Note: In this essay, Sri D.V. Gundappa recalls the lives and times of some renowned Vidwans in the Chamarajapet locality in Bangalore. The Vidwans...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Sep 08, 2018

Panje Mangesha Rao (Part 2)

The Raichur Conference Panje Mangesha Rao was the president of the Kannada literary conference that was conducted in Raichur. Although a formal invitation from...

D V Gundappa | Trans: K B S Ramachandra

Profiles Sep 07, 2018

Panje Mangesha Rao (Part 1)

In the history of Kannada revival, Panje Mangesha Rao (Maṅgeśarāya in Kannada) must be definitely remembered as an important scholar and a noble person. His zes...

D V Gundappa | Trans: K B S Ramachandra

Profiles Sep 04, 2018

M A Ramanuja Iyengar and Alasingaracharya

Whenever I recall the name of S G Narasimhacharya, I’m also reminded of Mandayam Aji Ramanuja Iyengar. SGN (S G Narasimhacharya), RN (R Narasimhacharya), and MA...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Manjunath Hegde Balgar

Profiles Aug 22, 2018

Madhva Luminaries of Mulabagal: Swamis and Pandits

Sri Hariyappacharya Swami was a truly magnanimous person who extended patronage, patience, and friendship towards other sects. He did not prohibit the Sahapankt...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Aug 21, 2018

Madhva Luminaries of Mulabagal: Sripadaraja Matha

There was a large population of Madhva Brahmanas in Mulabagal. The locality they lived was divided as the Upper and the Lower Agraharas. In total, there were ab...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna