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Sanskrit College Mylapore

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Namaskaram Sanskrit college at Mylapore in Chennai is a Landmark. Have passed this illustrious institution many times but never had an opportunity to visit. It was accomplished on Saturday, 3rd November when I was invited by Sri P.R. Kannan an erudite scholar from Mumbai who is closely associated with Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. He had instituted an annual endowment lecture in memory of his late father Sri D. Ramakrishna Iyer at the prestigious Sri Kuppuswamy Sastri Researc h Institute which functions from the Sanskrit College at Myalpore. The inaugural lecture was given by Dr. K. Srinivasn, former Principal and Head-Department of Sanskrit, R.K.M. Vivekananda College, Chennai on the topic an overview of Vedic Literature. The speech was flowing like Thaila Dhara and it was a feast to hear about our great glories of Vedas, Yagas and Yagnas and I couldn’t believe ninety minutes have gone past when the lecture was ended. Sri Krishnamurthi Sastrigal who was present on the